To Restore or Not to Restore

Tough one. Buddy has a 69 Charger, all # matching 383 auto; whoopee..

He had a 440 he had built a little, put it in. (still has the 383). And restored from the ground up ( MSD, etc). must have $70 in it; won't sell for close to that; that bubble busted, along with the economy.

A full resto; you won't believe the costs, especially when you factor in all the attendent bs- turn signal switch $75, window gaskets and mouldings for the doors, trunk and hood, maybe $600, seats and headliner re-done $500, etc.

We did the front suspension, I think parts alone were $300. New brakes, etc.... it drags out, all this stuff not in the budget.

Not to discourage, but research the cost. That auction crap on tv is a dog and pony show for rich people, that don't care what the real worth is.

The real worth is what it is worth to you, after putting 2000 hours in it, and half of that involved some one helping. the dash coming out is not a 1 man job, etc.

Not trying to discourage. I did a 70 Duster by myself, but I hacked it into street strip, not restorable. Looked at the charger, thought 3 months, after bodywork. Wrong!