[TR] nice price or crack pipe?

[Gary Nafziger]

I restored a 59 tr-3 which was in awful shape.  Close to salvage but it did run.  I put in new floors, inner and outer sills, and new trunk floor.  Replaced pretty big chunks of rust from both front fenders, all new brackets that held car to frame.  I did the steel replacement, all the bondo skim coat and primer.  Went through tranny.  Dis-assembled engine and re-assembled after machine shop did they're thing.  Of course, all new interior and new tonneau, top, and top frame cover.  I did have friends do the final spray in BRG.I tried to keep track of my hours and ended up with 1600 hours.  I added up all purchased parts and also included labor I paid to others (machining, chrome shop ect)Parts and labor came to around $15,500.  The final cost, depends on what I choose to pay myself!  If I'm worth $10 an hour then I have approx. $30,000 in my resto.  I'd like to forget about my labor and think I have a restored $15,000 tr-3.There were times of frustration for sure, but in general it was one of the most satisfying things I've done in my life.
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