Re: [DML] Estimate

[mike.griese@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

This is really an impossible question to answer without
more information.  What can you do as far as car maintenance
goes?  Body work?  Mechanical?  Electrical?  What kind of 
tools do you have access to?  Where will you work 
on it?  How often will you be able to work on it?  What 
is your end target - a running car?  A nice car?  A 
concours winner?  What is your personal history with 
completing big projects?  Do you get halfway and quit?
Do you see things through to the end?  How long are you 
or those around you willing to put up with a big, non-running 
money pit?  The way you answer these questions will give you 
an idea of how distressed a car you can handle and what 
the price difference is between what you want to start with and
what you want to end up with.

Personally, until you have your own house with an extra two car
garage and about $500 a month of truly disposable income to 
devote to a project car, you are better off not starting 
something like this.  What starts out as a neat idea turns 
into a nightmare if you don't have a good place to store the
car and all of the parts you are going to need to take off or
buy, a budget to apply to the restoration, and a plan to know
when you are done.  It's really bad if you have to keep
moving the project from place to place.  And it's excruciating
if your fiance starts to get annoyed with the whole thing.

--
Mike



> Hey All. I am a college student that wants to work on and own a D. 
> That means I have very little money to spend on one. I really dont 
> care if it runs when I get it. What would be a reasonable price for 
> an '81 black/manual D?(And no I am not asking you guys charging 28 
> grand for yours) I know everyone says it isn't worth it to fix it up 
> and it is better to just buy a nicer one with more money but working 
> on it is what I really want, not to just drive it around(I already 
> have a fiance)
> 
> Thanks!
>     Grady
> 



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