Wow. Should be really nice when it's done.
he is taking that way to far. if the car was that rusty(which i doubt ) just go by a shell from year one. if the car ends up being straight, it will be sweet.
maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow....... but some day
So even if it is a limited production camaro, what makes it that limited production anymore now that there is nothing left of it but the bare bare bare skeleton. I would have just found a better shell. Looks like a huge waste of money. I think the guy is a dumb ass.
you can buy a whole new shell for what? $12,000? sounds like a lot less hassle than cutting the car completely apart and trying to rebuild it. and I can't imagine his route being any cheaper, either. oh well, we'll see how it turns out.
David Alameda (Zspeedcav) wrote:So even if it is a limited production camaro, what makes it that limited production anymore now that there is nothing left of it but the bare bare bare skeleton. I would have just found a better shell. Looks like a huge waste of money. I think the guy is a dumb ass.
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Even if it was a Yenko or CoPo car hell you can go by a body from year one and switch the tags over. Hell you can buy the correct rivets to do it. Looks like he is paying a guy to do the work from what little bit I read. Definitely throwing money out the window.
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Brown Eye wrote:you can buy a whole new shell for what? $12,000? sounds like a lot less hassle than cutting the car completely apart and trying to rebuild it. and I can't imagine his route being any cheaper, either. oh well, we'll see how it turns out.
sometimes its not about the money....some people do that kind of stuff because they love it
wow... talk about a restoration, lol.
course those bodys cost an easy 12,000 and thats not including shipping costs
Yah but a 12,000 dollar shell and lets say 1,000 for shipping is nothing compared to 100 an hour and over what looks like will be 2,000+++ hours of work and parts and material costs. And those shells are stamped with original dies bought right from GM. Or I know someone out there bought the original ones.
Some one is having a field day with this guys money. If I had a custom restoration shop I would give that guy 500 dollars just to walk away. Looks like more of a headache than it is worth. LOL
David Alameda (Zspeedcav) wrote:Yah but a 12,000 dollar shell and lets say 1,000 for shipping is nothing compared to 100 an hour and over what looks like will be 2,000+++ hours of work and parts and material costs. And those shells are stamped with original dies bought right from GM. Or I know someone out there bought the original ones.
Some one is having a field day with this guys money. If I had a custom restoration shop I would give that guy 500 dollars just to walk away. Looks like more of a headache than it is worth. LOL
Why? He'd guarantee your shop would still be in business at least a year from now.
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firemachine69 wrote:Why? He'd guarantee your shop would still be in business at least a year from now.
How you figure that. Last I checked a body shop got paid when the work was done. You would be taking up a spot that could have done 2 cars in that amount of time. Even if you got a deposit down from this guy you would still be shelling out tons of money.
this restoration will costs countless thousands, for sure. but with muscle car prices the way they are.....he might be able to send the car off to barretts when he's done and get it all back plus more. maybe, maybe not. but hell how many of us here have put thousands more than our cars are worth into mods for them? same premise, i suppose. if you have a passion for a hobby, then money doesnt matter
