As Tiger owners we ought to know about fools, right? It's not about the
money.
But if it is, then someone ought to figure out what a full-on restoration
costs, and then determine whether or not the $80k is a foolish amount to spend
on a car that was just done. You can argue all day about whether this
restoration has the same je-ne-sais-quoi that a Dale's or Reisentz (just to
pick two names, no dissing) effort would, and the value of having your car
done the same as all the others by one of the guys that do them all.
These prices are just WAGs. I mostly do my own work so I have no idea what
bodywork and mechanical labor costs, other than to use the prep and paint of
my hardtop last summer as a yardstick. Labor, loaded, is going to come in at
about $60 to $80 an hour, I figure, unless you're getting your highschool to
do it for you.
Tiger: $12000 (ballpark price for a questionably rusty car that otherwise has
no problems - dunno what the original price was for the one in question)
Sacrificial Alpine: $1000 (gotta find one whose floor and sills are worth
using) or handmade replacement panels: $3000
Strip the Tiger: $1500
Strip the Alpine: $1500
Take the good parts off the 'Pine: $2000 - gotta make sure the parts that come
off are off in usable condition and that takes time.
Remainder of the bodywork and paint: $10000
Chroming everything: $2000? I have NO idea what this costs.
Engine, trans, diff rebuild: $5000
New interior stuff and rubber parts from Rick: Dunno what it adds up to ...
need to sum up his entire catalog. $2000
Upholstering the seats: $1000
Wiring: $1500
Suspension rebuild: $2500 - includes all new replaceable parts.
Brake rebuild: $500
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I'm at 42500 now. While I'm sure I'm over on some items, I've left other stuff
altogether, and I may be under on some things. So while the owner of this
black Tiger may have paid a premium, he's not totally out in left field, and
he gets to enjoy his car NOW.
Cheers all - yet another snowfall warning here!
Theo
> -----Original Message-----
> From: tigers-bounces@autox.team.net [mailto:tigers-
> bounces@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Jeffrey Nichols
> Sent: February 6, 2011 4:25 PM
> To: tigers@autox.team.net
> Cc: daniel.doornbos@intel.com
> Subject: Re: [Tigers] Mercum Tiger - $80k Question?
>
> "It's easy to speculate by e-mail, but what would you say to this buyer
> if
> you met them face to face? I bet the majority would say
> congratulations!"
>
> Possibly one or two may say, "A fool and his money are soon parted".
>
>
>
> Jeff
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