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Old 07-16-2011, 05:30 AM
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If your looking to stay at $30,000 or under I would be looking at complete, used cars. It may not be impossible but it is difficult to build a nice kit for that figure. You will get a lot more car for $30,000 by buying one where someone else has done all the work and is unfortunately facing the reality of depreciation and a buyer's market. Many of these cars are garage queens and have very low miles and very good care so with some careful looking you can get a lot more car for the buck. If you have $40,000 or more to spend then you have a lot more options in building a car. The old adage of restoring a car is that it will cost twice as much as you originally planned and take twice as long to complete. Building a kit car is not quite as bad but it definately fits in there just under restoring a car.
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