Another 1966 GT350 saved

[mark p]

Someone made a video of the car being excavated and taken to a resto shop... I doubt a car in this condition can be restored for anywhere near the $35-$40K estimate from the guy in the video - and then what do you have?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQtSWiSBt_M

I finally watched the whole video, and you're right. Anyone whose been through the restoration of a rust free car that's been sitting will tell you that $35K to $40K on a completely rusted car is insane.

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Seems very strange for a guy as experienced & knowledgeable as Rick Parker to give a low number like that? He did say that it would take 2 years. Needs new seats, restore steering wheel, lots of new metal, etc... how much is just a good paint job - and what about the engine?? 

[The Going Thing]

I had no rust on my vehicle. I had to replace the left and right front aprons and the top of the apron over the shock towers. The rest of the vehicle was sound.
I had to locate a few Shelby specific items that were missing from the vehicle after sitting for a few years. Paint alone was 15K.
I did all the work but the exterior paint, but it went as a shell for paint. That's a 100K restoration all day long at any shop worth their salt.

[Steve McDonald Formally known as Mcdonas]

Someone made a video of the car being excavated and taken to a resto shop. Some more details in the video. The vin tag is a little unclear but my guess is 6S1582 (?). I doubt a car in this condition can be restored for anywhere near the $35-$40K estimate from the guy in the video - and then what do you have?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQtSWiSBt_M

I finally watched the whole video, and you're right. Anyone whose been through the restoration of a rust free car that's been sitting will tell you that $35K to $40K on a completely rusted car is insane.

I watched video to the end and they show pictures of a restored GT350H imagine my surprise when it's my car.  Mine was bad, not sure if it was as bad as this one, but mine was pretty bad, a total of $22,000 was spent on the restore including paint ($1,100 paint job) and machine work on the engine ( overbore, balance new cam, lifters etc.)

[shelbydoug]

I had no rust on my vehicle. I had to replace the left and right front aprons and the top of the apron over the shock towers. The rest of the vehicle was sound.
I had to locate a few Shelby specific items that were missing from the vehicle after sitting for a few years. Paint alone was 15K.
I did all the work but the exterior paint, but it went as a shell for paint. That's a 100K restoration all day long at any shop worth their salt.

[shelbydoug]

I had no rust on my vehicle. I had to replace the left and right front aprons and the top of the apron over the shock towers. The rest of the vehicle was sound.
I had to locate a few Shelby specific items that were missing from the vehicle after sitting for a few years. Paint alone was 15K.
I did all the work but the exterior paint, but it went as a shell for paint. That's a 100K restoration all day long at any shop worth their salt.

After doing three cars myself, my opinion is that paint alone to the quality level expected for this kind of a car is fairly priced in the $30 to $40 range.

You are looking somewhere over $100k to put these cars even in a high quality drivers condition.

Mine have become incredibly finicky on stupid stuff like wiring. Some thing that should take a couple of hours winds up taking two weeks.

I'm sure it is age related but I'm not sure if it is the car or me that is the main contributing factor.

[Greg]

Someone made a video of the car being excavated and taken to a resto shop... I doubt a car in this condition can be restored for anywhere near the $35-$40K estimate from the guy in the video - and then what do you have?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQtSWiSBt_M

I finally watched the whole video, and you're right. Anyone whose been through the restoration of a rust free car that's been sitting will tell you that $35K to $40K on a completely rusted car is insane.

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Seems very strange for a guy as experienced & knowledgeable as Rick Parker to give a low number like that? He did say that it would take 2 years. Needs new seats, restore steering wheel, lots of new metal, etc... how much is just a good paint job - and what about the engine?? 

Rick is a very experienced person so the number is probably for a basic resto with all aftermarket parts and basic paint.  My guess driver quality and back to the family.  It won't be a concours car. 

[silverton_ford]

Keep in mind........In the video his estimate was not to restore the entire car.  At 21:35 of the video if you listen closely he is just talking about body and paint.  Never mentioned interior and drive train work. 

[557]

Someone made a video of the car being excavated and taken to a resto shop. Some more details in the video. The vin tag is a little unclear but my guess is 6S1582 (?). I doubt a car in this condition can be restored for anywhere near the $35-$40K estimate from the guy in the video - and then what do you have?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQtSWiSBt_M

Guessing that $1100 paint was a while back.
I finally watched the whole video, and you're right. Anyone whose been through the restoration of a rust free car that's been sitting will tell you that $35K to $40K on a completely rusted car is insane.

I watched video to the end and they show pictures of a restored GT350H imagine my surprise when it's my car.  Mine was bad, not sure if it was as bad as this one, but mine was pretty bad, a total of $22,000 was spent on the restore including paint ($1,100 paint job) and machine work on the engine ( overbore, balance new cam, lifters etc.)

[Steve McDonald Formally known as Mcdonas]

It was the cost of the paint. Brother in law painted it over two weekends

[mark p]

I watched video to the end and they show pictures of a restored GT350H imagine my surprise when it's my car.  Mine was bad, not sure if it was as bad as this one, but mine was pretty bad, a total of $22,000 was spent on the restore including paint ($1,100 paint job) and machine work on the engine ( overbore, balance new cam, lifters etc.)

I thought that was your Tag  Not sure if that is cool or not... I guess the pix are in the public domain?

What year was it $1100 for a paint job?
My local buddy spent close to $1000 to paint his '67 coupe-  for materials alone. Primer, paint, clear, thinner, etc. IIRC that was about 3 years ago.

[Steve McDonald Formally known as Mcdonas]

2007 was the paint job   He had the car for about 8 months and did basically nothing, then did it two weekends, burned through the paint in a few places, and chipped the paint on the deck lid, was supposed to fix it but that was 13 years ago, not holding my breath for it to happen anytime soon . $1,100 was what he charged and that included materials, but I also had rebuilt the 455 for his 1969 Hurst Olds for free and that's still not together and that was in 1983. He moves slow

[Steve McDonald Formally known as Mcdonas]

I hope someone documents the restoration of that car

[The Going Thing]

Someone made a video of the car being excavated and taken to a resto shop. Some more details in the video. The vin tag is a little unclear but my guess is 6S1582 (?). I doubt a car in this condition can be restored for anywhere near the $35-$40K estimate from the guy in the video - and then what do you have?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQtSWiSBt_M

I finally watched the whole video, and you're right. Anyone whose been through the restoration of a rust free car that's been sitting will tell you that $35K to $40K on a completely rusted car is insane.

I watched video to the end and they show pictures of a restored GT350H imagine my surprise when it's my car.  Mine was bad, not sure if it was as bad as this one, but mine was pretty bad, a total of $22,000 was spent on the restore including paint ($1,100 paint job) and machine work on the engine ( overbore, balance new cam, lifters etc.)
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What century was your restoration done in? I have 12,000.00 in just the engine. The only things farmed out was machine work.
PPG paint alone was over 3K in products.  In all honesty, there were about 75 hours just in blocking the car for paint.
That's nothing else that goes along with painting. I used a doner 67 that had been hit from the rear for the rear aprons and shock towers. I was able to buy a NOS left side apron and core support. The battery tray/apron was a repro.  My friend that helped had access to a spot welder so they are spot-welded as they were from Ford.
If you get into a Concours Thoroughbred I am sure the number doubles from my estimate of 100,000.00.
Most people aren't like me. I know most farm out the majority of their work. I know the hours it takes to disassemble a vehicle, restore components and reassemble it.  There is a marked difference between paint and refreshing and a full restoration.

[Steve McDonald Formally known as Mcdonas]

Did all the work ourselves besides the paint and seats. 20+ years of being a line tech at Ford and L/M dealers lets you know all the little tricks. Began buying parts right after I got it, dash pad was $15, quarters were $125, fenders $29, etc. Mine was never intended to be anything more than a driver quality, it shows pretty good, but would never be anything more than a driver, that's why is has 240,000 miles on it. The shutdown for the virus  is cutting into my prime driving time
As for the paint and body, 3 years of High School Vo-tech for body and fender helped a lot. Blocking is something that took about 6 months, as it gets tiring really quick and if you work it too hard you make mistakes, that's why it took almost 14 years to get the restoration done. Was paid for 100% when completed. Now I'm going back over things and reinstalling some of the original parts as I get them restored.
Does anyone know if they have a blog or Facebook page on the "found" car and if they started to restore it, would love to watch the progress.

[TJinSA]

The number of cars recently being shown.going to ths one restoration shop is rather interesting. Have I been too sheltered to know the quality of their work?... Is this a media blitz to drum up business?... who's in a position to know which car this is and release it publicly?