Body is being restored to repair rust damage, car will remain stock, powertrain will remain OEM FWD. I have a new crate engine for it that will be 100% stock except I do intend to put a DOD delete in it for full time 8-cyl operation.
@@deepthought1064 It's called the Havana syndrome. In Cuba, people keep what they've got, take care of it and drive it forever, because new cars are either impossible to own or just impossible to get. It's starting to get that way in the rest of the world now. I'm the original owner of this car. It got rusty. It needed to either be restored or replaced. I don't want anything new because new cars are too complicated and impossible for a DIY guy to work on, as well as very expensive. So I'm restoring the Impala, not because it is collectible or anything like that, but because it is is a good car for me. I'm used to it, I can work on it, I like it so I'm gonna stick with it. The plan is to restore it to like new with OEM body stampings, apply much better rust resistance coatings inside and out than what you could ever get on a new car, and keep it for life. I have no intention of ever reselling it. If I was going to resell it there is no way I'd be putting this much work into it. That's the ugly truth about cars that have been restored for resale. Everything unseen deep inside is patched together as quick & cheap as possible, then they put a pretty paint job on the outside of it. When it comes to a 2006 Impala SS there is no way I'd ever get enough resale value to justify this level of restoration work and I would lose big money on the deal. The only way this even makes sense is if the car is going to be a keeper. Like you say, there will be more people in the future restoring cars they like into keepers because they just want to keep what they've got.
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@@onemoremisfit Why leave $25,000 on the table?
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Are you doing a RWD conversion or just a restoration?
Body is being restored to repair rust damage, car will remain stock, powertrain will remain OEM FWD. I have a new crate engine for it that will be 100% stock except I do intend to put a DOD delete in it for full time 8-cyl operation.
@onemoremisfit Damn i give you props for this 👏. This will be the new norm restoring 2000's vehicles like they are classics.
@@deepthought1064 It's called the Havana syndrome. In Cuba, people keep what they've got, take care of it and drive it forever, because new cars are either impossible to own or just impossible to get. It's starting to get that way in the rest of the world now.
I'm the original owner of this car. It got rusty. It needed to either be restored or replaced. I don't want anything new because new cars are too complicated and impossible for a DIY guy to work on, as well as very expensive. So I'm restoring the Impala, not because it is collectible or anything like that, but because it is is a good car for me. I'm used to it, I can work on it, I like it so I'm gonna stick with it.
The plan is to restore it to like new with OEM body stampings, apply much better rust resistance coatings inside and out than what you could ever get on a new car, and keep it for life.
I have no intention of ever reselling it. If I was going to resell it there is no way I'd be putting this much work into it. That's the ugly truth about cars that have been restored for resale. Everything unseen deep inside is patched together as quick & cheap as possible, then they put a pretty paint job on the outside of it.
When it comes to a 2006 Impala SS there is no way I'd ever get enough resale value to justify this level of restoration work and I would lose big money on the deal. The only way this even makes sense is if the car is going to be a keeper.
Like you say, there will be more people in the future restoring cars they like into keepers because they just want to keep what they've got.