How much does a restoration really cost?

[skierkaj]

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[skierkaj]

interior

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interior 2

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[skierkaj]

Sooo, what do u think? Not bad for $630 huh! The guy misaligned the door and the front fender on the pass. side, and it chipped the paint, so I took it back and he redid it free of charge. Also had him touch up some stone chips free of charge. Take in mind, the car hasn't even been buffed yet, and still appears pretty shiny!

[Salvatore]

Ain't a bad lookin car...son. That interior is so white it looks like he sprayed the vinyl along with the stripes. So how does it run? Come on guys, He is just a kid. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/beers.gif[/img] Oh sorry, not yet!

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

Actually, it doesn't look bad, looks like you got a good deal. Enjoy!

[MYSTERYCHEVELLE]

I have to agree with Mr. Hale [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] on all points.

You have to compare apples to apples. There's having your car PAINTED and there's doing a Restoration....painting the car is a small part of the Restoration IMO. and You get what you pay for...Nuff said [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/headbang.gif[/img]

[skierkaj]

The car runs awesome, but is lacking in the performance category, hence the 305. Runs awesome, shifts pretty good (could probably use a shift improver kit from B&M), and hasn't let me down yet. Car was totally rust free when I got it, and the underside looks great (sorry, no pics). What I'd LIKE to do is add a ratchet shifter, traction bars, new rear gears, beef up the tranny, and install a Bill Mitchell 454 small block (yes, a 454 small block!). That motor is insane, and can outdo the ZZ502! Approximately 600HP, and 570some pounds of torque. With that kind of performance, I'd probably need some slicks! The car is just my daily driver, but isn't getting used much, as I'm away at college. I would've posted some pics of it doing a monster burnout with slicks on back, but unfortunately I never took them (didn't have a camera with me). I couldn't believe it when that little 305 burned so much rubber (at least a 1/2 inch) off the tire, and was so much smoke, that you couldn't see the car! I had to use some bug & tar remover just to get the rubber off of the rear quarter, and I even had huge mudflaps protecting the quarter panel (bigger ones than in the photo). In regards to the interior, It's a special "krylon" interior [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/haha.gif[/img]
Just some krylon plastic spraypaint, and the seats were sprayed with some spraycan vinyl dye. It's been about 2 years, and the seats seem to hold up pretty well with it on. Hope you enjoyed the pics. Just goes to show you, you can do a quality "rebuild" by yourself!

[micky69396]

Hey Mike, thanks. At least somebody does. Im just mad because I got docked 2 stars from this post I think. Darn. Car looks good.(not being sarcastic) If the paint stays on it for the next couple years you did a fine job. My materials bill is way more than that what you paid. BTW, what paint is on it? PPG, DuPont, etc?