markc88;45481 wrotei wish my one only cost $12k to restore (!) but for what I have spent (it must be $20-30k all in) I still think is very good value for what the car is. I thought there was a black t5r for sale in Adelaide at the moment?
The Elwood controls people will do a t5r interior kit as well.
As you know though, bodywork is the killer and is where a huge amount of the money will lie if you're doing a good restoration. The yellow can go quite chalky from long-term UV exposure too - I remember that you painted yours, what sort of state was it in?
Add new plastic trim, lenses, badges, etc and it'll mount up very quickly.
With mine, I was lucky that it was just plain old boring silver - I picked up a bonnet, guard and a door that required nothing more than a good clean polish.
The whole LHS was repaired and painted though and there was a spot repair on the RR door and the roof just above the RR door - this would have been the most expensive but was done as part of a project for TAFE students.
Wheels and the front bar were sent out to a regular panel shop though.
Suspension on mine has been the biggest spend and getting parts for the Ohlins front struts was a little time consuming.
The 320mm brake conversion is easy and really close in cost to the 302mm V70R front brakes that people often swap onto their 850s.
It's essentially been back to a shell, with the only things that havent been removed being the engine and trans.
If you just want to buy an already good car and do nothing, getting onto an ex club member car is probably solid advice. As for price point, I guess it just depends on how bad you must have 'that car'.
