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Stupid CLOUDS!
My 81's paint job just got put off until NEXT saturday. STUPID RAIN!
Thought this might be helpful for anyone restoring/improving a later shark.
I bought my 81 in feb 2004, running, drivable smoggable for 5K in Los Angeles.
So far here is the list...
Front Suspension: $1600 (Guldstrand) Includes shocks beaings bushings &labor
Rear Suspension: $2200 (Guldstrand) (all inclusive. Full rebuild does not include Diff)
Alignment: $200
New Tires :$500
New Center Caps $62.00 (Ebay)
Polish & Dremel thingies $125 (a few years and different polishes. Best I have found is Wenol)
Body...be wary there are some wacko's out there look at the pics of my car...we had no idea the body was hammered! Prices are rough and include shipping
New Nose: $500
New Tail: $400
New Quarter Panel $250
New Air Dam:$300 Including spoiler pieces
New Weather Strip $350 (with Clips)
New Windshiled trim: $400 (with clips)
Body work 5000. Complete strip did at home, myself(4 paintjobs) repair, install new parts prep for paint. Includes primer, booth rental, materials, etc. Car Primed, and sealed with DP90
New Paint $1000 Includes paint, and Clear (House of Kolor)
Headlamp Rebuild
New hoses, connectors, actuators, bucket rebuild kit, and control valves
$500 Did this myself. PITA!
Mechanical:
Brakes: 1000 New Calipers, Rotors, master Cyl, and Booster. New Rear lines.
Includes Labor.
Diff Rebuild
New Gears and rebuild kit :$500
New horseshoes that hold positrac in $100
Trans.
THM 700R4 built to 600hp, 1600rpm stall converter: $1200
Install Kit: $500, Includes Bowtie Overdrives wire kit, X member and TV Cable
Speedo Gear, housing, clip, and Bolt: $100
Driveshaft chop & balance $150
Engine
Full rebuild, new pumps, gaskets hoses, timing chain+ gears, new cam, decked and rebuilt heads, roller rockers, urethane mounts, new cam, 10.0:1 comp, belts $5000 including labor, and parts. Steering included in here, new pump, rams and control valve,gearbox and lines.
Carb Rebuild:$100 (Don't buy replacement carbs from auto parts stores! Go GM or a corvette specialist!!!)
Interior
New Dash $100
Paint for trim pieces:$65.00 includes prep cleaner, primer, tape and color.
New consoles: $400.00 (Center gauge cluster, shifter and ebrake)
Door wiskers for windows:$100
Lamps/Lenses
New Stop Lamps $62.00 (includes fedex shipping)
Polish for other lamps and lenses $15.00
Dremel polishing thingies:$15.00
Polished and rehabbed the lenses and lamps myself.
New Front marker bezels $50.00 (L&R)
Still need
Carpet, rear compartment doors, seat skins on foam, door panels new center gauge cluster (I broke the W$&%@$& taking it out:thud: !!!!)
Air conditioning: full system. Its there but does not work.
Cruise control Its there, but does not work.
New Engine top harness....some of the wires are junk!
T-tops- Want smoke grey ones. Xpensive, lol
Thought I would post the progress so far....so people can see what they are in for, and to make some basic estimates on restoring a shark. Probably left some things out, but hopefully can be used for a good starting point. This is a budget resto for a DRIVER that you wouldn't have to make excuses for. Easily double this for a concours resto, or hot rodding.
Also, being Active Duty Military, I got some great discounts on Labor! (Thanks Rick and Ken!
My 81's paint job just got put off until NEXT saturday. STUPID RAIN!
Thought this might be helpful for anyone restoring/improving a later shark.
I bought my 81 in feb 2004, running, drivable smoggable for 5K in Los Angeles.
So far here is the list...
Front Suspension: $1600 (Guldstrand) Includes shocks beaings bushings &labor
Rear Suspension: $2200 (Guldstrand) (all inclusive. Full rebuild does not include Diff)
Alignment: $200
New Tires :$500
New Center Caps $62.00 (Ebay)
Polish & Dremel thingies $125 (a few years and different polishes. Best I have found is Wenol)
Body...be wary there are some wacko's out there look at the pics of my car...we had no idea the body was hammered! Prices are rough and include shipping
New Nose: $500
New Tail: $400
New Quarter Panel $250
New Air Dam:$300 Including spoiler pieces
New Weather Strip $350 (with Clips)
New Windshiled trim: $400 (with clips)
Body work 5000. Complete strip did at home, myself(4 paintjobs) repair, install new parts prep for paint. Includes primer, booth rental, materials, etc. Car Primed, and sealed with DP90
New Paint $1000 Includes paint, and Clear (House of Kolor)
Headlamp Rebuild
New hoses, connectors, actuators, bucket rebuild kit, and control valves
$500 Did this myself. PITA!
Mechanical:
Brakes: 1000 New Calipers, Rotors, master Cyl, and Booster. New Rear lines.
Includes Labor.
Diff Rebuild
New Gears and rebuild kit :$500
New horseshoes that hold positrac in $100
Trans.
THM 700R4 built to 600hp, 1600rpm stall converter: $1200
Install Kit: $500, Includes Bowtie Overdrives wire kit, X member and TV Cable
Speedo Gear, housing, clip, and Bolt: $100
Driveshaft chop & balance $150
Engine
Full rebuild, new pumps, gaskets hoses, timing chain+ gears, new cam, decked and rebuilt heads, roller rockers, urethane mounts, new cam, 10.0:1 comp, belts $5000 including labor, and parts. Steering included in here, new pump, rams and control valve,gearbox and lines.
Carb Rebuild:$100 (Don't buy replacement carbs from auto parts stores! Go GM or a corvette specialist!!!)
Interior
New Dash $100
Paint for trim pieces:$65.00 includes prep cleaner, primer, tape and color.
New consoles: $400.00 (Center gauge cluster, shifter and ebrake)
Door wiskers for windows:$100
Lamps/Lenses
New Stop Lamps $62.00 (includes fedex shipping)
Polish for other lamps and lenses $15.00
Dremel polishing thingies:$15.00
Polished and rehabbed the lenses and lamps myself.
New Front marker bezels $50.00 (L&R)
Still need
Carpet, rear compartment doors, seat skins on foam, door panels new center gauge cluster (I broke the W$&%@$& taking it out:thud: !!!!)
Air conditioning: full system. Its there but does not work.
Cruise control Its there, but does not work.
New Engine top harness....some of the wires are junk!
T-tops- Want smoke grey ones. Xpensive, lol
Thought I would post the progress so far....so people can see what they are in for, and to make some basic estimates on restoring a shark. Probably left some things out, but hopefully can be used for a good starting point. This is a budget resto for a DRIVER that you wouldn't have to make excuses for. Easily double this for a concours resto, or hot rodding.
Also, being Active Duty Military, I got some great discounts on Labor! (Thanks Rick and Ken!