[jjeffries]

For those interested in such petty details, I finally ran an abacus over my pile of receipts for this car.

I'm in it for about $6K in parts/materials, plus the $800 I paid for the car and $100 to flatbed it home. Let's call it seven grand.

I provide this as a reality check to anyone getting into such a project, neither a happy nor sad number. My decisions on what to buy and how to spend have been based on doing things right, building-in reliability and original performance, not cutting corners. I've also been thrifty by shopping around and not replacing parts which are still good just for the sake of it.. I have not insisted on buying Genuine Parts, which would have more than doubled everything. I know these numbers are absolutely in-line with what others have experienced. This car will be really good once completed, at which point I'll likely sell it.

It's still a work in progress, of course. Tires, a windshield and some cosmetics remain.

This car came with largely good paint; I cannot imagine embarking on one of these with bad paint, let alone any rust.

John