<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:32px"><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1434845709979_4630"><font id="yui_3_16_0_1_1434845709979_4852" size="5">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 </font><font id="yui_3_16_0_1_1434845709979_4959" size="5">new tonneau, top, and top frame cover. I did have friends do the final spray in BRG.</font></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1434845709979_4922" dir="ltr"><font id="yui_3_16_0_1_1434845709979_4945" size="5">I tried to keep track of my hours and ended up with 1600 hours. I added up all purchased parts and also included</font> <font id="yui_3_16_0_1_1434845709979_5013" size="5">labor I paid to others (machining, chrome shop ect)</font></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1434845709979_5044" dir="ltr"><font id="yui_3_16_0_1_1434845709979_5013" size="5">Parts and labor came to around $15,500. The final cost, </font><font id="yui_3_16_0_1_1434845709979_5109" size="5">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.</font></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1434845709979_5148" dir="ltr"><font id="yui_3_16_0_1_1434845709979_5159" size="5">There were times of frustration for sure, but in general</font> <font size="5">it was one of the most satisfying things I've done in my life.</font><br></div></div></body></html>