yenpit

Hey!  Never had a message "on my profile" before!!  Where are you located & what model Datsun?  I worked at Ignite Performance here in Arvada for 8 years, left last year.  Greg can't keep up with all of the needs/demands for Datsun work..............the Z cars have come out of the woodwork!  I think he is 6++ mo's out, from taking on any additional work.  All I can say, is you can't expect 1980's pricing for work, as many still do.  Those people are always disappointed & rarely bring their car in.  The Datsun being a true classic car these days & very few willing to work on them, the shop pickings are quite slim.  His shop rate is $135 hr & every car is different, so near impossible to quote repair costs.  A full resto on a Z car starts around $60k & can breach $100k, depending on what level of resto somebody is looking for!  Most people faint, hearing that!  A guy brought in a 1970 Series 1, was a nice & shiny painted car, had some cool mods.  He was willing to start at $80k for a full resto, but when they stripped & media blasted the body, it literally fell apart, had an incredible amount of horrible metal repairs, under layers of bondo!!  Greg told him an additional $30k in METAL WORK (yes, it was horribly rotted), so they called me to locate a better body shell.  We got very lucky & found a CA AZ 1970 rolling shell with clean title, missing most of the rare Ser 1 parts, for $3500 + a quick road trip to pick it up in IA!!  That body shell turned out to be pretty nice & straight, with only minor rust/rot.  

Call me any time evenings or weekends at 269-598-5836.  A tour of Ignite is killer cool!  Greg likely has 10-12 Z cars & a 510 in there at any given time!

TJ

Arvada