Cost of restoration

[ozbox]

the wb van had 40 k spent on it over 10 years wiuth the owner doing most of the labour..it was a clean clean van to start with..most money was really spent on the running gear and chrome and leather...


the hq sandman cost me 2k back in 2001 and still looks the same but i have collected mostly nos parts for it..i believe it owes me around 12 to 15k as it is now which is complete and ready to start restoring..my value on restoring the hq sandman back in 2001 was 30k...the wb van i bought because i knew how much had been spent because i sold him most of the goodies and i also knew that i could not build it for anywhere near what i payed for it but could wreck it for more if i cant get 20k as a resale..

i have customers that have scrounged and saved and spent more on petrol that there engines to do a resto cheap which is around 15k and 5 years of searching for cheap correct bits and then i have customers that do little work and dont look for parts but get me to find the right bit and there budgets are genrally 40 to 60k...

[HZSandman]

PS

All the prices I put up include postage when bought on EBay. The only thing I did not include was the cost of petrol to get some bits.

total cost less funds gained back through selling bits is $38,902.96.

Still need to tidy engine bay, chrome front bumper and that's about it. Pretty happy all in all. Could have done it cheaper with more experience. Could have spent more for a body off resto but that would have been silly when a lot of work had already been done when we got the van.

[Gm nut]

Wonder what the costs r now?

[Valencia]

Allow 40 k

[Taily]

Wonder what the costs r now?

Depends on exactly how much of the work you can do yourself!

I'm in to the tune of around $18K but I have done everything except the engine myself, plus I started with something that was already very tidy having been in my family since new (1 previous owner before me).

I still have to do wheels (blasted and new red walls) and the TH400 but am hoping it will hold together (so far it is working well with a 2500rpm stall) for a couple of months yet until I can cobble some more coin into the project. I have had my first drive in it in four years today, felt great to be back on the road!

[Alien DNA]

Good onya Dave...wouldve been a great feeling


Cost of resto would differ depending on the standard of the end product too. Obviously concourse resto would be much higher than a 'get it on the road' resto.

[Valencia]

Wise man told me once cant take it with you

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So im not just leavin a bit for the kids the rest is for me

[Big Rob]

We don't have any kids..... which is why I've been able to go a bit crazy....

[playwme]

We don't have any kids..... which is why I've been able to go a bit crazy....

Crazy? You did it the smart way. Buy it with panel and paint done and ready to drive.

[HZSM50]

Haven't touched the engine in mine yet, so far the body and paint cost 18K all the other stuff has cost 16K.
The van cost 16k so 50k to get it to where it is now. When I find an engine with the right dates on it I will budget about 10k on that.