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<blockquote data-quote="CobraBob" data-source="post: 16736721" data-attributes="member: 6727"><p><span style="font-size: 22px">He posted this a few pages back.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 22px"><img src="https://freesvg.org/img/arrowdownred.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 51px" /></span></p><p></p><p>Hello Bob. Yes, it would be cool to see my car roll across the block LOL. Then again, I've seen Richard Rawlings lose his @$$ at some of those auctions too. Not sure I could deal with that. Guess I would have to do a reserve auction LOL.</p><p></p><p>I have not kept an official record of my hours, but I do keep an average of the hours I've worked.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><strong>As of today I believe I have 960 hours invested. This is my formula:</strong></span></p><p><strong><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)">- 20 months (May 2020 to Jan 2022) x 4 weekends per month = 80 weekends.</span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)">- 80 Weekends x 2 days per weekend = 160 days spent working on the car.</span></strong></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><strong>- 160 days x 6 hours a day (average) = 960 hours.</strong></span></p><p></p><p>Now I have worked on the car longer and shorter hours depending on how I feel and if there are any family issues I need to deal with. So, 6 is my average. I believe I have also spent a few more days working on the car due to time off on holidays and some vacation time I took. I'm not sure how many more days, so those days are not listed or factored in.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><strong>I have been averaging $75 an hour for labor. So, if you multiply $75 an hour by 960 hours that's $72,000 in labor.</strong></span></p><p></p><p>I don't think this is a fair value comparison now. The reason being is I only do this on the weekends. A shop has M-F to work on the car. Also, I'm doing this by myself and a shop, with a team, could complete the project in a shorter amount of time. Thus the labor charge would be less because the hourly rate is the same regardless if 1 guy is working or 5 guys are working on the car.</p><p></p><p>So, I'm not sure I would have to spend that amount on labor to get the same quality I have put in to the car thus far.</p><p></p><p>That's my thought process anyway LOL.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CobraBob, post: 16736721, member: 6727"] [SIZE=6]He posted this a few pages back. [IMG width="51px"]https://freesvg.org/img/arrowdownred.png[/IMG][/SIZE] Hello Bob. Yes, it would be cool to see my car roll across the block LOL. Then again, I've seen Richard Rawlings lose his @$$ at some of those auctions too. Not sure I could deal with that. Guess I would have to do a reserve auction LOL. I have not kept an official record of my hours, but I do keep an average of the hours I've worked. [COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)][B]As of today I believe I have 960 hours invested. This is my formula:[/B][/COLOR] [B][COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)] - 20 months (May 2020 to Jan 2022) x 4 weekends per month = 80 weekends. - 80 Weekends x 2 days per weekend = 160 days spent working on the car.[/COLOR][/B] [COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)][B]- 160 days x 6 hours a day (average) = 960 hours.[/B][/COLOR] Now I have worked on the car longer and shorter hours depending on how I feel and if there are any family issues I need to deal with. So, 6 is my average. I believe I have also spent a few more days working on the car due to time off on holidays and some vacation time I took. I'm not sure how many more days, so those days are not listed or factored in. [COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)][B]I have been averaging $75 an hour for labor. So, if you multiply $75 an hour by 960 hours that's $72,000 in labor.[/B][/COLOR] I don't think this is a fair value comparison now. The reason being is I only do this on the weekends. A shop has M-F to work on the car. Also, I'm doing this by myself and a shop, with a team, could complete the project in a shorter amount of time. Thus the labor charge would be less because the hourly rate is the same regardless if 1 guy is working or 5 guys are working on the car. So, I'm not sure I would have to spend that amount on labor to get the same quality I have put in to the car thus far. That's my thought process anyway LOL. [/QUOTE]
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