A100 Twins
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dhutton01
Backyard Hack
JimKueneman
Mopar Nut
More or less yes. Likely won’t be as anal about finding original bits and pieces that run the costs up and few care about besides me.
dhutton01
Backyard Hack
If you do and it only fetches $25-30k then you are restoring the wrong vehicle imho. I know it’s a cheap project but your time has to be worth a decent wage. You would be better off restoring Mopar muscle cars that fetch big money. Sure the project cars are expensive but they easily sell for six figures when restored. You could be the Ken Sungela of Mopars.
Just my two cents….
Don
JimKueneman
Mopar Nut
Also considering taking it to Barrett Jackson next spring just for the experience of it. After seeing the cars there my cars are in the top 10% of restoration quality, that surprised the crap out of me.
JimKueneman
Mopar Nut
If you do and it only fetches $25-30k then you are restoring the wrong vehicle imho. I know it’s a cheap project but your time has to be worth a decent wage. You would be better off restoring Mopar muscle cars that fetch big money. Sure the project cars are expensive but they easily sell for six figures when restored. You could be the Ken Sungela of Mopars.
Just my two cents….
Don
I just don’t care about the muscle cars, they will get saved by others. I love to save these cars that no one else does. I’m not looking at this as a money maker. If I can recoup my investment (materials and parts) and make a $5k-10k I will be happy. I just need to stay busy and feel good about saving less desirable cars.
dhutton01
Backyard Hack
It’s just not build quality that brings the money at BJ. It’s the cars that are sought by drunken ballers….
And yes the quality of some of the cars at BJ was a real eye opener for me.
Don
dhutton01
Backyard Hack
I can appreciate that. Let’s revisit this conversation in a year or two.
Take care,
Don
JimKueneman
Mopar Nut
It’s just not build quality that brings the money at BJ. It’s the cars that are sought by drunken ballers….
And yes the quality of some of the cars at BJ was a real eye opener for me.
Don
I estimated 50% of them would need another $10k of work to make me happy with them.
JimKueneman
Mopar Nut
I can appreciate that. Let’s revisit this conversation in a year or two.
Take care,
Don
What I do think will happen is I won’t do the same car twice. Part of the journey I enjoy is learning about the differences in model years as I work on them. I’m already considering just getting the other truck just drivable and flip it. After this much work to fix this one I know everything I want to know about them!
JimKueneman
Mopar Nut
Oh and I have to learn how to actually let them go once I’m done too!
dhutton01
Backyard Hack
I sold my beloved 69 Camaro last year. I sold it for less than I could have because I didn’t want any whining if it broke. The guy I sold it to got an offer he couldn’t refuse six months later. This is what the new owner did the first day with no insurance. Broke my heart, it was such an awesome car. 600 rwhp in the wrong hands. One year wait for new carbon fiber front clip parts.
Don
JimKueneman
Mopar Nut
They need to go to a home far far away!
dhutton01
Backyard Hack
And you need to get top dollar, don’t leave any money on the table for the next guy…
Don
dhutton01
Backyard Hack
One more comment. The more you make the more you have to invest in fancy tools….
Don
JimKueneman
Mopar Nut
One more comment. The more you make the more you have to invest in fancy tools….
Don
I believe that goes without saying!
JimKueneman
Mopar Nut
Six hours of stripping aftermarket spray foam and flapper wheeling rust and paint. Yeah….
JimKueneman
Mopar Nut
Well that sucks. The snowball is accelerating. It was hit in this side and sort of fixed by the same shop in Phoenix that probably put the quarters on the Valiant in the 80s.
Rusty metal removed and now I have to pull this front side to fix the inner fender. Sigh.
Rusty metal removed and now I have to pull this front side to fix the inner fender. Sigh.
JimKueneman
Mopar Nut
Needed to feel like I was making forward progress today.
JimKueneman
Mopar Nut
One side mostly done. Need to fix the exterior panels before doing much else. Drivers side bad metal is cut out ready for new patches.
No question I am going to have to fabricate these lower sections or all this work is for naught.
No question I am going to have to fabricate these lower sections or all this work is for naught.