Coupe Build Times

[NukeCoupe]

Newbie here, I was hoping to get some realistic build times in man-hours for a non-donor build.
I plan on doing most all the work myself (including paint).
Is the build time similar to the roadster?

[Russ Thompson]

Nuke, with the coupe that's a veyr tough question to answer. It you do the same kind of buld I'd say the coupe would take twice as long as the roadster.

[riptide motorsport]

183 hours to go cart it, 200 or so to paint abd reassembelr/finish............figure 400 or so hours..........Steven

[xlr8or]

I took about 14 months just working on it nights and weekends. I did have a few things that held me up a month or two.

[DARKPT]

Working with my 14 year old son has really shortened the build time for me. Having someone to grab a tool or help hold a part saves a ton of time.

We've been working on ours since early August on nights and weekends, and we're getting pretty close to breaking out the body filler. We went the donor route so we spent some time cleaning up and refurbishing donor parts. I also dieted the donor harness which cost us some time as well. My build blog can give an idea of how much time we spent in each phase as we update it almost every week.

[TNcoupe]

I got mine May 12th of last year. Will be painting next week and doing final touches after its wet sanded. The only help I've had was dropping in the engine and transmission. I've been doing bodywork at a very steady pace since August. If you get a red gel coat body that time could be cut drastically, dont know for sure yet as Ryan W has the first one, and we're impatiently waiting for him to get started on bodywork.

[NukeCoupe]

Thanks. Can you convert those "month" estimates to "manhour" estimates minus "Admiration Time" and other non-productive deviations? :D

[riptide motorsport]

As I mentioned before.....400 hours or so.....period.........HTH Steven

[Hankl]

FOREVER!

Hank

[xlr8or]

To get it done the first time...... 300 to 400 hours.
To add late mods and upgrades.... 100 hours.

Or only finish it once.... 800 hours including mods.
Having it complete but never finished..... Priceless. ;)

[RonSchofield]

Just don't do any mods and you should be fine. I'm guess I am up over 2000 hours with my build and still counting. My build mods are excessive so don't use me as any gauge.

[Blue Horse]

I must be slow. 3 years

[CJBergquist]

I'm with Blue Horse....I must be slooooow too. I'm just about to the Go Cart milestone and I'll be pushing 24 months. I've done a few of the common mods and spent way too much time on the sheet metal fit and finish and the electrical.

[1cobra]

Hi,
It took me 1,200 hours but that includes building the engine,cleaning and painting parts, sourcing parts,etc. Add 200 hours for professional $10,000 paint and bodywork. Extra time was taken to put everything back together after paint as didn't want and mishaps. Probably knock off 1/2 that time for a pro instead of hobbyist doing it.
Perry.

[stevemcwilliams]

4 years here. Every weekend. I have one of the first coupes and a lot of fabrication had to take place.

[Roy Hewson]

around 900 hours but 400 plus was on body fitting and paint. We kept accurate hours on that. It was 433 hours BUT it was an early coupe, gray body. The new 2nd gen is a much different story. FFR has done a beautiful job on it. Hell, we had 20 hrs each to fit the doors. The 2nd generation I heard just fit from the go.
Roy

[KodiakCoupe]

I'm estimating 1000 hours when its ready to my satisfaction (it'll probably never be "complete") but I'm perhaps a little more anal retentive than most. Good grief! It took me 600 hours to build my last model ship. I've done and redone lots of stuff on my build. My signature line is suggesting that my desired final outcome changes daily.