Sounds like the $400 VW convertible that I "restored" years ago. Granted, it was showroom perfect when done, but I was easily $10k poorer.
Lesson learned. Painfully. Buy the best you can and leave the restorations to those who can afford them. -D > On Apr 24, 2017, at 10:36 PM, Curley McLain via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > $8000 parts per Jaime, X 2 = $16k from $20k BAT value leaves you $4k for > profit and buying the hulk. Even at $2k, or $1k, or even free, you could > easily end up upside down. > (it always ends up costing more than you think...) > > I bid a job once that I knew had a lot of unknowns. I figured out what I > thought it would take to turn a profit, then doubled it for the estimate. > Before I turned in the estimate, I let it ride for a day while working on > other stuff, then decided to triple the original estimate. Then I turned it > in. Got the job. Turned out at double what I thought, I'd have not been > paid for a lot of time. At triple, I came out OK, made some money. It was a > one day job for a Korean BBQ place. > > What caused me to triple it was that I thought about what kind of wiring mess > I might encounter in the attic, and need to put in boxes, rewire, and such to > make it up to code. That was indeed the problem that cost all the extra > time. There are always unforeseen things that eat time and money on a > project like repairing this car. > > (I know, ... preaching to the choir) Most of you have BTDT. >> Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com> >> April 24, 2017 at 8:58 PM >> Yea but how much you think it's worth at the moment? >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
