904 rebuild/swap advice

Red your right about demographics playing a part in pricing. Also whether or not it's actually a shop that does this type of work everyday or just a joe blow who does it on weekends like me for a few extra bucks. I don't charge as much because I don't have the overhead. I also know where I can get TF cores for $50 a pop. Their are several variables all in all. Still I think the quotes he got was high but that's just my opinion based on others I've seen. For instance I looked in Cope Racing's newest catalog and their standard stock street rebuilt trans. goes for $595.

Tiny when I was 17 I rebuilt my first 727 Torqueflite. I had never been into a trans before. Just got a big bench, A book, And a parts cleaner, and a bunch of old clothes to clean them with. Talk about a crude setup. But it worked for a long time. Good luck with your project and if you need any help shoot me a pm. I'm sure there's other fellows here that would be glad to help too.