Well, if I add up all the $ that went into it so far it looks like this,
$25,000 car
$1,000 almost new seats, vca classified
$1,000 paint job, my part of it.
$5,500 mechanical work at dealer consisting of at least these things, steering rack, shifter mechanism, flywhl/total clutch, all clutch hydraulics, total brk/clutch pedal assy, total park brk assy, 4 whl allignment, clutch/start interlock, rear main seal, oil cooler lines, State inspection, headlighht aim, and a great big oil change/filter.
$350 new plastic dash and interior parts, Mopar
$1,800 polished 97 wheels and tires, ebay
$600 almost new soft top and curtains
$400 rotors
$1,600 hard top, vca classified
$500 exhaust, parts rack
That comes to $37,750
I sold the old seats, soft top, curtains on ebay so lets call it $37,000. I probably could have bought a fairly good one for that much. I figure that the dealer ripped me but even if I had done all of it myself it would have cost perhaps $2k or so. That wouldn't change things much, I still paid alot for the car in the long run and it has 102k miles.
