Wow did I really spend that much on parts!!

[fletcherscustoms]

Well I am in what I call the final stages of my build up of my PT 69 Camaro. Body work is done, subframe is in, subframe connectors welded in, Mini tubs installed, and ready for paint. So I ahd to get busy getting the remaining parts on order and after its all said and done as I sit here getting ready to send out all these Money orders, I realized "I'm crazy"!! I haev spent a huge amount of cash today. But when everything gets here I'll have everything needed to finish the car. Here is overview of what all was done

Today:

Intro Wheels:
Received word my V-rod 5's are shipping today, luckily they were already payed for. Ordered 18x8 , 5" BS and 18x12 5.75BS

Barrons Tire:
Michelin Pilot Sports 245/40/18 and 335/30/18

DSE:
-DSE Speed Kit 1 front suspension
-DSE 091001 Power Steering pump
-DSE pulley
-DSE hoses
-DSE Steering box
-DSE narrowed tank
-Koni Rear shocks

Moser:
Narrowed 9", Aluminum case, 4.11 gear, Detroit Tru trac, fill and drain plus, 31 spline axles, Wilwood brakes with parking brake

Classic Chevy 5 speed:
TKO 600 with shifter, pedals, and linkage

Ricks First Gen:
-Firewall Guard
-Sill plates
-Console Kit
-Sport Comp Cluster with Guages
-Front seat foam
-Weather strip kit
-Deluxe interior kit

All in all I am in at aroudn $10g's. Most money I haev ever spent at one time besides buying my house and truck. Still got to buy headers, front brakes, radiator and some misc stuff. I guess its only money its not like I can take it with me

[Steve1968LS2]

It's best to just put those thoughts out of your head.. If you start to think about how much this hobby costs you will soon be needing counseling..

Ten G's goes pretty fast.. almost scary fast..

[Hot Rod]

Addes up real FAST!! Don't it?

BUT, you will have a BAD RIDE!!

[F70t/a]

I know the feeling man. I spend that much on drugs and women a year , j/k. I had to get my own bank account, My wife would trip over the amount of cash I was spending. Glad to hear the project is coming along :firefire:

[Payton King]

Cubic bucks...if you are going to be a bear, be a grizzly

[fletcherscustoms]

Oh its was expected, and been doen before on other projects but never in one day!!! Good thing is I did all the work myself so including the car, parts, paint, and everything else I'll have under $22K in a badass car.

Car description for those who don't know

Drivetrain:
383 SBC, aluminum heads, 440HP
TKO600 5 speed tranny
Ford 9" . narrowed with Wilwood's
Front Wilwoods with 4 piston calipers
March Pulley Setup

Wheels and Tires
Intro V-rod 5's, 18x8 and 18x12
Michelin Pilot Sport's 245/40/18 and 335/30/18

Steering:
DSE pump
DSE box
DSE pulley
DSE rod ends

Suspension:
Rear:
DSE Mini Tubs
DSE 3" drop springs
DSE Koni Shocks

Front:
DSE 2" drop springs
DSE Sway bar
DSE Koni Shocks
DSE upper Control arms
DSE lower bushings

Interior:
Ricks First Gen Deluxe interior kit (black)
Pioneer AVIC-N2 Navigation
Custom console plate to connect dash to 69 console and mount head unit
trunk mounted sub enclosure
whole interior rhino lined

Paint and Exterior:

No badges at all
SS Grille
painted front and rear bumpers
tinted glass
PPG Infinity Silver Mist main body
PPG Cortez Silver stripes
Marquez tails and markers

[Travis B]

We have this little motto in our shop...I can't actually take credit for but it is pretty good

OPM

other peoples money-we love spending it, it is great!

[fletcherscustoms]

yeah we use that in my shop to!!

Cept we refer to it as RPM

Rich people money!!

[Travis B]

yeah we use that in my shop to!!

Cept we refer to it as RPM

Rich people money!!


thats a good one too :razz:

[rockdogz]

:postpics:

[rocketman]

i stopped keeping ttack of my 37.after all i have done to it.

built once.
redone 3 x's
crashed once in a 10.5 crash.
4 diff engines
5 sets of wheels.

[fletcherscustoms]

www.fletcherscustoms.com/projects/69

tons of pics there!!! Adding more as we speak.

[Todds69]

Yeah, the cash goes fast, real fast.

[fletcherscustoms]

yeah it does, but its all worth it.

Got most of the front sheetmetal hung for the first time last night. Nice to see what it will finally look like. I am really impressed with the Goodmark 4" cowl hood, looks mean!!

[woody80z28]

Hahaha, you got me beat. I can't believe I spent about $1500 this winter!

[*i2ayman*]

i had to get a weekend job in an auto store to feed my obsession, now all i need is time to build the car... i just about have all the parts i need for it now.

[syborg tt]

yep i have 2 jobs also - the second one pays for my toy's and i give my wife all of my money from my day job.

[70ptta]

how much was the trmec with pedals and linkage if you dont mind

[Stoker420]

hey that a nice start. :firefire:

[fletcherscustoms]

how much was the trmec with pedals and linkage if you dont mind

A little more than $4400 shipped to me in GA!! I got everything, Mclead scatter shield and clutch, Offset shifter, pedals, linkage, etc.

[vintageracer]

When I restored my 66 Shelby GT 350 race car in the late 90's I kept EVERY receipt associated with the cars construction and completed an Excel spreadsheet so I could know exactly how much the car cost to build and the "hours/time" necessary to complete the car.

ONLY upon completion of the project did I hit the "sum" function on the program and learned that the car cost $34,898.22 to build and this includes the fact that I only paid $1,700 for this original 66 Shelby GT350 rolling body shell in 1995! The restoration started in early 1996 and the car was completed in December 1998.

The interesting part is that the ONLY labor expense or outside service expense paid to someone else for work on the car or rebuilding of parts is as follows:

Initial purchase of the car $1,700.00
Toploader transmission race prep rebuild $850.00
Roll cage fabrication and aluminum work $2700.00
Sandblast body shell $275.00
Engine machine work and engine assembly, no parts $1,600.00
Frame machine time to check/straighten body $350.00

Total $7,475.00

The rest of the money spent to build this car was $34,898.22 - $7,475 = $27323.22. This amount, $27,323.22, was totally spent on parts, supplies, fittings, brakes, lines, fans, hoses, paint, bodywork supplies, bondo, tires, wheels, seats, fire system, guages, suspension, welding supplies, radiator, etc etc. ALL THE LABOR to build the car was performed by my friend Mark and myself and there is NO expense charged for labor in the above price to complete the car. WE DID EVERYTHING labor wise from fabrication, to paintwork, electrical wiring, exhaust fabrication, design etc. You name it, WE DID IT! Anything aside from the initial expenses outlined above, everything was completed by Mark and myself. This build took 1,992 hours per the "billed time" spent on this car by Mark and I as noted in my Excel spreadsheet at completion of the project. At $30.00/hour (that's cheap) for billed time in a race/restoration shop, the labor bill on this car would have been $59,760.00 if the work was done in a commercial shop. Sure a commercial shop "may" have completed the project quicker however this car was NOT a cherry to start with. We completed a "concours" rotisserie restoration on this race car and have since raced this car across the US from coast to coast in over 40 different Vintage Races that last 7 years. The car was in photographs in 4 magazines in 2005.

That means that this car could have cost over $95,000 to build in 1998 in a commercial shop! Was it worth $95,000 at the time of completion? NO! Is it now? I doubt it!

The point of my post is that I made a "guess" and Mark made a "guess" of the cost to build the car "before" we hit the sum button on the spreadsheet. My guess was $25,000.00 and Mark's was $22,000.00. Mark was way low since he was not writing the checks! I "was" writing the checks and I was $10,000.00 off in my guess of how much I spent to build the car and I "thought" I had a good grasp of the costs.

The point is that "if" you do keep track of how much you spend on your build it will SCARE YOU! Second, double the amount you "think" it will take to build your car and you "may" be close to correct! Properly building a race car or Pro-Touring car is EXPENSIVE!!!! This is why it is MUCH cheaper to buy a car built than build one yourself. Let the other poor ba$tard spend all his time and money building the car while you enjoy his car. In hindsight I should have done that!

[mlr1026]

One day I'd like to build a car that's goes faster than my money. In the 11 months I've had the project I've spend over 15,000.00 and I still need a trans.,interior pieces, paint, fuel tank and then there the little pieces that will nickle & dime me to death.

[TEDDYS CAMARO]

I Have Kept Track Of Every Penny. I Have All The Receipts. Numbers Do Not Lie. I Have $43,000 Into My Camaro And Counting. Ouch!!

[syborg tt]

i thought the budget was 25 max

[fletcherscustoms]

Well put it down for another $5'gs spent this week!! So far cash spent on the car is $23,500!! No parts left to order, all thats left is paint!!

So far on order:

DSE:
Speed Kit 1
DSE steering pump
DSE Steering Box
Pulley
hoses
bracket

Classic Chevy 5 speed
tKO600 with all the goodies

Precision Brakes

2 piece 13" rotors and Superlite 4 piston Calipers front and rear, with rear parking brake caliper

American Auto Wire
Complete harness

Summit

Thorley headers
Flowmaster exhaust
Misc Engine parts

Ricks first Gen
Everything for the interior, I mean every little piece

Moser

Ford 9", narrowed to 55", 31 spline, Detroit True trac, fill and drain, nodular case

[fletcherscustoms]

some new pics

[Taylor1969]

some new pics

What are your rim/tire sizes?


edit...
nevermind- saw your original post

[syborg tt]

Well put it down for another $5'gs spent this week!! So far cash spent on the car is $23,500!! No parts left to order, all thats left is paint!!

Lie - i am certain there is a little Devil that will find a way to make you buy more parts that you never even thought of.

Pics are awesome

[fletcherscustoms]

Lie - i am certain there is a little Devil that will find a way to make you buy more parts that you never even thought of.

Pics are awesome

I am sure there is too. And I know he is hiding in my shop somewhere!! I figure I got a good nother $1000 to spend at least. Still got some odds and ends to aquire, nickel and dime stuff. Like lock sets, windshield wiper linkage, DSE wipers, handles, some chrome, and a radiator!!

[Stoker420]

Wow your movin', very nice project

[fletcherscustoms]

yeah we are moving right along. We started on January 28th, and within 30 hours we had all new metal on the car. Here is now a 5 weeks later and we are almost ready to paint!! Just my father and law and myself, working like slaves doing what we love!! But I got to slow down, the customers are getting a little mad that it takes me a year to do there's

[gumbycw]

I'm a little late but I wanted to say. I guess I'm pretty lucky with my car expenses because I take care of the account and my wife never looks at the Visa/Mastercard bill. If she actually knew I would probably be single. :)

Caleb