Project Car

[Ghoste]

Good point.  Better to find a partial project if a finished car is completely out.  Still not always financially feasible but it is a better option a lot of the time.

[charger_fan_4ever]

To me there is 3 choices. You buy a turn key car that has photo evidence of all the metal work ect. You buy a driving car thats a little ratty but you dont touch it or just add more bondo(don't think of doing a full blown resto. Or you buy a project as you know it will need everything. I hate hearing "driving project" for 1/2 price of a done car. This "driver" needs actually more work than the basket case as you have to strip all the hack work thats been done to it.

We recently bought a 68 pontiac beaumont SD 396 car. Car is plated runs and drives has the #'s 396 and th400 in it still. Interior is all nice except for 2 bucket seat covers and a carpet. Basically pull the engine out and clean it gaskets and paint it. Body needs trunk floor and rusty over top of the wheels on the 1/4's, so probably put full 1/4's.

The price paid was laughable considering i paid $5k for the charger. Seems projects like this are few and far between in mopar world.

[6spd68]

You need to remember though, a Beaumont technically NOT a Chevelle; which commands a higher price point.  For whatever reason 

[Ghoste]

I think because outside of Canada, and to a small degree within it, no one but the hardest core GM fan knows what a Beaumont is.  But almost every gearhead knows what a Chevelle is.

[charger_fan_4ever]

But ya after going threw my charger project noway id tackle that 69 for 10k.

That car will probably stay  within the crowd that has a 10k budget and never get to restore it and keeps changing hands.

Exactly.  

I dunno about 2009, but money has definitely lost half its value since the mid-2000s.



That R/T badge raises the price whether the parts are any better or not.  

You often hear the argument, "There is no reason to restore a non-R/T car when an R/T costs the same price to restore for a more valuable result."  True.  But an R/T car also costs more at the buy-in stage.  And it usually takes a pretty bad condition R/T to still be found unrestored after 45 years.

I haven't really followed the charger project market recently. Back when I bought mine a non badge rust bucket was marginally less. Not a whole lot though maybe $1000 less than a r/t.