One owner's experience. I bought my TR6 on November 11, 1995 from a local guy who was getting married. It was not running but it looked good with a shiny red paint job so I paid him $2,500.00 and towed it home on the end of a rope. I took inventory and found 35 things that needed fixing, replacement or parts. (I can furnish a list if anyone's interested). I did all the restoration work myself except for removing the nut from the alternator,(I was turning it the wrong way!) installing a stainless steel exhaust system, tracing a short in the tail lights, installing replacement bumpers and welding the frame where the trailing arm attached. A prior owner-not the guy I bought from - had spent $2,795.00 in parts on the car (I know because I have all the Roadster Factory invoices), and through the years I have continually upgraded the car and replaced things as they wore out or fell off to the tune of $14,347.00 to date. Adding in what the prior owner spent on parts (don't know about labor), you come to a total of $17,142.00 restoration costs plus the initial $2,500.00 purchase price. I know that he paid about $3,400.00 for the car back in the 1980s because I have the original invoice - also turned over to me when I bought the car. What's it worth? It still looks good 25 years later, has no rust underneath, two small rust holes in the rocker panel and inner fender lining that's been there since I bought the car and never spread since this car has never been driven in the rain or snow since I've owned it. It had 99,236 miles when I bought it and now it shows a little over 106,000 and I think that's real mileage. 7,000 miles in 25 years in my possession. It's no show car for sure, but a good daily driver with a fairly new set of Michelins, new shocks, valve job with hardened seats 7 years ago and soon-to-be-installed new clutch MC and SC. Some bodywork had been done years ago on the right rear fender/trunk area but all the sheet metal is solid - floorboards, trunk, fender liners - so I was spared that expense. I would never buy a car needing extensive bodywork, welding etc. - skills I don't possess, but if you can do that stuff, go ahead and plunge in. I thinks parts are a bit more expensive now and some are unavailable except from junkyards or parts collectors (like the trailing arms).