Money...

Hozer 88GTConv · 11-10-2002, 07:54 AM

Okay,
The test post inspired me.

Question: On your best or only Mustang, how much do you figure you have spent? Money and man hours?

This is just a good chance for me to vindicate myself I guess.

I have had my convertible for 4 1/2 years and have spent over $16,000 including blower. Not alot but still, jeez.

And I still have lot of polishing and painting to do.

And they say crack is a bad habit.

PKRWUD · 11-10-2002, 08:30 AM

That's not bad. I learned 16 years ago to stop keeping track. When I had my '69 Chevelle SS396, I kept every single receipt, and documented them in a ledger. I even kept receipts for the small stuff, like oil and filters. After 2 years, my ledger totalled over $5k, and I hadn't done schit to it! Well, at least it seemed that way. I stopped keeping track right then and there. Good thing, too. The following year is when I built the race engine for it. lol.

Take care,
~Chris

Hozer 88GTConv · 11-10-2002, 08:36 AM

pkrwud,
I do the same thing...the folder is freaking huge. every receipt, phone number, etc...
I think I'll put mine away too...if the wife found it, damn.

Topless In Texas · 11-10-2002, 12:32 PM

I actually sat down and figured it out not too long ago....I've got about 11K sunk into Topless. It does not look like it, but Its there! God, thats scary. If I ever wreck it, I'm out of luck and a **** load of money. I'd never recoup out of Ins. whats in her much less the Time and the Blood, Sweat and Tears!

You saved all your reciepts....that GREAT . Wish I could say I did the same

TNT

PKRWUD · 11-10-2002, 01:28 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Topless In Texas
I'd never recoup out of Ins. whats in her much less the Time and the Blood, Sweat and Tears!

True, but you can't put a value on all that Topless has done for you, either. From being a form of therapy, to the joy you get when someone admires it at a show, really makes it, and all the time you've put into her, priceless, IMO.

But what do I know?

Take care,
~Chris

93calcobra · 11-11-2002, 12:22 AM

i have about 15k in my fox and thats not including my other rides i have decided to take a break for a few months while my fox sits in my garage for the winter

The Deuce · 11-11-2002, 01:55 AM

This is something I really don't want to consider, given that I might just buy myself a '65 for my birthday.

PKRWUD · 11-11-2002, 02:21 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by The Deuce
This is something I really don't want to consider, given that I might just buy myself a '65 for my birthday.

OMG. Damn, Mike. I just checked your profile to see when your birthday was, and it shocked me. I know how old you are, but seeing the actual date just messed me up. I remember vividly the hangover I had the day you were born. That is just too damn scary.

Wow.

I need a drink.

BARTENDER!!!

cyberstang5.0 · 11-11-2002, 08:08 AM

I have had Sally for a little over three years now. She was bone stock when I bought her. $26,000 dollars later

... she is what you see before you. That price includes buying the car and does not include little stuff like brakes and oil. Only performance parts and body/paint.

11-10-2002, 07:54 AM	#1
Hozer 88GTConv Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Jacksonville, FL Posts: 706	Money... Okay, The test post inspired me. Question: On your best or only Mustang, how much do you figure you have spent? Money and man hours? This is just a good chance for me to vindicate myself I guess. I have had my convertible for 4 1/2 years and have spent over $16,000 including blower. Not alot but still, jeez. And I still have lot of polishing and painting to do. And they say crack is a bad habit. __________________ 1988 GT Convertible 331 10:1 TW heads, GT-40 intake, MSD, TRW flattops, B Cam w/ 1.7's, MAC exhaust, 24's, 70 TB, 76 MAF, 3.73's, Pro 5.0, Koni's, Anderson PMS, Wideband 02, yatta, yatta... One week with new motor, two speeding tickets...joy

11-10-2002, 08:30 AM	#2
PKRWUD Junior Member Join Date: Mar 1999 Location: Ventura, California Posts: 8,981	That's not bad. I learned 16 years ago to stop keeping track. When I had my '69 Chevelle SS396, I kept every single receipt, and documented them in a ledger. I even kept receipts for the small stuff, like oil and filters. After 2 years, my ledger totalled over $5k, and I hadn't done schit to it! Well, at least it seemed that way. I stopped keeping track right then and there. Good thing, too. The following year is when I built the race engine for it. lol. Take care, ~Chris __________________ Webmaster: Rice Haters Club Jim Porter Racing Peckerwoods Pit Stop Support Your Local RED & WHITE!

11-10-2002, 08:36 AM	#3
Hozer 88GTConv Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Jacksonville, FL Posts: 706	man, now I don't feel so anal... pkrwud, I do the same thing...the folder is freaking huge. every receipt, phone number, etc... I think I'll put mine away too...if the wife found it, damn. __________________ 1988 GT Convertible 331 10:1 TW heads, GT-40 intake, MSD, TRW flattops, B Cam w/ 1.7's, MAC exhaust, 24's, 70 TB, 76 MAF, 3.73's, Pro 5.0, Koni's, Anderson PMS, Wideband 02, yatta, yatta... One week with new motor, two speeding tickets...joy

11-10-2002, 12:32 PM	#4
Topless In Texas Not broken anymore! Join Date: May 2001 Location: La Porte, TEXASS :) Posts: 1,963	:) I actually sat down and figured it out not too long ago....I've got about 11K sunk into Topless. It does not look like it, but Its there! God, thats scary. If I ever wreck it, I'm out of luck and a **** load of money. I'd never recoup out of Ins. whats in her much less the Time and the Blood, Sweat and Tears! You saved all your reciepts....that GREAT . Wish I could say I did the same TNT __________________ R.I.P. my Kinde..Jan. 19,1992-Aug. 22, 2003. Shes Cruisin' doggie heaven in a Blown Verte or a GTO!!! 2005 ROUSH GT Verte SuperStallions of the Net Feature, May 2002 RICE HATERS CLUB MEMBER #38!! O.B.C #5..thank you!! I feel so priveledged!! BONE STOCK~ Hell, its a ROUSH!

11-11-2002, 12:22 AM	#6
93calcobra Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: sacramento california Posts: 97	i have about 15k in my fox and thats not including my other rides i have decided to take a break for a few months while my fox sits in my garage for the winter __________________ 1993 red cobra 1999 ford lightning 1999 bmw 3m 2003 lincoln ls

11-11-2002, 01:55 AM	#7
The Deuce Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Atlanta, GA Posts: 2,325	This is something I really don't want to consider, given that I might just buy myself a '65 for my birthday. __________________ 1997 Mustang GT "The Freak" - 13.80 @ 101.70, 2.07 60' 1995 Honda VFR750 - not much @ really fast (actual data pending.) 1964.5 Mustang 289 Rice Haters Club Member #13

11-11-2002, 08:08 AM	#9
cyberstang5.0 347ci of HORSE POWER!!! Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 1,416	I have had Sally for a little over three years now. She was bone stock when I bought her. $26,000 dollars later ... she is what you see before you. That price includes buying the car and does not include little stuff like brakes and oil. Only performance parts and body/paint.

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