7 years...and $100K

[anlauto]

This car took seven years and over $100K to restore....I hope the restoration shop is no longer in business... 
https://www.ebay.com/itm/1970-Dodge-Challenger/292465495673?hash=item44184d4e79:g:yK4AAOSwjvJZPxTk&vxp=mtr


Kind of optimistic with his asking price, I guess he's trying to get his money back...

[Cuda Cody]

Looks to be of a quality, but the details are not what you would expect for that kind of money.  I take issue with the "There is no better TA challenger in the country." statement.  But hope he find a new home for it and I'm sure if the car is purchased for a "fair" price the new owner would be happy with it.

[Topcat]

I don't see anywhere it was done at a restoration shop.

He probably has a job and did it himself or with somebody he knows.

When you gotta make a living; it takes longer. But so be it.

Alan, I think you need to be a little more sensitive to what others have time and money they have to work with.   

[340challconvert]

Nice TA Challenger
High, top end money.
Be interesting to see where it goes?

[RUNCHARGER]

No: I agree with Alan, when you list your car for $165k and say it is the best. Well you better do some more homework on stuff. If he was asking $100k less and didn't claim it is the ultimate resto, I would admire the car. For the $$$ he is asking, more is wrong under that car than is right.

[JH27N0B]

The listing is in my area, but I've never seen it.  It's sad when someone puts a lot of time and money in a car, and then never takes it to any shows or cruises.
I've seen it listed for some time, I think he's about 2X its value with it's price, so he's not going to be parting with it anytime soon. 
How can it be the best in the country, mine's better and only about 25 miles away! 

[anlauto]

Alan, I think you need to be a little more sensitive to what others have time and money they have to work with.   

Oh....Don't get me wrong, I understand people's budget just as well as anybody. I've been restoring a 1970 Road Runner going on eight years because of the customer's budget..... This guy is boasting about $100K in receipts for this car and I don't see $100K in parts, so I guessed he had it done at a shop, or maybe he's counting building his shop too 

It's the claims through-out the ad that get my attention......like the "100% original" interior ...oops...except the 50% that has been changed like the carpet, seats, headliner, etc...."original body panels" If the car was rust free, what did he spend the $100K on....the the upgrades to the motor cost $50K ?

"Best restored TA".....I won't even go there....

The amount of things incorrect on the resto are astonishing....the single fact it has 70 Cuda gas tank vent lines in the trunk tells me it wasn't restored by anybody that knows what they're doing.....

Seven years and $100K.......just gives restoration shops a bad name......
much like the $300K resto on an AAR we saw a few months ago....

[Jim AAR]

Alan, I think you need to be a little more sensitive to what others have time and money they have to work with.   

Oh....Don't get me wrong, I understand people's budget just as well as anybody. I've been restoring a 1970 Road Runner going on eight years because of the customer's budget..... This guy is boasting about $100K in receipts for this car and I don't see $100K in parts, so I guessed he had it done at a shop, or maybe he's counting building his shop too 

It's the claims through-out the ad that get my attention......like the "100% original" interior ...oops...except the 50% that has been changed like the carpet, seats, headliner, etc...."original body panels" If the car was rust free, what did he spend the $100K on....the the upgrades to the motor cost $50K ?

"Best restored TA".....I won't even go there....

The amount of things incorrect on the resto are astonishing....the single fact it has 70 Cuda gas tank vent lines in the trunk tells me it wasn't restored by anybody that knows what they're doing.....

Seven years and $100K.......just gives restoration shops a bad name......
much like the $300K resto on an AAR we saw a few months ago....

totally, what did he spend the $100K on minus the original cost of the car, did he look for the MOST expensive repops or OEM he could find. Find it hard to believe he spent that much without fixing up rust or replacing any panels, For $100K he must have replaced every single bolt-on part on the car and then some. I would say that it would be in the $75K to $ 100K range and no more. 

[E74cuda]

There seems to be more people than ever that are disconnected from the reality of the market in terms of value. When someone spends 100k+ on a restoration and at the end has a car worth half the value or less of the total investment, shame on them. The market will dictate reality and weather or not an owner is willing to accept it that's their choice. They can always keep it.

[RUNCHARGER]

I see it at work all the time. Guys come in and buy repro chinese parts, I explain to them the proper way to do things and they have a glazed look in their eyes, then they start talking about how they are going to run the car through BJ when the shop finishes it. To me that is a funny way to enjoy a hobby. To each their own though of course.

[Jim AAR]

I see it at work all the time. Guys come in and buy repro chinese parts, I explain to them the proper way to do things and they have a glazed look in their eyes, then they start talking about how they are going to run the car through BJ when the shop finishes it. To me that is a funny way to enjoy a hobby. To each their own though of course.

For the most part, these are the type of people that do it for either the Money, the Prestige, or the Braggiing Rights, etc. They are NOT doing it because they love the cars. My 

[RUNCHARGER]

I agree: Just once I'd like to hear a guy say he can hardly wait to finish it and take it for a drive. I haven't heard that in years it seems.

[PlumCrazyRTSE]

I sure hope he went back and installed some bushings in that rear sway bar.

[blown motor]

Well Sheldon, I've got more in my car than I will ever be able to sell it for and I don't care. I love driving it!

[Jim AAR]

I sure hope he went back and installed some bushings in that rear sway bar.

Good catch, might be a little clunky like that....