Marcos Maniacs

Svelte,
When I had my 1970 Marcos I looked into a professional restoration.
This was three years ago. At that time it was $5,000 deposit just to 
start on the car. Because of the nature of the business the top end 
is more open ended as it depends on unforseen problems that may arise 
but I was told that $15,000 would be a ballpark figure.

Unless you have a very expensive collector car or you can accept that 
this will never be even close to a recouping your expense I would 
look an not doing it.



--- In MarcosManiacs@yahoogroups.com, sveltebat@a... wrote:
> Dear Don,
> 
> Awh, come on Don! That's not what I was asking or you were way, way 
over my 
> head!
> 
> I'm asking if these renovators are being honest with me with regard 
to the 
> prices being much more if I were to purchase "pieces" of a Marcos 
GT to put 
> back together again! The renovators themselves seem to be very 
negative with 
> regard to that approach.
> 
> They are telling me that if I can find/acquire a Marcos GT 
disassembled I'm 
> going to end up paying much more than dishing out a mere $12,000.00 
to 
> $15,000.00 for an already assembled on ready to go after they or 
someone like 
> them have finished with it. Is my question unreasonable????
> 
> The prices are for an unfinished or incomplete Marcos GT is 
phenomenally 
> "low" compared to one already constructed and ready to go; you 
know? But from 
> what Len and Hayes have advised and informed me of, the end result 
(once I 
> found a qualified "put-her-back-to-gether-again" guru I would end 
up paying 
> more than one already put back together again!
> 
> I've seen this figure from both Len and Hayes if not others which 
equals to 
> 600 or more "man hours". Them are lots of hours at whatever dollar 
per hour 
> figure we wish to use.
> 
> Come on guys, give an ol' man a break here. Give me your honest 
opinions.
> 
> With Best Regards,
> 
> Svelte