'74 air cleaner - before and after

Holy crap. I always wondered how/why some guys could put that much $$ into a car, then sell it for far less than they had into it. I mean, other than just for the satisfaction of bringing something back to life.
I figure I will end up putting more into mine than I had anticipated (but not $75K), and I'll either end up really liking it and keeping it, or selling it for a bit less than I end up putting into it. It's growing on me...
At $75K, it's still worth far more than you have into it.