Are you as cheap as I am??

I’ve been collecting parts for 11 years for my 70 Dart and I’m close to finishing up. I’ve always been on a tight budget so I had to scrounging horse trade and wait for deals. Here’s my story. I bought a lot of the parts during the Great Recession as prices were great.

70 Dodge Dart with absolutely no rust and fresh paint drove it from Nevada to Florida $3500
Reman 92 360 magnum long block $350
A local machine shop let me have it for what they had in it as the
Motor had sat for two years and the owner hadn’t picked it up it also had a low rise mopar
aluminum intake on it
Holley 650 double pumper in excellent condition traded the intake for it $0 dollars
904 trans with manual valve body and 3500 street converter all used of course. $300
Rear ended housing 8 3/4 $200
3.91 742 case sure grip that I had rebuilt $600
New rotors calipers drums brake shoes wheel cylinders $300
Crosswind intake $150
MP distributor $80
MSD 6 al $120
Shorten driveshaft with new joints $125
Wire fuse panels rocker switches
Etc &200
Aluminum radiator $100
Hi volume water pump $70
SpRk plugs and wires $40
La timing cover $20
Double roller chain sit up $70
La oil pan $20
Hi vol oil pump $50
Harmonic balancer $75
340 exhaust manifolds $100
Exhaust system with performance mufflers $300
Tires $300 rear
Tires $40 front new bought at garage sale
Stock rally wheels $150
Master cylinder $35
Upholstery $500 it already had a new head liner in it
Used nitrous kit $200
So for around 10k I’ve got a car that looks and sounds good and will haul ***