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The question that shouldn't be asked

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sigtauenus

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Was at the neighbors house tonight for the new year party, and the topic of my 68 fastback came up along with how much it was going to have cost when it was done. SWMBO mentioned that I wouldn't tell her. The actual correct answer is I haven't added it up so I technically don't even know myself. I have an idea, but it is so scary I don't want to verify it with a calculator. I put that in the realm of plausible deniability.
 
Just let your neighbor ride with you. When he sees all the thumbs-up and gawking looks from bystanders and people in other cars, the question of cost will be moot. :coo

Frank
 
"sigtauenus" said:
Was at the neighbors house tonight for the new year party, and the topic of my 68 fastback came up along with how much it was going to have cost when it was done. SWMBO mentioned that I wouldn't tell her. The actual correct answer is I haven't added it up so I technically don't even know myself. I have an idea, but it is so scary I don't want to verify it with a calculator. I put that in the realm of plausible deniability.
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Same here .
I tossed my calculator away, because I am afraid what the numbers could be .
 
In my house the automatic reply to that question is:



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"Don't go there girlfriend"
 
I have everything in a spreadsheet, the only time I totaled it all up was when I went to change the insurance from project to driver so I knew what to use as a declared value. It shocked me to say the least....
 
I don't keep track, if I did my Conscience might get the better of me. Then what fun would that be.

:fbomb the :$$$
 
I don't know either and I really don't care. When I'm asked such questions, I usually try and downplay the costs by simply saying I did the work myself (which is true) except for the paint which is a Miracle job, etc. Some people simply just want to express shock at what you are spending and take pleasure in you draining your wallet into something they view as an unnecessary luxury. Those involved in the hobby never ask such questions as they know the costs.
 
I know roughly how much it cost for each car, but it is irrelevant as they are not fore sale and if they ever are they will never get the amount I have in them.

I look at it this way, I could go buy a new one for what I have into them, but I would have one car and they wouldn't be as cool. What I have now and what I will have when finished if there is ever a finished, is a new 67 and 65.

So do we really want to know?

Now if the same problem had to be solved many times like the AC in my 67, then I get bitchy! I had an F250 once that was nothing but a money pit. I sunk way more money in it that I should have. So, on some cars you just have to know when to draw the line!

On these Mustangs there is no line! Just keep going until it is done the way you want it to be.

Mel
 
Well, when you consider the neighbors brand new Nissan Altima and the wife's Chevy Trailblazer, and what they are worth once they drove them off the lot, the money spent on these cars doesn't seem so bad, even if you are upside down on it. Technically you are just as upside down on a new car for some time until you either pay it off or drive the crap out of it. I'm going to drive the crap out of mine and the expense will be recouped by the permanent smile on my face.
 
"sigtauenus" said:
I'm going to drive the crap out of mine and the expense will be recouped by the permanent smile on my face.
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My thoughts exactly. I have had people say to me, Don't drive that thing too much it will get dirty. I tell them I built it to be driven and enjoyed not sit and looked at.
 
When I first bought my Mustang 19 years ago I kept track of everything I spent on the car but that stopped many, many years ago.

I don't care what I have into it anymore. It is a hobby and I get enjoyment out of it.
 
I stopped putting entries in my book after almost two years. I still have a pretty good idea, but don't want to think about it. To me, Trouble is priceless.
 
It is not about how much it costs. It is our hobby. Some like to play with watercraft, some like guns my SWMBO likes Dogs. This America we work to have fun not work to survive. That is why so many are jealous of us. fd
 
Unfortunately, I know exactly what I have in both cars, since I track all my finances in QuickBooks.

Knowing the answer, though, is the thing that keeps me from selling the '66, since I know I will only get half of the money back out of it.
 
We don't know, we don't care.
We don't golf, boat, hunt, ski, travel to Europe, etc. Would people that do those things keep track of the $$$. I doubt it.
J.
 
I never kept track of what I had in any of my cars either. If did they never would have been completed or driven.
 
It's a case of "don't ask, don't tell"!! lol. I still have all the receipts but only if I need to replace something that's under warranty and some stuff is lifetime warranty type stuff. :cry
 
When I restored the 66, I kept a spreadsheet and I still have it. I have NOT added to it since 2005 and I'd hate to add up what I've spent just in track tires and track fuel :scar
 
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