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I think our club could use a "project build"

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Lukens

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Mods, I'm posting this in the Triumph section as well. If that's against rules, choose the best location.

I belong to a well attended British car club. Most of the members are retired. I'm thinking of proposing that we buy and complete a "project car". As I think about it, I realize it would require a well thought out plan of attack. Do any of you belong to a club that has built a club car? How did you manage it? Was it a success or failure? How was it funded? Etc?
Russ
 
Our club has talked about it but never actually done anything. Probably half the club is retired. Only about 5-10 people would ever get involved and at best 5 would work a significant amount of time.
Questions we asked:
1. Who insures the car?
2. Who insures the workers?
3. Who pays and who gets money when it was sold.

So nothing has ever been done yet.
Jerry
 
Check the Team Sprite or Team Isetta website. I would think a club could follow the same guidelines.
 
There are a few clubs that I know that have project cars - with various degrees of success. Rather than a project car, I have often wondered whether a club could partner with a charity to repair cars for single moms or help get cars to needy folk or some such thing.
 
JP,

Just look at the Hemming's link to the
"Good News Garage".

- Doug
 
TRMark said:
That straight 8 will never fit.
Click to expand...
Ya know, that's almost the same thing they all said to a Texas chicken farmer....
P.S. I do get your joke. good one.
 
Our decided to do a project car. Due to a number of things, such as waiting for the the body shop to do things the club members were unwilling to do, difficult body work, the project took close to ten years to complete. Seems that, as with a club project, there were not a of of members willing to participate- getting hands dirty. Admittedly sometimes there is not a lot room for many people to crowd into the tub of a TR3. The car was financed by selling shares to club members and other interested people. The car was a raffle prize and a Triumphest some years ago. With the money earned from selling tickets, members were given a return on the shares. The winning ticket number was drawn at the awards dinner at that Triumphest- the winner was one time zone east and had to be awakened and thought the call was a joke. The winner did claim the car and apparently drove it for while before selling it.
 
The Chicagoland MG club has done a couple of project cars. Check out their website, chicagolandmgclub.com
 
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