Re: Projects

Posted by BigKev On 2010/12/8 16:40:05

Buy as complete, running and finished of a car as possible. It will always be cheaper in the long run as compared to a "project". Any project will probably cost you 3x as much as you originally estimate. The devils is in the details, and those details are expensive. A project can literally nickel and dime you to death.

Paint, body work, and interior can cost way more than mechanicals. So get a car with the best possible body and interior.

For example I bought my Clipper project for $500. I will end up putting well over $10,000 (Paint, Interior, etc) into when all said and done, and that is with me doing most of the labor. I probably could have bought a decent looking/running driver for about $5,000.

Dont get me wrong projects are great is you have Time, Money, Tools, Know-how, Working Space, and Wifely Support and really like the work.