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TC restorations
Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2001 8:02 am
by twilson@motionwear.net
Polish it 'til it gleams;
Drive it 'til it smokes!
Tom
Re: TC restorations
Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2001 3:35 pm
by Tombutlercpa@cs.com
I thought that was:
Polish it till it glows
Drive it 'til it Blows!
TC restorations
Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2012 6:56 pm
by Barry Cook
Just a thought if your planning a ground up restoration as I am doing as we speak. If you are going to let somebody else do it, take a look at just these 3 things alone and then take a deep breath. If you are going to have the body tub alone professionally rebuilt, it will cost you $9,000 to $12,000. If your going to have the engine rebuilt correctly, that is another $6,000 to $8,000 ( add $4,000 for a supercharger). A first class paint job with body work will run you $5,000 to $15,000.
Now add just these 3 up and you have enough money to go out and purchase a nice running TC. If you want to continue with the restoration, you have an additional 3,000 + parts to purchase and restore.
So therefore, Am I totally crazy?? However, I am doing the bulk of the work myself! (Pause), and that is about 1,500 to 2,000 hours. No way around it!!!
Barry Cook