Hey, I've spent somewhere north of $36K so far on my BN2 restoration and it
does not have paint on it yet. (although, it is supposed to happen in a week
or so) I probably got $5-10K more to go before it's finished and this is only
going to be a nice driver! If I did not have the help of the list member such
as Rich Chrysler, Dave Nock and others, it would not be anywhere near
finished. If I did not have my local Healey restorer friend here in
Riverside, California, I would still be hunting for most of the parts I need
including a drive train. What I am trying to say is, even if you have a
network of resources, it is still going to cost a lot more than you think to
make a nice driver. $20,000? You're dreaming. A good project car goes for
$20,000. Just my 2 cents.
Mike MacLean
56 BN2
60 AN5 (which cost $23,000 to restore in 1999, by the way)
--- On Wed, 2/1/12, I Erbs <eyera3000@gmail.com> wrote:
From: I Erbs <eyera3000@gmail.com>
Subject: [Healeys] business
To: "Ahealey help" <healeys@autox.team.net>
Date: Wednesday, February 1, 2012, 9:50 PM
If he is restoring other peoples' cars to a very good driver he could do
it. But if as you speculate, he plans to buy a car and restore it. that
ship has sailed.
I paid $500.00 for my car in 1975. I am trying to finish up the cosmetic
restoration of my car that I started a bit over 2 years
ago. Mechanicals were done years ago, and anything needing freshening is
being done.With my doing a lot of the work, having students work on it, and
paying a Auto shop teacher pal $25-45 and hour to do the rust repair and
other jobs I will have have around $20-25K out of pocket for paint
removal/painting, new interior, wire harness and a shit load of other bits
a bashes about the car. My target was 5 footer.
Now if just needs something to do and does not plan to make any money.....
--
Ira Erbs
Portland, OR
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