What he said.

Soooo...sounds like it would be less expensive (and less cool) to buy a new Vette than build one of these?

Always. But a Camaro is soooooo cool. New vettes are like belly buttons....

You can buy new vettes for $20k??? lol

The bottom like is that it's as expensive as you want it to be :)

yeah but
 

The vette will lose value and the nova should stay pretty valuable unless you beat the crap out of it or slap it togther poorly.

Rodger

LOL! No, I can't get a new Vette for 20K. I want to build a daily driver to modern performance and comfort standards...so that's going to entail a lot of interior, suspension and brake work too. Dropping 20K on the drivetrain right off the bat sure makes it seem like I'll get up above the 40K mark quickly (I'm including pruchase price of the car).

I set a self imposed limit of 30K (ok I'd go 35K). But the more info I get, the more I doubt that I can put together a car I'll like for so little. Unless I decide to turn wrenches myself...which I don't really have time, energy or space to do.

Although it seems I'll save a lot of money if I buy a 350 Ram Jet and install it myself.

Indeed, but I suspect if the build cost exceeds 35K my wife will tell me to buy another BMW instead.

The way I justified this whole idea to her was that I was sick of buying a new car every 3 years and always having a car payment. This way I have a car that will hold my interest for many years that I can pay off. When it's worn I can just get it repainted or drop in a new mill or whatever it needs instead of buying a new car (not bad eh guys?) :unibrow:

I installed a RamJet 502 myself and thought it was easy. Look at it this way, the Vette's resale will keep going down but the Nova's will go up....

Is there a good/reliable place to find deals like this?

Man...you guys are persuasive! LOL!