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Originally Posted by Jonny042
I lived and breathed every single detail of that build for years and wouldn't change a single thing - including selling it.
I'm now free to move onward and upward, using the tools, skills, experience and knowledge I've gained - all that stays with me even though the car is gone.
I've learned a lot about drives me - I need a technical challenge, and a creative outlet. A project like that more than fulfills (for me) the need to calculate, design, build, and create something (hopefully) really cool, desirable, and, as it turns out, valuable.
With any luck the next one will be even better! For one thing I think I can make it a bit lighter. Do I dare shoot for 1999 pounds dry?
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I understand what you're saying 100%.
As an onlooker from afar, my relationship with PHM is very different than yours. I can totally understand how you are ready to move onward and upward after 8 years. I was there with my last big VW project.
I think if you keep it narrow, 1999 will be an easy target for the likes of you.
Less body, narrow wheels, narrow tires, and small brakes really make it easy to keep the lbs/kilos off.
Now if you go ST and target 1999 dry, that's a totally different animal altogether.
Paint it purple, keep it at/under 1999 and call it Purple Rain or Prince.
Kinda cheesy, but people gobble that stuff up.