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Have you ever restored a vehicle? Is so, what was it and how long did it take to finish?

I restored a 1972 Chevy Nova. It took about a year to finish and I spent over $6000.00. I loved it and had a lot of fun driving it!

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  • 1 decade ago
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    me and my friend got a 1974 Chevy nova and it took about 2 years to restore not sure how much $ we put in it but i know it was alot then like 8 weeks later some one tboned the car and totled it bent the frame on the drives side sold the whole car on ebay for parts :( i loved that car

  • 1 decade ago

    Restoring a 1965 Chevrolet P/U, dumped the six cylinder and dropped a 69 Vette motor in it with dual flowmaster exhaust. Sounds sweet and has butt loads of power now. I need to replace the wood bed and give it a fresh paint next, also planning on converting to front disc brakes for better stopping power.

    Got about 5000 into it now, will end up having about 10,000 to 12,000 by the time I'm done

  • 1 decade ago

    I have a 1977 F-100 truck and have been working on it 2 years still have a long way to go i have roughly 5500$ in motor alone could be at least another year time lines depend on $$$$$

  • 1 decade ago

    A red w/ white stripe 1976 Ford Gran Torino Brougham. Spent a couple of grand before I had to sell it.

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  • 1 decade ago

    The formula for calculating cost and time is:

    Estimated time to completion x 10

    Estimated cost of parts x 10

    It can also be calculated by:

    Total value at completion of restoration / 4

    That's my experience anyway!

  • 1 decade ago

    1966 Ford Mustang--took forever--spent about $10,000.00

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    i did

    took long

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