Pounding Aluminum

[bomelia]

Originally Posted by RedEsprit

Now there is a third option which is to build the frame and then order a Kirkham body from Hawk cars. Already attached to a small amount of tubing. I think the body is about $13,000 plus freight from the UK. $13,000-$5,000 in tools starts to make a little sense. But there's something about having an English Wheel, a sheet of aluminum, and some beer. Always leads to something.

Their website say 17000 euros, $1=0.8 Euros = $21,250 for a body.

Thought your numbers were too good to be true! Looks like somebody already got into the beer!

[bomelia]

OR, were you refering to the 10,000 Pound price ($1=0.7 pounds) sans the VAT? That would come to $14,285. Do US buyers NOT pay the VAT?

What are these anyways? Bodies that do not pass muster with Kirkham? Why does not Kirkham do the same here?

Tell me more!

[HI Cobra]

Just guessing here but Poland is a lot closer to GB that the USA and there
may be something with tariffs? that may make a big difference.

[bomelia]

I dunno Flip, but someone comes in here and says you can pick up a Kirkham body for 13k and shipping and it is interesting... but not true.

[CobraBoy]

Kirkham, I believe, sells body-only units so that people with other cars can re-body theirs with a Kirkham shell. I'm sure I heard or read that somewhere. That would open up some very interesting possibilities.

Paul