<VV> Restoration Costs

[Dave Keillor]

Mike, how right you are.  I paid Gary Funkhouser $6,500 (not including
SafeGuard) for basically the engine you described.  Body work and paint
from another shop was $21K for an essentially rust free car (they never
are as rust free as they appear).  Add to that everything else from
suspension to interior and Allen's price will pale by comparison -- and
except for engine, paint, and interior I'm doing the work myself).  But,
it's something I always wanted to do since I was a kid -- rebuild a car
the way *I* wanted to do it.  (It will be a driver.)

Dave Keillor

-----Original Message-----
From: virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org
[mailto:virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org] On Behalf Of Mike McCrae
Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2011 12:57 PM
To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
Subject: Re: <VV> VirtualVairs Digest, Vol 78, Issue 18... Re:
lastconvertible; ; 

No one seems to comprehend the cost of restoration these days. Just the 
engine alone can go $6,000 if you do it right. Right means complete head

overhauls with guides and seats, magged and turned crank, new forged 
pistons, rings , bearings, resized and balanced rods, new cam, new cam 
gears, new pushrods and lifters, bored and honed cylinders, all new
gaskets 
and seals (viton), powder coated parts,....on and on....go on look up
the 
prices....they scare me and I build the engines. After this you can
start on 
the rest of the car.

Mike McCrae