I really doubt that you could get much business in this economy. Plus these things cycle. The Antique tractor market seems to have peaked. Unless the tractor is rare the values are way down. You can buy a restored common tractor for far less than the cost to do one right.
A real good blast and paint job would be in the $1500-2000 dollar range. Do you think that many around you would pay that?
I am doing a Ford 981 right now for myself. I have $7500 in it and I am not done. This is with the trans being good when I started. I think that I will get it done for under 10K. This is a complete strip down and build out.
So I am not sure you can make wages. You might not even do that. If these gas prices keep climbing then it really will not work. People just have so much to spend on hobbies and that is going to get smaller with the cost of gas going up.
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