Nice but overpriced Contemporary on Ebay

[patrickt]

Originally Posted by 767Jockey

$145,000 for a Contemporary? That's the funniest damn thing I've heard in a long time. Don't get me wrong, I love Contemporary's, I've got a decent one myself in the middle of a rebuild / restoration. But $145K........with bolt on wheels that look like they came off of a '66 GTO no less. All I can say is I hope he gets it, I'll finish mine up ASAP and throw it on the market right behind his.

The "1" was a typo, I bet. How is your build going?

[767Jockey]

Originally Posted by patrickt

The "1" was a typo, I bet. How is your build going?

Argh.....dead in the water right now. I'm at the end of the engine builders list. I'm toying with the idea of putting a low tech 390 together to install in the car for now, once I get that done, we'll see where I go with it. After all the crap that I've gone through with this thing, quite honestly I am suffering through a severe lack of motivation right now. I haven't touched the car in weeks.

[patrickt]

Originally Posted by 767Jockey

Argh.....dead in the water right now. I'm at the end of the engine builders list. I'm toying with the idea of putting a low tech 390 together to install in the car for now, once I get that done, we'll see where I go with it. After all the crap that I've gone through with this thing, quite honestly I am suffering through a severe lack of motivation right now. I haven't touched the car in weeks.

I like the idea of just putting something in there that runs pending the finish of the real engine. Doing that will also help you see some real progress being made, which tends to "feed enthusiasm." With a low budget "quickie 390FE" in there you could get everything else up to the level you want it and then, when you're real engine is done, swapping it out is a weekend "labor of love." I think that's a good plan and that's what I would do.