What does it cost?
I have owned my 69 for 11 years and have been restoring it for 9 years. I have a room full of parts not counting whats in the car now. The price tag counting the purchase price of the car is staggering! Receipts for some 60K, but if this is your dream car and you never intend on selling it (which you will loose 60% of your investment not counting labor if you do) whats the price on your life's enjoyment. This car is what my family and I want, if I bought one finished and spent half,... whats under the shiny paint, or inside the pro built engine, or inside the newly covered interior etc. Get my point? So I say, if you can waite a few years and have a steady income to finance the project, and paying the home bills, and putting food on the table and clothes to wear for your family, GO FOR IT! If you have to set budget for the car, then do that. Don't let the long term dollar stop you. Don't be one of those guy who grows old saying I wish I had done that. Just my two cents....
I have owned my 69 for 11 years and have been restoring it for 9 years. I have a room full of parts not counting whats in the car now. The price tag counting the purchase price of the car is staggering! Receipts for some 60K, but if this is your dream car and you never intend on selling it (which you will loose 60% of your investment not counting labor if you do) whats the price on your life's enjoyment. This car is what my family and I want, if I bought one finished and spent half,... whats under the shiny paint, or inside the pro built engine, or inside the newly covered interior etc. Get my point? So I say, if you can waite a few years and have a steady income to finance the project, and paying the home bills, and putting food on the table and clothes to wear for your family, GO FOR IT! If you have to set budget for the car, then do that. Don't let the long term dollar stop you. Don't be one of those guy who grows old saying I wish I had done that. Just my two cents....