Costs

Base bike from St. Vincent's Thrift Store $17.50
Spare-parts frame from ASU surplus $5.00
Steel tubes for forks $8.50
Aluminum for seat frame $22.00
Wood for seat $1.50
Foam padding $7.00
Fake leather for seat cover $3.00
Misc nuts, bolts, etc $20.00
Additional tools $25.00
Paint $4.00
Labor - approximately 40 hours spread over two months $..??
Gas for all the runs to hardware stores, salvage places
thrift stores looking for bikes, etc. etc. $20.00

Building the first of hopefully several bikes... Priceless