Hi Guys
Thanks for the comments you have posted about my work so far, its a good feeling to know you "Yanks" have my back. All my mates here have Australian muscle cars and I'm the odd one out with a Buick.
Bill,
I have scrolled through your posts, you really are smashing that one out. Your posts will definitely be a point of reference as I get more into mine. I only ended up using glue on the join where the old and new steel lapped under rear window section across the width of the car, the rest was spot welded with a MIG. Ive talked of this for some time, however next week I'm driving to Sydney to pick up a rotisserie, then the body can be removed from the chassis and the fun will really start.
2500 klm trip ....looking forward to it.
Kevin I have a few answers for you, I think you need to be sitting when you see the prices...
Fuel, today I will be paying $1.55 / Litre of fuel. I know you blokes work in gallons so here comes some maths
1 Gallon = 3.78 Litres
3.78 x $1.55= $5.86 AUD / Gallon, then if we work on the exchange rate from AUD to USD
$1 USD = $0.67 AUS
$5.86 x 0.67= $3.93, so answer to your question in US terms we pay $3.93/ Gallon for fuel. This price includes all taxes as far as fuel goes.
Registration, full drive every day registration will cost me about $1,200 AUD or about $800 USD. This price covers all road taxes and third party insurance. I can get club registration that is about $200 AUS however this is limited to how far I can drive from home (test driving) and the time of day I can drive for general driving. With club registration I can drive across the country if I was in a club run or driving to a car show, but would need to be able to prove this if an insurance claim was made or the police wanted to give me a bad day. I'ts not really policed but we all know trouble can brew from not following the rules.
Have a good week
Marcus