here's a good example of why no one will ever get rich fixing up and selling A-body mopars.
the first picture is of a red "M-Code" 440 Cuda that was advertised on Ebay a couple of years ago. it needed a complete restoration. i tried to buy it but i didn't bid enough. a guy in Ohio ended up buying it and doing a complete rotisserie rebuild. he found a bunch of NOS parts and spent a lot of time and money on bringing it back to "museum" quality. he did a GREAT job - the car is just about perfect. i exchanged several emails with him about the car.
the second set of pictures are of this car when it was finished and advertised on Ebay. the highest bid received for the car was a little over $51k and its been advertised twice now. i'm pretty sure the unrestored car sold originally for around $12k. with the cost of body work and all the NOS parts that went on this car, i suspect the owner now has close to $50k invested.
so i think the moral to this story is - buy a big block Barracuda because you really want to own one. don't buy one to try and make some money on it in a restoration and resale. the cost of repairs, parts and labor given what these cars are actually worth just doesn't make the "numbers line up" for a "big profit."
Some of us have owned ours for a long, long time! With that is sentiment to keep it and fix whatever the cost! That being said happy Moparing to you and all!
