1968 AMX Project

To get the parts for this car has taken some time . I try to use a parcel service as they take care of shipping and Customs documents. The rear deck AM emblem I got a NOS several years ago and also picked up a repro. They are close but I used the NOS. New valve covers, the original ones were still ok, some places the chrome was not good so went with the new.  The car had a GM alternator on it for some time. I got a NOS voltage regulator years ago so when the New alternators became available I got one and now all wires are in place and it works good.  

Backed the car out of the garage for the first time since being delivered from paint.

Gotta ask , In USD , WHAT was the final bill on the Great looking AMX . Here in us it would have been 75 to 80 grand if a shop as good as the one you used there  and would have been well over a year before you got it back . May be 2 years . Of course that would have been an engine rebuild .  ??? on if interior would have been included .  Gotta give a dollar figure , PLZ !!!  

Well im not great at money conversion , but all that body work and paint job for 3,300.00 eros , even when eros were like 3x the dollar ( now its about 1.25 to the dollar )  10,000 bucks at 3 times the ero , and all they did .. my lord , how can i send my car there . What a bargin for the quality of work you got . Here , that extensive body work 20,grand and that paint job another 10 to 12 grand if it is A1 quality paint job .  Min 30 grand here for just that . Rechromeing here is out ragious and getting to be on the " aint going to happen list " as fewer and fewer chromers are left in the states . 8 to 15 grand for a motor rebuild in performance close depending who u use as a builder , Redo a stock interior thru a specalty shop 10 / 15 grand .  under body clean up parts refurbished and rebushing job 4/5 grand . and the list go's on . BUY nos lights lenses housings grills and so on 5/6 grand . Wow !! Lets see 10g to have zero rust ANYWHERE , any and all bondo removed and metal fixed . A A1 paint job and lets say 4 grand to have car shiped there and back .  Give me an address !!! lol ... Just kiding !!  You did well son . Of course i dont know what you paid for the car originally , But you did well !!  

Well I have to say there is a little about the body and paint. The shop that did the car specializes in buying and repairing  American Ins. cars. A person who helps represent their shop lives nearby and had approached me letting them do the car as we had talked about it. He took pics. of the car, places where paint had cracked , showed them to the shop manager and he wanted to do the car but they would need to take all filler out, use the best paint and clear they could get . We agreed on 3300.00 but I was expecting more as unknown damage may be found. They didn't want any money until car was ready for paint and then only paint and clear cost. They decided to do the dent and hood and trunk lid repair to show what work they could do. They took all the pics. and I didn't know  why until they delivered the car as they asked to put their work on their site for advertisement for the kind of work they do. They did say others had looked at the work they were doing on this car and asked about getting theirs done, not for what they were doing this one for. Had the car been rusty or had it not been a special car they wouldn't have done this deal. They will get work because of what they did to this car .  I know I got cost break but mostly because of what the car is and what the shop wanted to show.