May as well buy a restored Mopar.....

'68cuda416 said
This is 100% not a knock against you or the Duster guy or anyone else for that matter but just to not confuse people 8 or 9 thousand dollars spent on a reasonably decent start of a classic Mopar will result in a average to better than average home build, which is perfectly fine in a lot of cases and probably would get the overwhelming vote of agreement from feedback off of here but if a person was really looking to actually restore the car and redo,rebuild,restore everything on it then 8-9k will never ever come close to making that happen.........again i'm not knocking your car or anyone else's either as to be honest I haven't seen them in person but what I do know is that if you want them looking like they did when they were new and or even better in some instances that kind of money will not even scratch the surface. Enjoy your car, I own a 71 Demon also and like the color you have on yours.

I'm confused as to your argument. 1. I spent 12K to start with. A lot of stuff had been done to it. 2. I do 100% of the work. You could spend 12K on the paint job I have on my car but I did it for under $600. If I had to pay for all my hours then you are probably correct, I'd have around $70K in it...which is stupid.

Before anyone says that paint cost $1200 on up, I use Kirker brand paint. I paid $92/gallon for 2 stage paint. If I had just purchased what I needed it would have been much less than $600 but I purchased different temperature reducers and activators for various weather conditions. I have experience in auto body so no it is not practical for most people.