Also bare in mind that amount is spread over 13 years of working on this car. That also includes misc garage supplies like specialty tools, sand paper, and various cans of spray paint and auto fluids,

I drove it once when considering the purchase, a 2nd time to get it to the DMV for registration and then it came apart in 1998.

And despite "rust free" the car wears NOS front fenders ($900 when you could still get them from GM) and a new passenger door skin due to too much bondo on the original parts. Under the hood, there is a total of 2 parts I have NOT replaced - 1 inner fender and the aftermarket carb that was already there. I also replaced every single wiring harness as old brittle wiring is a hazard.