[rcweingart]

I think $85,000 is a little understated on the cost of a completed new coupe. Excluding taxes, if the price of a new coupe is now just shy of $70,000 (it was $66,000 plus delivery and options when I bought #51) and going with new components, add $2,000 for a tranny, $13,000 for a basic 402 Roush engine package (which is tailored for the coupe, $14,000 for a 427 4 bolt - 2005 prices), $2,000 for an Olthoff coupe install kit (which is a bit high if you take all of the components separately but you're also getting Dennis' engineering so that everything fits and works and it is worth it), plus whatever your installer charges which, I understand, generally starts at $5,000 and up (I did my own install and have only heard what other installers are charging - and I'm assuming their price includes the cost of fuel pump, supplies, fluids, charging the A/C, etc., etc.), and a new finished coupe excluding taxes and registration is about $92,000. More or less depending on your engine package ($3,000 more for aluminum block, $8,000 more for DFI - again 2005 prices) and installer.