Originally Posted by Chip

IIRC all the new parts to build a typical hatchback will generally retail at about 200K if bought seperately, so you dont need to be replacing a big percentage to do 20K, and thats when the parts are still available new at retail money, not 20-30 years later with scene tax added onto any newoldstock available.

Definately easy to spend far more than that bringing an average car to mint conditions, and then you still dont have the low mileage side of it so it wont be worth the same.

Silly money as a day to day car of course or even an occasional use weekend car, in that context its not even vaguely worth it, but as Paul says if you are a collector and really want the best you can find, that sum wouldnt put you off.