356 Coupe Restoration - Mission Impossible | 356 Speedster, 550 Spyder, Replica, Automotive Community

WOLFGANG'89 CMC FWB, FL Supporting Member

NOT MINE. It's scary what rusted 356 hulks go for and the time and $ folks are willing to sink in them. Check out this SAMBA thread. I can't see much left after he gets it media blasted. looks like nose is 1/2" of bondo. Rust is aways 2x worse than it looks before blasting.

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/for...hp?p=7321001#7321001

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8/9/1412:11 PM

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Frank C.

Looks like almost a toss up Greg. Large sections totally eaten away. That'll be some very major work and lots and lots of $$$.

i wish him luck.......

8/9/145:19 PM

Frank C.

Btw are you wolfgangdieter on the samba??

8/9/145:27 PM

WOLFGANG'89 CMC FWB, FL Supporting Member

YUP Wolfgang already taken there!

8/9/146:22 PM

dsrtfox

A premier restoration shop like Wilhoit's charges $100 per hour. How long do you think it would take to get to 100g's.

Extremely nice C's can be had for around 50g's,

just sayin...

arajani

Willhoit's restos are $150,000 and up. Mostly $200,000+, but he's the top. A good restoration can be done for less.

A really nice C, totally restored, is going for $80-100,000. I just bought one.

dsrtfox

I guess I'm 6 months behind the way things are going. I guess T5 B's are still at the bottom then.

If I hadn't bought my A 7 years ago there's no way I could be in the game...

arajani

Prices are really nuts! Yep -- it seems like 356B T5-T6 cars can be had for that price. A cars are totally out of control also!

Your car looks pretty darn cool...

dsrtfox

Thanks man...

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