<VV> Body Transplant

[Geoffrey A Johnson]

Yeah it is easy for restoration costs on an ULTRA to spiral out of control 
I think my bill is up to like 247$ total investment on my 63 Vert.
3000 trouble free miles so far!
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Seriously we are planning a full on transplant like has been spoken of 
on another vert 
that came in the deal I got mine in.  Bare Shell.  IT all comes down to 
how useable is whats there?  This shell had a MACO type respray that they 
drenched the whole car in black paint, and never got reassembled and all 
the parts are long gone. Nothing as annoying as 
cheapy body work.  Interior as well.  Plus it sat open 
for however many years.

So in total it was two differnt points of view.  The SHELL is a much more 
solid body, no dents, no rust.  The one I put together has dings and some 
rust, but it was complete even though it needed basically everything 
before it could be driven.  Then again it still wears shiny red original 
paint.


Geoff Johnson




On Mon, 27 Jun 2005 kaczmarek at charter.net wrote:
> When I got the Eastern Ultra Monza from CA it had---
> who did it?? How long will it last??  Are my U joints good quality HD or cheapies?? Etc.
>
>
> Estimate for all body and paint from my friend Eric's employer (Street Dreams Rod Shop)---3000.00---And that's a friend price.  I still have to get all the weatherstrip rubber (all shot--the stuff that Steele makes I can get at cost)and have my Corvair rear seat and 95 Camaro front seats recovered--Figure a couple of rechromed bumpers and it will be a 14K car--but all new!! Rather drive it than the wifes 03 Alero--which cost me 12K !!!
>
> What is it worth?? The effort has been worth it-- But I wouldn't sell it anyway. Anyone who tries to get out of a car what they have in it is a fool IMO.