Yep your not wrong and I didn't buy it to try and make a huge profit. I was helping out a mate at the time Building cars is my hobby and enjoy doing it, but I wont build a car and sell it at a loss either. I am helping a mate that needed the money and space. I will drive it for a while and enjoy it for a short period before I put it on the market.
I am semi retired and now have the time to enjoy it more. I had an original HJ Sandman in my teems and is one of the cars I regret selling the most. My current SLR was an original SL 6cyl trimatic all original 83,000 km which I purchased off the original owner. She bought the car new when she was in her fifties, at eighty four she had trouble steering it without power steering and sold it to me for $6,500 four years ago. I put an injected 5lt 6 speed tremic and a Salisbury LSD. Full LX SLR body kit and interior. All up the car cost me $48,000 to build. I had a ridiculous offer 12 months ago of $100,000 and I said yes but my wife said not. I will properly never get an offer for it like that again but it just shows what people will pay for well built cars even if its only a replica. The person that offered the money purchased an 4.2 SLR which he is restoring and the bill is already over $100,000 and its not finished yet. If you cant do most of the rebuilding yourself these days your always going to loose money on the resale in the short term.
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