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 Tracey29
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| posted on March 22nd, 2014 at 01:02 PM |
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What Do You Think Of This One?
Seriously considering this one for sale but someone said $70-100k to restore. Your thoughts please. It's a 1958 double door. 
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| posted on March 22nd, 2014 at 01:13 PM |
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Save for an expected budget, then triple it.
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| posted on March 23rd, 2014 at 07:07 AM |
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If you are going to pay someone to do it for you, and you want a propped job - then it would be close to the money
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| posted on March 23rd, 2014 at 03:51 PM |
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Don't do full resto buy one done
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| posted on March 23rd, 2014 at 04:47 PM |
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$60K would not be unreasonable. $88 per hour for a shop to do it and 600 hours panel, paint and assembly. Plus materials cost.
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| posted on March 24th, 2014 at 07:17 PM |
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So 52800$ just labour
$3k panels
$7k decent motor
$1500 gearbox
$2000 wide 5 IRS
$1-2500 front disc beam
$1000 rubbers
$1200 rims tyres
$3000 missing parts
$2000 front rear safaris
$5000 slush fund which could blow out to 10k.
=$81000 ...and resale of 30-40 k $ ...most shops would be $100 hr with resto work ..oh plus purchase price of bus and tow truck fees
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| posted on March 24th, 2014 at 10:42 PM |
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Dont forget $4000 for put on rotisseri, paint stripping, soda blast outer panels and garnet blast floor inside and underneath
$4000 for paint materials, etch prime, epoxy prime, filler, hi fill, paint colour inside, outside etc.
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| posted on March 25th, 2014 at 07:08 AM |
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Where is the money for steering box and suspension refurb?
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| posted on March 25th, 2014 at 07:19 AM |
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If you leave it standard, have you ever driven one like that? Very underwhelming
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| posted on March 25th, 2014 at 07:57 AM |
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Great reality check above, and in my opinion, some of those prices/estimates fall short of the mark.
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| posted on March 25th, 2014 at 12:10 PM |
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posted by Klaus
So 52800$ just labour
$3k panels
$7k decent motor
$1500 gearbox
$2000 wide 5 IRS
$1-2500 front disc beam
$1000 rubbers
$1200 rims tyres
$3000 missing parts
$2000 front rear safaris
$5000 slush fund which could blow out to 10k.
=$81000 ...and resale of 30-40 k $ ...most shops would be $100 hr with resto work ..oh plus purchase price of bus and tow truck fees
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Assuming you want all of that performance stuff. Isn't half the fun of owning a splitty having a 1200 engine, stock suspension and basic paintjob and
interior? Even if you got the rust professionally done and did the rest yourself (quite doable these days) I reckon you could get away with it
reasonably cheap and still wind up with a great car - it's just the issue of time taken to do the work.
Each to their own but if it was me I'd be keeping it as close to stock as possible, thats where the money will be in a few years when you go to sell
it.
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| posted on March 25th, 2014 at 02:07 PM |
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That's a typical bus resto not a resurrection resto that I do to my busses ..steering box redo 6-700 listed beam n susp $$ ..didn't include pleather
interior so add 3-10 k .. It's getting harder to find og paint busses so theses would be the ones holding value as its only original once ..
Nothing wrong with stock running gear cost to refurb og gear is similar to doing an IRS or straight axle conversion or 68/69 ball joint beam refurb
so up to owner ...if bus buyers think 30-40 k is expensive for a regoed ratty bus they haven't done any homework on costs involved to build one
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| posted on March 25th, 2014 at 02:59 PM |
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Neah, $250 of bog and she'll be right  
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| posted on March 25th, 2014 at 03:44 PM |
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Speaking as someone who just wanted a "Tidy Runaround" my $6k Splitty soon became $25k - and it was still in primer with no interior and more
welding to be done !
My advice is if you weld go for it ..... if you don't then run for the hill's !
I sold mine, bought a Gay window and couldn't be happier 
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| posted on March 31st, 2014 at 01:30 PM |
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Mine is/was in a bit better nick than that but I agree with the price guides. I'm going down the road of learning to welding and panel beat myself.
I'm not saying I have any where near the skill of the guys on here, but if you have the patience and are in no rush then you can do it. You might
just have to use a bit more plastics than the guys who can panel beat it perfect. There is so much knowledge on here it's crazy and the repair panels
are amazing.
Just set a side a big chunk of your life and realise it's probably a 5 year project. Set yourself up and enjoy the highs (and lows) of going
yourself.
Looooooooook aaaat thaaat tuuuuuuuurtle go, broooo..
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