Well, my stack has been growing since I bought my '68 SS back in 1992. Be prepared to accumulate your own stack like this, if you buy something that needs work.
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It had a 350 with a 4-spd and I paid $10,000. I thought I would save a lot of money by making major improvements myself. WRONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I have spent way too much money on this car and done too much damn work to it.
out: At the moment, the car has a 468 with Accel DFI on it. Man, this stuff costs money. Just the EFI alone cost me over $5,000. So be prepared to throw money at it.
My advice is to spend money at the outset, when you initially purchase the car. Find one that has EVERYTHING you want, so you don't need to go crazy modding and repairing. If you want a good car at a fair price, then IMO you should head to the Barrett-Jackson auction, or some place like that and find one that someone has already spent tons of time/money restoring.
You may think that paying $40,000 for a restored car is a lot of money. But unless you own a body shop or a machine shop, that price will seem like a bargain by the time you're done restoring a "20 footer"..............
Now, if I get REAL brave I will actually add up the totals of those receipts, but I'm gonna guess the receipts total around $35,000. Of course, that does not include original purchase price, nor all the time and energy I spent.
It had a 350 with a 4-spd and I paid $10,000. I thought I would save a lot of money by making major improvements myself. WRONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I have spent way too much money on this car and done too much damn work to it.
out: At the moment, the car has a 468 with Accel DFI on it. Man, this stuff costs money. Just the EFI alone cost me over $5,000. So be prepared to throw money at it.My advice is to spend money at the outset, when you initially purchase the car. Find one that has EVERYTHING you want, so you don't need to go crazy modding and repairing. If you want a good car at a fair price, then IMO you should head to the Barrett-Jackson auction, or some place like that and find one that someone has already spent tons of time/money restoring.
You may think that paying $40,000 for a restored car is a lot of money. But unless you own a body shop or a machine shop, that price will seem like a bargain by the time you're done restoring a "20 footer"..............
Now, if I get REAL brave I will actually add up the totals of those receipts, but I'm gonna guess the receipts total around $35,000. Of course, that does not include original purchase price, nor all the time and energy I spent.
