I found this thread posted else were, and had to chuckle and when I think back, theres not a single guy I know that has a firm grip on the true cost or for that matter anyone that probably wants to admit the true costs, but then there also a great many times that we get deals on parts or trade parts that never get calculated into the cost of the cars build cost either and if you calculated the labor hours or research required its obviously never going to be profitable
Id start by asking yourself a few questions and
ANSWERING THEM HONESTLY
WHAT DO YOU INTEND TO DO WITH THE CAR ONCE ITS UP AND RUNNING?
WILL IT BE A DAILY DRIVER AND WILL IT NEED TO PASS EMISSION TESTING ?
WHAT ARE YOUR REALISTIC BUDGET AND TIME FRAME LIMITATIONS?
HOW MUCH OF THE WORK ARE YOU COMFORTABLE DOING YOURSELF
(AND KNOW YOU CAN DO AS WELL OR BETTER THAN SENDING T OUT)?
WILL YOU BE HAPPY WITH THE RESULT OR WILL YOU ALWAYS WISH YOU HAD DONE SOMETHING DIFFERENT?
the last questions damn important, I know several guys that got rather deeply involved in restoring cars and after spending tens of thousands of dollars and years of effort they had really fantastic cars , but NOT what they really the cars they dreamed of owning
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Id start by asking yourself a few questions and
ANSWERING THEM HONESTLY
WHAT DO YOU INTEND TO DO WITH THE CAR ONCE ITS UP AND RUNNING?
WILL IT BE A DAILY DRIVER AND WILL IT NEED TO PASS EMISSION TESTING ?
WHAT ARE YOUR REALISTIC BUDGET AND TIME FRAME LIMITATIONS?
HOW MUCH OF THE WORK ARE YOU COMFORTABLE DOING YOURSELF
(AND KNOW YOU CAN DO AS WELL OR BETTER THAN SENDING T OUT)?
WILL YOU BE HAPPY WITH THE RESULT OR WILL YOU ALWAYS WISH YOU HAD DONE SOMETHING DIFFERENT?
the last questions damn important, I know several guys that got rather deeply involved in restoring cars and after spending tens of thousands of dollars and years of effort they had really fantastic cars , but NOT what they really the cars they dreamed of owning
I did a rough calculation a few years ago in my head, when I built my 1968 race corvette , which I could never afford too build at today's prices, for the 4-5 times what I paid in the 1970s for the parts back then, and while I am 100% sure I missed a bunch of stuff ,and had access to a great deal of parts that were very common and cheap at the time but nearly impossible to find now,I had calculated the cost of the car, plus what it cost me to build the engine and just that total, ignoring hundreds of extras, that I know I spent in minor parts,machine work,(that cost next to nothing then compared to what it costs now) and gaskets etc. and It quickly became obvious that if I had sat down and logically planed out the build and had a firm parts list and a logical list of machine work done in the correct order I could have saved a great deal of time and effort over the, cars build, engine install, rather than the try and tear it down, and try it again style of build, many if not most of us follow.sixer said:what did your car cost to build (we wont tell your wife)
what did you spend all in??? rough guesstimates are okay.
I talking about full car,
What Car - year/make/model
purpose - drag, street, auto cross etc
engine/ trans
Power adders - supercharged, turbo, nos
cage/chassis/suspension,
fuel system,
electrical,
wheels & tires etc.
What HP/Et/MPH
I'm just getting started with my build and im already at about 11k and note even close to having a complete car.
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