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Old 04-26-2005, 08:20 PM   #12
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Default Re: how much to restore a 65 coupe?

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Originally Posted by Rev
Everything always costs at least 1.5 times what you think it will. I think $15000 is about right for a nice daily driver. A concourse show car will cost a lot more. You will probably have to go through suspension, brakes, and all of the drive line as well as we're talking about a 40 year old car. I would imagine that i have at least $20,000 in mine (doing almost all the work myself), but that includes a lot of high performance parts.

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You couldn't be any more correct. Our cars are in pretty similar condition, have a lot of similar things done mechanically, and I think we both had similar projects to start with. As far as costs go we're sitting about even, as well.
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