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Accumulator · 02-03-08, 04:03

If you mean doing it for a profit, I wouldn't expect to get much money for your sweat-equity. Some pros can do this and make money at it, but they have skills that most people lack and they pick the candidate cares *very* carefully.

The type of cars you seem to be considering (and FWIW I'm a big fan of certain '80s-early '90s cars) aren't really worth all that much, except for the rare stuff and untouched original ones that have *not* been restored. Heh heh, my 18K mile '85 Jag and 24K mile '84 RX-7 GSL-SE aren't worth pocket change and both are somewhat special cars as vehicles of that vintage go. The sad truth is that they're just used cars.

Now a BMW M1 or a Buick GNX, or something else that collectors go nuts over, that'd be different. But even those are really only coveted when they'r original/unrestored.

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Accumulator Practical Perfectionist Accumulator is offline Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: NE Ohio Posts: 19,591	Re: Project Cars? If you mean doing it for a profit, I wouldn't expect to get much money for your sweat-equity. Some pros can do this and make money at it, but they have skills that most people lack and they pick the candidate cares very carefully. The type of cars you seem to be considering (and FWIW I'm a big fan of certain '80s-early '90s cars) aren't really worth all that much, except for the rare stuff and untouched original ones that have not been restored. Heh heh, my 18K mile '85 Jag and 24K mile '84 RX-7 GSL-SE aren't worth pocket change and both are somewhat special cars as vehicles of that vintage go. The sad truth is that they're just used cars. Now a BMW M1 or a Buick GNX, or something else that collectors go nuts over, that'd be different. But even those are really only coveted when they'r original/unrestored.