I was going threw some posting this morning and i noticed thst everyone has a diffrent idea for what a car is worth . In y I eyes if someone is willing to pay it then it isnt to much i have sat on cars for a year or more trying to sell and everybody telling me that i was asking to much. Compared to what i had in the vehicle i didnt think so. But then as usual somebody will stop buy and cant live without happens everytime. I hae a 71 2door that I paid 5000.00 for probably to much considering i droveit home and torn everything out of it but the body was good and I didnt care about trans ans engine or rearend. People tell I am nuts for doing it but it was the one and I wont be selling this one anytime soon. As for the rest of the people if you thinkits what you want and price doesnt scare you go for it:yes:

A fraction of what I have spent on it. Value is in the eye of the buyer, not the seller. A valuation is good for insurance purposes, but even they will argue it's value when it is time to try and collect (they will gladdly accept an inflated value for purposes of paying on the policy, just not on paying when totaled)

Big Dave

well dave i you include the cost of the car i have spent 12000.00 and havent even got it put back together yet boy it does get expensive building it the way you like doesnt it but when i finish it will be priceless:D. And the 13 yearold boy thinks he is getting his hands on it haha i told him his first will be a ford pos

I think my car is worth a pack of cigarettes and a mountian dew :D

i've seen and owned a lot of $5000 dollar/$500 dollar cars... cars that have a lot more money invested than they're worth. i find in a lot of cases it's not what's invested, it's "how" it's invested. a nice engine in a crappy car isn't worth nearly as much as a car that looks nice but has a crappy engine. it's still body, paint & interior that attracts the buyer. the engine etc can be done by almost anyone... it's the cosmetics that generally makes or breaks the deal.

my car has "X" invested and it's worth "X" to me... whether those figures are equal it doesn't matter... the worth to me may not be the same as what the prospective buyer values it at... and vice-versa... what someone has invested in their car is of no interest to me... it's what i value it at if i'm the prospective buyer.

My car is worth my piece of mind....I enjoy it and NEVER worry about the cost or price.

I have just shy of $25,000 into mine and that includes purchase price 13 years ago , all the different phases it has gone through over the years including the current one , all the stuff i've broke or blown up over 13 years , and includes finishing the car in it's current phase. It would cost $40,000+ to duplicate. I think my investment over that time frame and all of the good times i've had driving the car and racing the car and all of the big events i went to and the travelling and people i have meant and made friends with over the years while owning this car is something you just can't put a price tag on. That and the fact it is almost impossible to build one these days from scratch that will run mid 9's on motor and low 8's on a lil' juice and still be street legal and drivable.