1964 Impala, oh dear!
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Looking good.
1968 Coronet R/T
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Looks great!
Are you done with it now or finishing it off? 1968 Coronet R/T
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Looks like you are no stranger to restorations. Very nice looking shop you have there and beautiful job on the Impala, going to be one happy owner
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I've been watching this thread for a while as the project progressed. Looked through the pictures again. Fantastic restoration.
The car was in terrible shape when it was trailered in. Now it looks better than it did when it rolled off the assembly line 50+ years ago. You obviously enjoy doing things the right way, no cutting corners. And you have the knowledge, experience, tools, facilities, and contacts to get it done. So, I have to ask. What did this restoration cost. |
Thanks fellas!
He's about $35k into the car so far (Canadian dollars), my labour was $14.5k. cheers Good judgement comes from experience, and often experience comes from bad judgement.
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$35,000... wow.
You look at the labor dollar figure, and it's like, holly cow. But then you start thinking about what that actually represents. $14.5K is only man 240 hours at $60. That's two guys for 3 weeks. And to be able to get this kind of restoration done in that amount of time is amazing. This is why not everyone is driving around in a nicely restored classic car. |
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Wow Great job. Just not a lot of $ for all this work.
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