My 2c . 35k fully restored and i mean everything done wiring ,interior ,paint.
For example gold car should be around 15k so by the time new paint interior, driveline. You would then end up with the magical number.
Can of worms here goes

A friend sold a mint Mk1 V6 for 40k a few months ago.  I'll be listing a red V6 Auto with a reasonable level of restoration and good original interior soon, my expectation is 25, if it was top class resto I'd want 35 as I would have spent an extra 5k on panels retrim

JR, are you proposing to sell the car for what it's worth or for what it owes you? Herein, I believe, lies the problem.
 
Just out of interest, RedBook lists V6 Capris as worth between $15,500 and $21,000, which to me seems a good starting point for the majority of V6 models that have been advertised over the past 12 months or so. Granted, there is the odd one now and then that is in pristine condition and does warrant a figure over the $30k mark, but very few I'd have thought. RedBook lists the 4-cylinder models as being worth between $7,200 and $10,800.
 
Of course any car is only worth what the next owner is prepared to pay!

Check out p21 of the latest Unique Cars mag.
A 1974 RS Capri sold at Silverstone, UK for $101,700!
You never know - my jewel green 1600 poverty pack might be worth more than a week's groceries!
Ian

Right on Ian, however there were only ever 248 RS3100s plus one ever built! That makes them pretty scarce. As for your 'poverty' pack 1600, I'm sure it's worth much more than a weeks groceries, just ask the wife.

Redbook values are clearly out of touch with reality in some instances.  For example, what I would consider to be a fairly desirable model, namely a 2.0 litre, manual trans, 2 door Escort GL, is listed as being worth $1,300 - $3,100.  If only!

But of course, Escorts were plentiful in their day, unlike the Capri, of which there were only barely 15,000 examples assembled in Australia!

The cost of a concours resto seems to keep going up, as do the 'project' cars you start with and the parts you need to find. Any high quality restored car with extensive use of NOS parts/restored original parts, and with everything done (as hotboost says), is going to easily cost you $30-40k depending on what you start with.

cosworthfreak
The cost of a concours resto seems to keep going up, as do the 'project' cars you start with and the parts you need to find. Any high quality restored car with extensive use of NOS parts/restored original parts, and with everything done (as hotboost says), is going to easily cost you $30-40k depending on what you start with.

+1 to this, as I know this first hand with my resto the costs keep adding up and you say to yourself, oh well I have already spent $$ amount what is another few dollars

We all know insurance company's love to upsell agreed values so the can make more money on premiums.But they ie shannons have a very good idea of values.Theyre not going extremely over value..Saying that youd be surprised how many are ground up nut and bolt rest are getting 35k+
I can for 1 vouch for that..