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Chevy Camaro Total Build Cost - Under Construction

November, 2007
By Steven Rupp
Project Camaro Frame
THE COST SO FAR:
One-owner Rambler with 56k miles: $1,000
Custom front and rear suspension: $2,000
Disc-brake AMC spindles from u-pull-it: $20
New Carrera coilovers off eBay: $300
New Camaro gas tank and straps: $100
Used sender: $20
Used rust-free sheetmetal from eBay: $300
Narrowed Ford 9-inch: traded for old parts
Misc. sheetmetal,
flat stock, and tubing: $100
Used front seats
from late-model Sunbird: $26
Auto Meter Phantom gauges: Christmas gifts
Auto Meter Phantom
fuel pressure gauge: $100
New Auto Meter Phantom
electric speedo: $100
N.O.S. headlamp trim: $500
New fiberglass bumpers from eBay: $330
N.O.S. parking lamp lenses: $15
Percy Wheel Rite tool from Musclerodz: $70
Misc. body prep supplies: $100
LS1 basic engine: traded for labor
  resurfacing pool deck
Carter Hickman rendering: priceless
Total: $10,225


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