[firstgenaddict]

God that reminds me of my first Corvette when I was 18 years old... Burgundy 69 L46 Coupe, mine had a L88 Hood & 9" wide westerns wheels with dark tint... wish I had a photo from then...
I returned it to it's original Daytona Yellow with a Flat hood... post haste.

By the time you are done with the birdcage, the rivets, and paint you are going to be 30k deep... and you still haven't addressed the frame or anything mechanical.

the owner of the LT1 I painted was next to me at the National show, after he sold the car he said that if he can break even (no labor) and put a car back on the road as a hobby he enjoys it. He told me that sending everything out and then him assembling everything .. .I mean everything which moved or ran - down to the steering column, gauge cluster, rear end, power window motors etc. etc he had 53k in cash outlay not including the initial purchase of the car. And he didn't have 30k in the paint even after paying someone else to paint the car the wrong color prior to bringing it to me.