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Posted by: alpha434 Mar 16 2006, 01:32 AM
Ok. A few people have finally seen in my signature that I want a Bradley GT. Where can I find one?
Posted by: bondo Mar 16 2006, 01:37 AM
Dunno, but I know where you can find an MGB. 
Posted by: LowGT Mar 16 2006, 01:42 AM
I see them on Evilbay frequently.
Posted by: alpha434 Mar 16 2006, 01:43 AM
| QUOTE (bondo @ Mar 15 2006, 11:37 PM) |
| Dunno, but I know where you can find an MGB. |
How much. That's the question. The MGB will be a gift to my father.
Posted by: bondo Mar 16 2006, 01:47 AM
My price is down to 7,950. Details are on craigslist. Colorado is far though.
Posted by: alpha434 Mar 16 2006, 01:49 AM
Fully restored. Can't afford it as a gift. 8,000 bucks is a lot for a college student to spend on a gift to his dad.
Posted by: alpha434 Mar 16 2006, 01:49 AM
| QUOTE (bondo @ Mar 15 2006, 11:47 PM) |
| My price is down to 7,950. Details are on craigslist. Colorado is far though. |
Posted by: BMartin914 Mar 16 2006, 07:43 AM
I have seen a few around locally, Chris. I would suggest attending some of the VW events coming up - VWs on The Green, the Bug-In, and talk to the Bradley owners that show up about where to find one.
Posted by: rick 918-S Mar 16 2006, 08:06 AM
There are several bodies in a guys yard about 60 miles from me. They are new, uninstalled on a pan as there are no good pans here in this state. There is junk stacked on them. There is junk everywhere in the guys yard, and a 904 (?) style kit car in the field with sheep 
running around. I asked about the 904 body once. He told me $ 125.00. He told me he did some work for a guy and he couldn't pay him so he took the stuff as payment. I was going to come back with a trailer but other this came up. (like work, winter, etc.) Everything is probably under the snow now. But if I get out that way I'll shoot some photos.
Posted by: dstar Mar 16 2006, 08:15 AM
Check my restoration I did back in 97:
http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/vwheadsonly/
go to photos, then kit cars(on the next page).
Here it is with 50s on the rear..... 
I yanked the 1641 and am building one of Jake's 2316 ANIHILATOR
cammed engines to go in it for the drags.
Don
Posted by: skline Mar 16 2006, 08:28 AM
I have a neighbor who has one on the side of his house that is most likely for sale but it too is in California. Actually, it maybe the Sterling model and not the Bradley after all. I liked the Sterling much better than the Bradley, it was sleeker and longer. Sean 914v8 had one too down in San Diego but I think his is a Sterling also.
Posted by: ! Mar 16 2006, 08:36 AM
| QUOTE (alpha434 @ Mar 16 2006, 12:32 AM) |
| Ok. A few people have finally seen in my signature that I want a Bradley GT. Where can I find one? |
We were ignoring you......hoping you would go away. Guess we're stuck with you....
Posted by: skline Mar 16 2006, 08:39 AM
OOOhh, Mikey's in a mood this morning, is that bad cholesterol still high? Someone piss in your cheerios this morning Mikey? 
Posted by: KELTY360 Mar 16 2006, 08:39 AM
| QUOTE (alpha434 @ Mar 15 2006, 11:43 PM) |
| The MGB will be a gift to my father. |
Are you trying to get back at him for something he did to you?
Posted by: mikelsr Mar 16 2006, 08:44 AM
A couple of years a go I saw a primered body sitting outside near a house out in the country. I kept wanting to stop by to see what it was. Then someone here started talking about the Bradley GT and then I knew what it was. Next time I went by it was gone. I was told that the home owner's son started to build one and then lost interest. Then it was sold.
Posted by: skline Mar 16 2006, 09:08 AM
| QUOTE (mikelsr @ Mar 16 2006, 06:44 AM) |
| I was told that the home owner's son started to build one and then lost interest. Then it was sold. |
Thats how most of them wound up.
Posted by: dstar Mar 16 2006, 09:20 AM
I first saw it in the movie DeathRace 2000, with David Carridine
and Sylvester Stalone. Excellent cult movie, but not politically correct!
I wanted one then and finally got one in 96.
Don
Posted by: nocones Mar 16 2006, 09:24 AM
| QUOTE |
| The MGB will be a gift to my father. |
| QUOTE |
Are you trying to get back at him for something he did to you? biggrin.gif |
Hmph...
My Dad has his (used to be my Grandfathers, bought new in England) 68' MGB-GT sitting in my garage taking up space.
I think he'd take $4000 for it.
Posted by: nocones Mar 16 2006, 09:25 AM
Diggin' the new avatar Mike! 
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Posted by: vertigo Mar 16 2006, 09:47 AM
My father has a Bradley gtII that he wants to sell for 4,700 (he may come down). It was built on a '78 bug frame and has the 1600 fi engine, white exterior (never painted) white interior black carpet. The previous owner got a special tag for it for smog exempt which it does not need as it has all that on car and actually runs very well (only vw I have seen that does not leak any oil) This car is in Porterville Ca. and you would need to provide shipping. Let me know if interested. By the way the yellow car pictured a few posts up is a gtI. My dads' looks somewhat different as it has the gull wing doors, pop up headlights.
Posted by: alpha434 Mar 16 2006, 10:45 AM
| QUOTE (rick 918-S @ Mar 16 2006, 06:06 AM) |
| There are several bodies in a guys yard about 60 miles from me. They are new, uninstalled on a pan as there are no good pans here in this state. There is junk stacked on them. There is junk everywhere in the guys yard, and a 904 (?) style kit car in the field with sheep running around. I asked about the 904 body once. He told me $ 125.00. He told me he did some work for a guy and he couldn't pay him so he took the stuff as payment. I was going to come back with a trailer but other this came up. (like work, winter, etc.) Everything is probably under the snow now. But if I get out that way I'll shoot some photos. |
I like the sound of that. And I like the GTII better than the GTI. The gullwing doors. Yeah, baby.
Posted by: dstar Mar 16 2006, 01:13 PM
The GTI has the gull wing doors also, I just don't like them.
I try to drive it when it isn't gonna rain, but have gotten caught in
the rain without them....
They are a $%&* when you are trying to get into the car and, IMHO
they make the car look like a dog- 
.
Whilst the Bradley GT was loosely copied after the Ford GT40(hence
the name Bradley) 
the GTII was loosely based on a Ferrari 512.
Don
Posted by: boboli914@att.net Mar 16 2006, 03:21 PM
| QUOTE (alpha434 @ Mar 15 2006, 11:49 PM) |
| Fully restored. Can't afford it as a gift. 8,000 bucks is a lot for a college student to spend on a gift to his dad. |
How can one place a $ on the gift of life?
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Posted by: boboli914@att.net Mar 16 2006, 03:23 PM
| QUOTE (KELTY360 @ Mar 16 2006, 06:39 AM) | ||
Are you trying to get back at him for something he did to you? |
Posted by: itsa914 Mar 16 2006, 04:13 PM
One here http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Bradley-GT-Body-On-VW-Frame_W0QQitemZ8048150954QQcategoryZ6783QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
another http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1971-Bradley-Gt-fiberglass-body-volking-awesome_W0QQitemZ8048039381QQcategoryZ6783QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Replica-Kit-Makes-Bradley-GT-Volkswagen-Bradley-G-T_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ7251QQitemZ4622078113QQrdZ1
Posted by: Mueller Mar 16 2006, 04:25 PM
| QUOTE (itsa914 @ Mar 16 2006, 03:13 PM) |
| One here http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Bradley-GT-Body-On-VW-Frame_W0QQitemZ8048150954QQcategoryZ6783QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem current bid of $2.25, about $2 too much another http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1971-Bradley-Gt-fiberglass-body-volking-awesome_W0QQitemZ8048039381QQcategoryZ6783QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem seriously overpriced @ $75 http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Replica-Kit-Makes-Bradley-GT-Volkswagen-Bradley-G-T_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ7251QQitemZ4622078113QQrdZ1 guy should be charged with child abuse forcing them to be photographed with that car |
..........
Posted by: BMartin914 Mar 16 2006, 04:32 PM
| QUOTE (itsa914 @ Mar 16 2006, 02:13 PM) |
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Replica-Kit-Makes-Bradley-GT-Volkswagen-Bradley-G-T_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ7251QQitemZ4622078113QQrdZ1 |
That's your Bradley Chris!
Posted by: TROJANMAN Mar 16 2006, 04:53 PM
| QUOTE (BMartin914 @ Mar 16 2006, 02:32 PM) | ||
That's your Bradley Chris! |
Holy Fugly Car Batman
Posted by: rick 918-S Mar 16 2006, 04:56 PM
Does anyone want a mold for a dune buggy body? Not the body, the mold to make the bodies. I have one leaning up agaist the back of my garage..
Posted by: BigDBass Mar 16 2006, 05:00 PM
There's one down the street from me at a body shop up on a display stand in their lot. It's been there as long as I can remember and I don't think it's ever moved. It puts a semblance of a smile on my face every time I drive by. I've asked myself a hundred times "I wonder if it's for sale?" but I have never stopped to ask.
Posted by: bondo Mar 16 2006, 05:59 PM
| QUOTE (TROJANMAN @ Mar 16 2006, 03:53 PM) | ||||
Holy Fugly Car Batman |
I think I drove one of those around a somewhat restrictive track at Disneyland..
Posted by: TROJANMAN Mar 16 2006, 06:31 PM
i think you're right
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Posted by: MecGen Mar 16 2006, 06:49 PM
Hi Chris
I wanted a Bradly for the longest time....till I got up close and personal... 
The fit and finish of all 3 Bradly's I've seen close, left room for improvement. The trunk and doors were ...uhm....odd. 
Don't get me wrong, it can be done rite, but the amount of work needed, and of course the usual unexpected costs, make me think that is why so many unfinished kits are for sale.... 
Personally, I rather do another 914, at least the realy good ones are getting over $10K now. 
You gotta think about the resale value with any project car.
I hope you get what you want, and it works out for you.
+Karma
Later
Posted by: BMartin914 Mar 16 2006, 08:45 PM
How 'bout a Puma Logan?
Posted by: alpha434 Mar 17 2006, 12:42 AM
| QUOTE (itsa914 @ Mar 16 2006, 02:13 PM) |
| One here http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Bradley-GT-Body-On-VW-Frame_W0QQitemZ8048150954QQcategoryZ6783QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem another http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1971-Bradley-Gt-fiberglass-body-volking-awesome_W0QQitemZ8048039381QQcategoryZ6783QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Replica-Kit-Makes-Bradley-GT-Volkswagen-Bradley-G-T_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ7251QQitemZ4622078113QQrdZ1 |
JESUS H CHRIST. Those shells are in horrible condition. And like I said. I would prefer a GTII. And I think the kid posing in the picture actually owns that car. So I'm DEFICATELY NOT buy that one. He looks like a complete douchebag. And I'll bet the engine is in terrible shape form "street racing." I know mine is.
And WTF is a puma? A pantera wannabe?
Posted by: bondo Mar 17 2006, 12:48 AM
| QUOTE (alpha434 @ Mar 16 2006, 11:42 PM) | ||
JESUS H CHRIST. Those shells are in horrible condition. And like I said. I would prefer a GTII. And I think the kid posing in the picture actually owns that car. So I'm DEFICATELY NOT buy that one. He looks like a complete douchebag. And I'll bet the engine is in terrible shape form "street racing." I know mine is. And WTF is a puma? A pantera wannabe? |
Deficately? Eww.
Posted by: alpha434 Mar 17 2006, 12:50 AM
Whoops. Sometimes my hands just wanna do all the talking.... Yeah, baby. Any cute girls out there in 914 land?
Posted by: BMartin914 Mar 17 2006, 01:03 AM
| QUOTE (alpha434 @ Mar 16 2006, 10:42 PM) |
| And WTF is a puma? A pantera wannabe? |
Come on Mr. Knowitall...I suggest you Google it...
No easy answers. Only clue you get is that it uses a VW chassis and a lot of folks think it looks better than the Bradley.
Pantera wannabe...sheesh...kids...
Posted by: alpha434 Mar 17 2006, 01:13 AM
| QUOTE (BMartin914 @ Mar 16 2006, 11:03 PM) |
| No easy answers. Only clue you get is that it uses a VW chassis and a lot of folks think it looks better than the Bradley. |
Which means harder to find and more expensive.
Jeeze. Let's stick to one kind of car. Bradley GT. If I had just said "kitcar on a bug chassis," then cool. But there are thousands of different kitcars for bug chassis.
How about a GTII found in Rick's field for fairly cheap, and then I'll put it on a super beetle chassis and put a type IV engine in it. Hazza!
Posted by: alpha434 Mar 17 2006, 01:15 AM
I googled Puma. I stand corrected. Not a pantera wannabe. A 912/SAAB Sonnett II wannabe. KEEE-RAP! And there are two dozen different Pumas out there to compound it.
Posted by: Paul Illick Mar 17 2006, 05:59 AM
| QUOTE (alpha434 @ Mar 16 2006, 11:15 PM) |
| I googled Puma. I stand corrected. Not a pantera wannabe. A 912/SAAB Sonnett II wannabe. KEEE-RAP! And there are two dozen different Pumas out there to compound it. |
Proof again that there's no accounting for taste. You're right, you DESERVE a Bradley.
Puma GT:
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Posted by: Lou W Mar 17 2006, 06:26 AM
| QUOTE (Paul Illick @ Mar 17 2006, 04:59 AM) | ||
Proof again that there's no accounting for taste. You're right, you DESERVE a Bradley. Puma GT: |
Now I'd take one of those.
Posted by: BMartin914 Mar 17 2006, 07:50 AM
| QUOTE (alpha434 @ Mar 16 2006, 11:15 PM) |
| I googled Puma. I stand corrected. Not a pantera wannabe. A 912/SAAB Sonnett II wannabe. KEEE-RAP! And there are two dozen different Pumas out there to compound it. |
I do not like your attitude young man!
Posted by: dstar Mar 17 2006, 09:06 AM
| QUOTE (MecGen @ Mar 16 2006, 04:49 PM) |
| Hi Chris I wanted a Bradly for the longest time....till I got up close and personal... The fit and finish of all 3 Bradly's I've seen close, left room for improvement. The trunk and doors were ...uhm....odd. Don't get me wrong, it can be done rite, but the amount of work needed, and of course the usual unexpected costs, make me think that is why so many unfinished kits are for sale.... Personally, I rather do another 914, at least the realy good ones are getting over $10K now. You gotta think about the resale value with any project car. I hope you get what you want, and it works out for you. +Karma Later |
You're right, the fit and finish is/was HORRIBLE!
The clay-line on mine still had flashing on it, but it is number 31
and I expected them to get better! I saw one of the last popped
out of the mold and it looked about the same as mine.
I'm gonna say this, fully expecting to get laughed off the block,
but I put $6000 in the restoration of mine.........
You like what you like, I like what I like.
Don
Posted by: Paul Illick Mar 17 2006, 09:27 AM
| QUOTE (dstar @ Mar 17 2006, 07:06 AM) |
| I'm gonna say this, fully expecting to get laughed off the block, but I put $6000 in the restoration of mine......... |
Sorry, Don, don't believe it.
Can't believe it.
Won't believe it.
Posted by: dstar Mar 17 2006, 10:06 AM
You don't have to!
$2000 engine
$1500 car
$1000 tranny
$1000 tires and rims
$500 incidentals
Do the math........that doesn't even cover the costs of all the tools
I had to buy ,since some asswipe stole my toolbox as it was
being shipped back from Germany. I had irreplaceable ones TOO!
I wanted it since I was 14, and I got it.
What do you do with YOUR $$$?
Don
Posted by: Paul Illick Mar 17 2006, 11:19 AM
Oh, I believe you spent the money, Don, just hard for me to believe anyone would spend that much on a Bradley. But that's just me. You've always wanted one, now you have one, and that's fine.
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