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Leper said:
Petersens 4wheel Off Road Magazine Cover shot for this month!
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Suicide Sally = $170,000 ???
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Petersens 4wheel Off Road Magazine Cover shot for this month!
stallion85
1/2 ton status
jms said:
Agreed, Suicide Sally is a show piece for the company. Probably a tax write off somehow for R&D for the company.
If I had millions and no time to build my own I would buy one. Of course I don't so I wheel my Hand me down parts, JY finidings, bashed up K5
stallion85 said:Agreed, Suicide Sally is a show piece for the company. Probably a tax write off somehow for R&D for the company.
If I had millions and no time to build my own I would buy one. Of course I don't so I wheel my Hand me down parts, JY finidings, bashed up K5
Add to that the reality that the axles and lots of other parts were probably FREEBIES..!!!
The buggy went to SEMA and it's on the cover of a national magazine. Knowing how much visibility it would have, I'm sure plenty of vendors offered parts for nothing (or next to nothing) for that buildup.
Sort of like when pro-athletes gets free sneakers from Nike...
Unfortunately, I'm not a pro-athlete (or famous 4x4 builder) so my original question still stands:
"How much would those parts/materials cost (if you had to pay mortal man prices)"
theperfectgarage
1/2 ton status
I figure at that level it's just a numbers game. I have that article and it's a bad rig no doubt, but $170.000 or $110.000 who cares ? Not me or you cause we're not buying and the guy that can afford doesnt care either. Might even prefer the higher price just for bragging rights. Just my opinion on such things.
I am going to say that most of the stuff that is on Sally was not freebies. It sort of happens that way but sort of doesn't.
The parts may have been at a greatly reduced price but not Freebies.
Jason is on the right track with these costs and a little off towards the low side if you ask me. I would say around $100,000 in parts, tubing, systems etc. This would be the everyday guy price.
Sally is built off of the bruiser chassis.
PSC has been building these chassis for a while so they have them all jigged out and down to a science by now. This however was the first 4 seater that he has built that I know off so I know they did have to change a few chassis details around.
What you can't see until you touch and really look at Sallyis how detailed she is. Expensive YES
Can you duplicate her and spend half of that $170,000 maybe with good parts deals and free labor.
I like to think that my buggy is a good example of spending the money on the right things.
I can drive with, and hang with a buggy like Sally right up to the point that you want to compare the cool guy things and then I loose out huge.
But:
I don't care if I lay it over and mess up the paint job, spills inside don't bother me, I wear goggles and warm clothes if it is cold out, and I can't accelerate as fast as a multiport 502.
The parts may have been at a greatly reduced price but not Freebies.
Jason is on the right track with these costs and a little off towards the low side if you ask me. I would say around $100,000 in parts, tubing, systems etc. This would be the everyday guy price.
Sally is built off of the bruiser chassis.
PSC has been building these chassis for a while so they have them all jigged out and down to a science by now. This however was the first 4 seater that he has built that I know off so I know they did have to change a few chassis details around.
What you can't see until you touch and really look at Sallyis how detailed she is. Expensive YES
Can you duplicate her and spend half of that $170,000 maybe with good parts deals and free labor.
I like to think that my buggy is a good example of spending the money on the right things.
I can drive with, and hang with a buggy like Sally right up to the point that you want to compare the cool guy things and then I loose out huge.
But:
I don't care if I lay it over and mess up the paint job, spills inside don't bother me, I wear goggles and warm clothes if it is cold out, and I can't accelerate as fast as a multiport 502.
When I met clay, I got a good look at this buggy you are talking about, and I would say $170,000 is not far off the mark for a buggy like this. It is a total show buggy, with every thing from hand painted graphics to throttle and brake peddles made of high quality air craft grade alloys. In a few words "complete over kill", and I bet he still is not finished with it because he told me the motor was not internally modified from the crate at all, but he was going too.
dude, for $170,000 I could have a house, tow rig, finished K5, trailer, some spare parts and a couple of hot chicks to make out with my wife while I work the video camera.
Its cool to make show rigs... buying all those parts helps us all in that it eventually helps lower prices on stuff... but I've always been more of a fan of "real" trucks/buggys... you know, ones built in some guys garage that didn't cost over $100k.
j
Its cool to make show rigs... buying all those parts helps us all in that it eventually helps lower prices on stuff... but I've always been more of a fan of "real" trucks/buggys... you know, ones built in some guys garage that didn't cost over $100k.
j
dodgedude99
1/2 ton status
what pisses me off is that Petersons oohss and aahhs over the thing with all its chrome, paint and polishing, but yet in the end of the magazine they bash a buggy from Badlands for having some chrome.
proving that once again chrome is ok IF your a paying advertisor in the magazine.
proving that once again chrome is ok IF your a paying advertisor in the magazine.
blk87K5
1/2 ton status
dodgedude99 said:
I think you misunderstood the comment about Jesse Haines' Badlands buggy. That buggy has ZERO chrome or flash anywhere, is a two seater chassis design that is a few years old, and went to the WeRock nationals and whooped up on some rigs that cost four times as much as it did.
Leper
1/2 ton status
In answer to the Question asked........ I think 110,000-120,000 you could build the same rig.
