I saw the car at Bowling Green and talked briefly with Joe (Dan wasn't around when I stopped by)... It's a beautiful car, exceptionally well detailed.. and well appointed.
Wow 500k? Sure is a lot of money just to tell ur friends mr tv man built ur car. One of kindigs workers called me said he heard I specialized in nomads and looked at my website. He then asked if I had a transmission mount. Hard to believe that 500k car has casted cable guides and all the other poor quality original stuff in the tailgate area. Wish they had used us on that stuff. Doesn't sound like our stuff was out of their budget, since there most likely wasn't a budget
Last edited by MadMooks; 10-12-2017 at 08:26 AM.
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I guess the labor rate is a big factor. Around here it's anywhere from $65-100 per hour....I don't know what Joe charges. The guy that bent my upper radiator hose and beaded them charges $100 per hour.
Parts cost the same just about anywhere. Here's my estimate of the cost of parts plus body/paint and interior for Bruiser. I think I double-counted the hours in paint and interior work because the $35K for interior includes labor and my estimate for paint included labor. But there has to be a lot of hours in disassembly, assembly, and fab of some custom parts I didn't count.
So if there's 3000 additional hours over 3 years at $60 an hour, we're talking about a $291K car. If the shop rate drops to $45 an hour, it's "only" $246K. Sounds like that's about where it's at.
Morrison chassis 15,000 IRS adder 9500 Exhaust 2000 brakes 1000 plumbing 1000 Gas tank/pump 600 Frame prep/painting 1000 Driveshaft 500 Engine 6000 Engine accessories 2000 Radiator/condenser 1000 Transmission 2500 Steeing shafts/joints 250 Steering column 400 Bodywork 10000 Paint 8000 Bumpers 1500 Glass 1000 Seats 300 Stainless polishing 2000 Chrome work 2000 Madmooks parts 1000 Steering wheel 300 Interior 35000 Electrical 3000 VHX gauges 800 Wheels 3000 Tires 800 Total 111,450
56 Nomad, Ramjet 502, Viper 6-speed T56, C4 Corvette front and rear suspension
Other vehicles:
56 Chevy 2-door BelAir sedan
56 Chevy 210 4-door sedan
57 Chevy 210 4-door sedan
1962 327/340HP Corvette
1961 Willys CJ3B Jeep
2001 Porsche Boxster S
2003 Chevy Silverado 2500 HD Duramax
2019 GMC Sierra Denali Duramax
Dave Kindig is one of the most talented car designers I've ever seen, aside from Foose. He really has a knack for putting shapes and colors together to make an awesome car. Both those guys have some amazing talent. I wish I could consult with them on my Nomad but they'd probably tell me to take a hike.
56 Nomad, Ramjet 502, Viper 6-speed T56, C4 Corvette front and rear suspension
Other vehicles:
56 Chevy 2-door BelAir sedan
56 Chevy 210 4-door sedan
57 Chevy 210 4-door sedan
1962 327/340HP Corvette
1961 Willys CJ3B Jeep
2001 Porsche Boxster S
2003 Chevy Silverado 2500 HD Duramax
2019 GMC Sierra Denali Duramax
I think trepanier has to be in that convo as well. Funny u mention his use of colors because that's prolly one of the few things I don't like about the car. Not a fan of the white being the dominant color and the upside down bumpers. Amazing detail tho.
I'll take the bruiser + 250k cash over kindigs lol
Last edited by MadMooks; 10-12-2017 at 07:32 PM.
This really brings up the question of how much better is something that costs a lot more money. Keep in mind that Kindig charged for time and parts on that Nomad and it came to over $500K from what I read. They did a LOT more metalwork and customization than Bruiser got. Not to say Bruiser isn't a "nice" car, but Kindig's Nomad is in a totally different league. I do like the white cuz it's different .
I used to do a lot of work with IBM when I was an engineer for HP. I was once on a business trip to NY to discuss our microprocessor development program and we were taken out to dinner by the IBM sales rep. We went to the Hyde Park Culinary Institute and I think there were 10 of us total. The IBM rep started ordering wine for the table, and after we got about 6-8 bottles on the table I noticed from the wine list that they were $500+ bottles. I had never had wine that expensive, and it was good . But would I pay $450 more for a bottle of wine? NOPE! It wasn't THAT good. The bar tab alone was $4000 and I heard a week later that the rep quit and went to work for a different company.
So is the Kindig Nomad worth $250K more than Bruiser? I don't know, but it depends on who's buying.
56 Nomad, Ramjet 502, Viper 6-speed T56, C4 Corvette front and rear suspension
Other vehicles:
56 Chevy 2-door BelAir sedan
56 Chevy 210 4-door sedan
57 Chevy 210 4-door sedan
1962 327/340HP Corvette
1961 Willys CJ3B Jeep
2001 Porsche Boxster S
2003 Chevy Silverado 2500 HD Duramax
2019 GMC Sierra Denali Duramax