My xO 500
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Gakes

Original Poster:

21 posts

185 months

Sunday 6th February 2011
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Hi everyone. I'm new to the forum, here are some photos of my xO500. It has a VW 1800cc 8v engine





















Furyblade_Lee

4,114 posts

250 months

Sunday 6th February 2011
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I am liking that, very much. Never heard of an x0 500 before, nice!

Gakes

Original Poster:

21 posts

185 months

Sunday 6th February 2011
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Thanks, been developing it for about 5-6 yrs, this car is 2 & 1/2 years old and I've been building them for clients for just over 1 year now.

h4muf

2,070 posts

233 months

Sunday 6th February 2011
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Great little thing is that!

thescamper

920 posts

252 months

Sunday 6th February 2011
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Like that quite a lot. Why have we never heard of it before?

Gakes

Original Poster:

21 posts

185 months

Monday 7th February 2011
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Probably because I've never marketed it enough, and I'm only building them for just over a year now. Looks like I need to invest in advertisingsmile

Red16

598 posts

194 months

Monday 7th February 2011
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I really like that smile

What sort of cost are you looking at to have one on the road?

How much does it weigh?

Gakes

Original Poster:

21 posts

185 months

Monday 7th February 2011
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Thanks. In ZAR (South african Rands) its about ZAR 130 000.00 which is roughly U$ 17 800.00 including VW 2L ABF engine and all lighting

thescamper

920 posts

252 months

Tuesday 8th February 2011
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Gakes said:
Thanks. In ZAR (South african Rands) its about ZAR 130 000.00 which is roughly U$ 17 800.00 including VW 2L ABF engine and all lighting
About £12k built, mmmmm nice

singlecoil

35,817 posts

272 months

Tuesday 8th February 2011
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thescamper said:
About £12k built, mmmmm nice
Need to add 20% VAT and 5% IIRC import duty. So £15K or more depending what way they work it out.

Gakes

Original Poster:

21 posts

185 months

Tuesday 8th February 2011
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Chassis, aluminium firewall+floor, wishbones, uprights and body panels selling at ZAR 34000.00 which is about U$ 4600.00 - I'm trying to make them as affordable as I can.

We will be moving to much bigger premises shortly so expect to see a few more developments. A gullwing middy is currently being developed as well, chassis is mostly done and body moulds are in phase 2.

HowMuchLonger

3,030 posts

219 months

Tuesday 8th February 2011
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[quote=Gakes]Hi everyone. I'm new to the forum, here are some photos of my xO500. It has a VW 1800cc 8v engine





Where is the other pedal?

Gakes

Original Poster:

21 posts

185 months

Tuesday 8th February 2011
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LOL.right next to the brake on the left