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Ron, My comments assumed a good condition car ready to drive for $100K Plus. I know that around here in Northern California the cost for a good, not concourse, paint job with a body that is near perfect runs around $25K if you bring it in all stripped and ready for them to work on.
Upholstery for a 300 would run around $10K to $15K again with you doing the bulk of the installation work. A full take it and pick it up upholstery job runs about $25K to $35K. A full set of chrome-Stainless is in the $20K to $30K range here in California as well. Not including everything else if you write a check and told people to just do it you are looking at $75K without anything else. You can do it for about ½ that if you do all the take off and install labor
yourself. Then add drivetrain and suspension and electrical and in the end you are looking at $50K to $75K if you do it yourself and $150K if you just pay to have it done. All this assumes a body that is fairly good. If not, then add another $25K - $50K for a body reconstruction if you want it done correctly by pulling all bad panels at the original weld points and replacing
them with new. I have done two E-Type Jaguars, and I swear I will never get into another car project unless the sheet metal is darn near perfect! That is why I purchased this 300K. I really wanted a 1959 MOPAR 4 door hardtop
but all I found was junk body wise. People always think they can do it cheaper. I do agree with you however, that if spending the big money on a car you need to do the mother of all inspections of it. James From: 'Ron Waters' via Chrysler 300 Club International <chrysler-300-club-international@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
The problem with buying the restored car is that you don’t know the quality of the build. Just skimming through the photos, I see issues, such as missing dash pad, non-painted hubcaps,
aftermarket generator. And then there’s the pop-riveted VIN tag and data plate. How is the car mechanically ? If the car needed floors, trunk, or quarters, what was the quality of the welding ? Finally, the asking price is outrageous. Probably 2X what a car
like this should be priced at, especially in a sagging market. I would go for the car that needs work because then I would know the level of restoration, since I would be doing it. Although IMHO, the asking price is high considering what it would
take to bring it up to a 2/3 condition. Just my 2¢. Ron From: 'James Douglas' via Chrysler 300 Club International
So, the question is… If you paid $35K for the 330C here, could you rebuild the body which no doubt has issues, then paint it, do the interior and chrome and everything else for $100K? If not, then the one for sale at Atomic Motors is a better deal in that you save all your labor hours. Great that both came up now so folks can think about such things… James From:
chrysler-300-club-international@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <chrysler-300-club-international@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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