What's yer rod cost?

Don't have enough into it yet because it's still in pieces!!-MIKE

 

22 months . . . 2100 hours -- including more than a little help from my friends . . . less than $20K out of pocket, plus $2K in donated parts and material.

 

[ QUOTE ]
10,650 canadian greenbacks

[/ QUOTE ]
Dude that is a pretty big pile of Looneys....

 

Don't tell my wife ... she will KILL ME !

 

I always figured I had about $4500 in my '32 2dr not counting labor. You have to understand I collected most of the parts a long time ago when they weren't worth anything compared to today's prices.

Frank

 

[ QUOTE ]
I always figured I had about $4500 in my '32 2dr not counting labor. You have to understand I collected most of the parts a long time ago when they weren't worth anything compared to today's prices.

Frank

[/ QUOTE ]


I resemble that remark...........

I have MORE MONEY in my engine than I gave for my car........1932 roadster. The engine is a newer addition and the 32 has been in the picture for 25 years. I gave $250 (1980) for the 25 vent hood and thought I paid WAY to much but it was the nicest one I ever saw. Roadster dash....$100, frame from a 42,000 mile original 4 door....$400. Winter front grille........$300 at Hershey (late 70's) . But that was a good bit of money at the time.......


.

 

Right around $5,000.

 

[ QUOTE ]
Edit: I guess my answer was pretty sensitive and girly. I should probably just say it cost around fifteen grand just in case I decide to sell it someday.

[/ QUOTE ]

GREAT ANSWER!

 

Finished in 1998 (15 month build time)...17,000 in receipts. The ONLY paid labor was for block and cylinder head machine work. The rest done at home with a little help from family and friends.

 

Thanks to all my "streetrod" buddies who keep casting off original parts, I got about $300 bucks in this rolling ch***is... But my driver ****ed up about $5000 that I'll prolly never get back

Oh, well. "Buy high and sell low", that's my creed!!!!

 

Some of you guys oughtta be working for the Government...trying to trim down the National Budget...some cool rides for five grand around here!

My heap started out as a free car, and after one $50 seized engine, a free good engine and trans, free radiator, free wheels and tires, battery and brake booster/pedal ***embly...I've somehow spent over $1300 on "little stuff"...and still not even CLOSE to going for that first ride!

(All it's really good for is starting up and annoying the neighbors...but I've done that for YEARS without spending a cent!!!)

This is a bad picture of what it looks like right now!

 

I got about $1900 in this with A LOT of junkyarding. Most of the cash is in brakes, ball-joints and misc. The big stuff was cheap!

 

Just shy of 17,000 Canadian. Works out to be 'bout 13,500 US. 21/2 yrs and far too many man-hrs to count!

 

I got $4500 in mine & after 32,000 its worth it!!
JimV

 

If I told ya my wife would hafta kill me! HRP

 

49 Merc.......$3200 plus LABOR, mine!!!!........OLDBEET

 

Without original purchase price? Prolly about 56 bucks or so. ....maybe 1056 or so...I guess.

 

Ive got around 2,500 bucks so far in my model A powered T bucket. The car is still just a pile of parts and a body sitting in my garage, but hopefully one day it will be ***embled.

 

$1700 for the64 biscayne wagon,another $1000 to get it safe and road worthy,and still not done!

 

about 2000 in this one not running yet

 

this one i got about 2000 drives evry ware

 

fire

 

The touring is at 6K and will run after another couple hundred.

The 54 is close to $3500

 

Around $7k without paint and interior

 

its easy to drop a bunch of bills on a car,

ive got about 7500 in my 32 five wimdow

ive got about 4500 in my 32 tudor

ive got about 4000 in my 34 p/u

ive got about 6500 im my 34 tudor

and ive only got about 545 bucks in my 29 cabriolet,
stay tuned for the build up of my cabriolet, im gonna see how fast and cheap i can build it!

 

nobux, I love your T.

 

I've got over $15,000.00 in my '57 Chevy. I didn't think I was a "goldchainer". I'm just about ready to sell it to finance some new projects.

 

$6500 and my dad gave me the rebuilt 351. Still needs alot of work to drive, but I'm trying to do it right and not "roach" it together.

 

2