Just out of curiosity, how much would it cost to fully restore a 1983 Chevy El Camino?
Posted on January 27th, 2012 by admin
As my graduation gift, my grandfather is giving me his 1983 El Camino, being he is getting in too bad of health to drive. It runs good, but I wanna restore it completely. It has a 350 engine in it. That’s pretty much all I know. Just outta curiosity, if I was to get it completely restored, what would be a ballpark figure for the cost?
Chevrolet dropped the 350 in the El Camino in 1980, so unless the engine is not the original one, you actually have a 305.
As for cost, it depends on what is wrong. There is NO WAY to tell what is wrong because I can’t read your mind, nor can I actually see the car/truck/thing.
Best estimate is anywhere from 500 to 15000 depending on what you want to do to it.
January 27th, 2012 at 7:14 am
depends on what’s needed i;e frame work, paint, body parts, and so forth ballpark 2-15 grand maybe more but it all depends on what’s needed
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January 27th, 2012 at 7:51 am
Chevrolet dropped the 350 in the El Camino in 1980, so unless the engine is not the original one, you actually have a 305.
As for cost, it depends on what is wrong. There is NO WAY to tell what is wrong because I can’t read your mind, nor can I actually see the car/truck/thing.
Best estimate is anywhere from 500 to 15000 depending on what you want to do to it.
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January 27th, 2012 at 8:33 am
You don’t restore what don’t need restoring.. But to answer your question if you had a shop do a full restore on that car then your looking at $20,000 to $30,000
If you can do it yourself, you cut that price in half
But from what you listed, it does not sound like it needs a full restore. Maybe some fixing up, painting, replacing a few parts here and there.
That type of work, if you can do it will run you $1,000 to $5,000
If you get a shop to do it then double that
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