ctuinstra
Goblin Guru
Well, I'm off to a start so I thought it was time to start my build log. I couldn't be more happy to be at this point that it is starting to seem real and it's going to happen.
My 17 year-old son was away at Skills USA National Competition when he texted me "Dad, we should really do this....". He had sent me a link to the Goblin. My first reaction way "Now what crazy idea is he getting in his head while at Skills?" I assumed it was something that he came across while in Kentucky. But it wasn't, it was just a random YouTube video he had seen during that time. I reluctantly looked at it and was quickly changing my attitude. "This is really cool, and this could be a great project to do together before he heads of to college", was my thought that made the decision! You see, we tend to do a lot together. He ATV quad races in the summer and RC car races in the winter. I'm his pit crew and work on everything and am not afraid of a welder, oxy torch, wrenches, soldering iron, you name it. He is studying Mechatronics in high school and aspiring to become an engineer. He has all but mastered AutoCAD and continuously 3D prints parts and other items. So something like this fits really well for us to do together.
I'm officially in line and probably 7-8 weeks out on Stage 1. Today he was assigned the task of bidding on our donor car. We struggled to find what we wanted that was within reasonable driving distance, I just didn't want to have to pay for shipping. I have an open and a closed trailer so I don't need to ship. We found a car about 4 hours away that had 114K on it. Sure it would have been great to have something with 60K, but it's just not there if you want it now and you want it supercharged. This donor runs and drives and we may just drive it home if it's up to the task. So back to the bidding, I left it up to him to make sure that he is online in time (third car in the line) and to be on top of the bidding. He won! We have a donor! A little more than I wanted to pay but certainly reasonable for a running and drivable care (it has a scared up corner of the bumper salvage title). I couldn't be happier that it's over and we have a car! That was one of my biggest concerns. I'll post pictures when I get it home.
We plan to build the car together and drive it locally as a street car. We don't have any autocross around here, wish we did because it sounds like fun. There is nothing like this car around here, so I'm sure it will get some attention!
Sorry so long winded. I'll post pictures of the donor and the stripping process after we get the car home
My 17 year-old son was away at Skills USA National Competition when he texted me "Dad, we should really do this....". He had sent me a link to the Goblin. My first reaction way "Now what crazy idea is he getting in his head while at Skills?" I assumed it was something that he came across while in Kentucky. But it wasn't, it was just a random YouTube video he had seen during that time. I reluctantly looked at it and was quickly changing my attitude. "This is really cool, and this could be a great project to do together before he heads of to college", was my thought that made the decision! You see, we tend to do a lot together. He ATV quad races in the summer and RC car races in the winter. I'm his pit crew and work on everything and am not afraid of a welder, oxy torch, wrenches, soldering iron, you name it. He is studying Mechatronics in high school and aspiring to become an engineer. He has all but mastered AutoCAD and continuously 3D prints parts and other items. So something like this fits really well for us to do together.
I'm officially in line and probably 7-8 weeks out on Stage 1. Today he was assigned the task of bidding on our donor car. We struggled to find what we wanted that was within reasonable driving distance, I just didn't want to have to pay for shipping. I have an open and a closed trailer so I don't need to ship. We found a car about 4 hours away that had 114K on it. Sure it would have been great to have something with 60K, but it's just not there if you want it now and you want it supercharged. This donor runs and drives and we may just drive it home if it's up to the task. So back to the bidding, I left it up to him to make sure that he is online in time (third car in the line) and to be on top of the bidding. He won! We have a donor! A little more than I wanted to pay but certainly reasonable for a running and drivable care (it has a scared up corner of the bumper salvage title). I couldn't be happier that it's over and we have a car! That was one of my biggest concerns. I'll post pictures when I get it home.
We plan to build the car together and drive it locally as a street car. We don't have any autocross around here, wish we did because it sounds like fun. There is nothing like this car around here, so I'm sure it will get some attention!
Sorry so long winded. I'll post pictures of the donor and the stripping process after we get the car home
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