Here's the cost breakdown using today's pound to dollar exchange rate.
Car £4500.00 = $7180,17
paint £1900.00 = 3031.62
upgrade to front disc brakes £100.00 = 159.60
Interior= £425 = $678.12
Minilites and tires £622.28 = 992.90
Misc parts £90.00 = $143.00
Labor not included.
Total £7475.00 = $11927.00
Sold for £8600.00 =$13,722.10
Feel free to comment on whether the paint job they got for 45% of the purchase price of the whole car was worth it.
It would also be nice to be able to upgrade my brakes for $160.00--I am $100 sure they did not resleeve the master cylinder and it seems doubtful they replaced the slaves or shoes for that price.
The wheels were nice, probably needed new tires. Real flippers would have just buffed out the paint, which didn't look bad (although you can't really tell from a video), fixed up the interior, polished the aluminum parts and made a lot more $$$.
One the other hand that would not make a very good TV show.