I agree Steve. You definitely don't make the money back, even if it is an Ring Bros. car or one of the others I mentioned.
I don't like the over the top stuff, but definitely want a super clean, super straight body with killer paint. Then the sub-frame, quadra link rear end, mini-tubbed, etc., etc. LOL The interior I would mostly leave stock, but I want all pieces new and to be all dyno-mat laid. Some stuff I would change up a bit interior wise. Think you want to spend/figured out about 100k on the build, add another 50K, just to be safe. lol
Is your friend building a '69 Camaro pro-tour?
yes. he bought it off another friend of ours. most of it is finished. just a few things to wrap up. its a low #s car. an L88 i think? in canary yellow (iirc) which not many were made. its not a full on build like some of my other friend's cars. with tubbed rear ends and what not. heck, one friend is building a 69 with a full tube chassis and F1 paddle shifters. that one is a no expense spared build.