70 AAR rebuild…

moparmarks said
Man that is a lot of work. It's his car, time and money so go for if that is what floats his boat. Is it worth it? A nice AAR will bring 80K a day long. After he is done it will be a 50K AAR at best. Way to much repro parts to bring AAR money.
A few years ago at Carlisle a guy had a rolling 69 Charger body that was probably around 80% AMD and Goodmark metal. He was pissed that no one would give him 15K for if. I know, 15K for a Charger body with all the metal work done. Should sell in a heart beat right? I told him that no one probably wanted a Chinese Charger.

I think it has a lot less to do with where the sheet metal came from than it does the amount of work done, and the potential for issues because of that.

If the shop doing the work is well known and everything is documented then a higher price will be paid. But if the shop doesn’t have an established reputation then people won’t want to pay as much because of all the potential issues that can come out of fitting that much metal.

The auction format can be part of it too, just because a local shop is known doesn’t mean anyone on eBay or BJ or whatever will recognize it. Could be a great car, but unless you get to do a really thorough inspection to check the work done it’s gonna limit what people will pay. No one wants a car that can’t be aligned or dog legs down the road.

In the case of this AAR I’m sure it won’t get top of the market money. It won’t be number matching no matter what, no drivetrain. The documentation could go either way, people want to see some fancy frame table or jig for that much work. That doesn’t mean you can’t get it right with a bubble level a plumb bob and projecting lines, it’s just geometry. And it certainly doesn’t mean you can’t screw it up while it’s sitting on some fancy sterile looking frame table. But people with deep pockets want to see the fancy jig or frame table because they think that’s what it takes.

The rest of it is just where you draw the line and how much you wanna pay. How many cars out there are 25% reproduction metal? How many are 40%? Is 40% ok and is 60% not? Even if the work is done with all original metal salvaged off some poor /6 car it’s still not factory work, and you can still screw it up.