Resto work: What's the most anyone here has spent on restoring their stang?

[Black Sun 5.0]

The title says it all. I was just curious. I just came back from the body shop and my car is pretty much done and looks sick, but the guy really went to town and went over budget. Not that I'm really complaining, but he's got mad pic's of all the work done and it looks like showroom, if not better looking at the paint. Opinions?

 

[DMAN302]

More than I would ever be willing to allow myself to even type.

 

[Ozz]

Restoring, or modifying? There's a difference.

If modifying, then...more than I'm willing to continue counting

 

[Black Sun 5.0]

Well, I've already modified, and that was a pretty penny, and I'm still not done. Restoring is the topic, though. At least someone else here refuses to admit how much they spent, but I assume the car was hot when it was done.

 

[DMAN302]

MEH...it turned out OK.

 

[85ragtop]

I am in the process of doing both and I would be afraid to think when it’s all over.

 

[Busted07]

A guy i work with asked me this same thing yesterday "how much you got in your car" i almost started crying... and mine isnt even in the top 80% of the nice cars in here. now THAT is depressing.

 

[FastFord58]

Hmmm lets see here. This is all in canuck bux.

2200 in cervinis stuff
2000 in some secret stuff no one knows about yet (hehe)
going to have at least 5000 into full 03 cobra/fox interior hybrid
and around 10k for body and custom paint.

19,200 (est) in body and interior alone.

Now I've gone and depressed myself.

 

[Black Sun 5.0]

I think a good chunk of the time charged to me was because of the Cervini's stuff. Whatever that material they use cost a lot in prep work and had to be redone the first time.

 

[tunedin302]

Restoration is much more expensive than modding now a days ..... 10 years ago that wasn't the case. I purchased a lot of OEM parts for the cobra and anymore the "original" parts have become very expensive. I'm sure I could have gotten the reporduction parts for about 1/4 of the cost but I am a stickler for keeping the OEM originality.

 

[Black Sun 5.0]

Well, in my case, some suprise rust was found in some interesting spots, that also helped jack up the price some.

 

[Bolt on 5.0]

black sun where on Li are you. Im in suffolk. As for restoring not much yet got the car in really nice shape. Though I want to get it painted within a year prob to make it imaculate.

 

[Black Sun 5.0]

I'm in the Smithtown area. Yeah, I thought it would just be going in for a paint job and some minor body work. Woof. The guy went to town on this thing.

 

[hemi_fan]

cervinis front/rear bumpers, new hood/fender, sandblasted quarters/fenders, rust repair, new rails for the sideskirts, etc... somewhere around $7000. If you include rims/supporting parts its closer to $10,000

 

[Mustang5L5]

Let's see the pics.


I spend a lot in restoration. Sucks when i place a big order from 5.0resto.com for a lot of parts and none of them are performance parts.


I'm a big sticklier for mint interiors, so i've spent a lot of money on new carpets, new headliners, and replacing any trim peices that are scratched or don't look new.

After i'm done with the interior, i'll go over the rest of the car. Anything old looking is getting replaced with something new and fresh.

 

[fox-gt]

More than I would ever be willing to allow myself to even type.

+1 (for both of mine)

 

[BLOWN 5.0 FOX]

between 10,000 and 1 million...yea lets go with that

 

[strtrcr50]

About 4 grand so far, unless the body shop has any suprises.

 

[onefstsnake]

yeah restoration of fox's isnt exactly cheap.

Especially trying to find some OEM parts.

Im doing a little restoration and modding.

Mostly just fixing what Ford should have fixed and replacing worn/broken parts with equal or better stuff.

 

[jrichker]

Ask my wife - she's a bookkeeper- last time she got upset with me because it was $12K over 9 years and I need paint badly. This is my daily driver, so the figure includes routine maintenance. She calmed down a bit when I divided it out and it was less than $120 a month. What kind of fun car can you get for $120 a month? :