A realistic approach of classic car restoration cost

This is hilarious and looks spot on. As I mull over the restoration of the TC out front, I am minus the wife expenses but still wonder how many thousands it will cost to do mine realizing that after the fact it will still only be worth about $5K here in the states. I generally do not see P6s in the photo gallery section of the British restoration specialists. These are best done by the hobbyist with an affection for these under appreciated classics.
 
Oh yes!! Can well relate…! $8k for engine rebuild…$5k for leather interior..$5k for respray and then the brakes,suspension, 4 bbl carb and manifold. What are we? Over $20k now? Couldn’t sell it for anything near what I have in it, but is it worth it? To me yes…!
 
No idea what I have spent on Sparky, and have no intention of working it out :)

Must be several thousand now though :hmm:
 
Actually, our restaurant budget is quite reasonable.
I do my best to keep the running cost of the Rover down. I've only ever filled the Rover's tank with the 'gone off' lawn mower petrol, that super unleaded is the worst. The Rover has never been restored but then I was lucky I had some paint polish on the shelf already; my partner was quite stunned when she saw the difference a bottle of polish makes.
Our big household cost is keeping the washing machine working, I needed to buy a TIG welder to fix that once. Another big cost in our house is the unreliable oil fired central heating, but I found a company in England that does a good spares service, Wadhams. They do those sparky things for the burner in boxes of 8. They even sell the air filers too.
 
Oh yes!! Can well relate…! $8k for engine rebuild…$5k for leather interior..$5k for respray and then the brakes,suspension, 4 bbl carb and manifold. What are we? Over $20k now? Couldn’t sell it for anything near what I have in it, but is it worth it? To me yes…!
Correct. I'm about half way there and the car is worth $/£0 because it won't be sold while I'm alive.
 
Actually, our restaurant budget is quite reasonable.
I do my best to keep the running cost of the Rover down. I've only ever filled the Rover's tank with the 'gone off' lawn mower petrol, that super unleaded is the worst. The Rover has never been restored but then I was lucky I had some paint polish on the shelf already; my partner was quite stunned when she saw the difference a bottle of polish makes.
Our big household cost is keeping the washing machine working, I needed to buy a TIG welder to fix that once. Another big cost in our house is the unreliable oil fired central heating, but I found a company in England that does a good spares service, Wadhams. They do those sparky things for the burner in boxes of 8. They even sell the air filers too.
I like the way you roll :)
 
It's all about smiles per mile. The blue car was not cheap to build, but boy was that fun, isn't that what it's all about ?
 
I was warned recently about an ebay scam where you order expensive jewellery for your wife, but you are actually sent car parts!

o_O
 
Having two cars farmed out is a challenge but l'm certain the price will fade, rather than be forgotten, once they're both back out on the roads.
 
I was warned recently about an ebay scam where you order expensive jewellery for your wife, but you are actually sent car parts!
I hear a lot of female callers complaining about that on Radio 4 Woman's Hour the other day, apparently a lot more widespread than you'd think.

Do you know, I was about to say if you buy lathe, you can make your make jewellery.

But, this is true:
I was working at the lathe one day, struggling to get nice small chips. Instead I was making long strands of flailing swarf. (stock image)
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and my partners daughter walked in, saw the coils of metal and took them to make some ear rings!!! True.
:rolleyes:
 
Yes, l know the saying but a after quick search it looks like it's one of those truncated quotes, though it works either way:

“The bitterness of poor quality remains long after the sweetness of low price is forgotten” is a quote frequently attributed to Benjamin Franklin.
 
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