Budget Woes.

so far, nothing has been done to the cortina except the guys at AMC have been moving it around their shop to make way for other cars.

apparently they're getting a welder to work at AMC itself, instead of the initial plan which was to send the car to a panel beater. harvinder guarantees that the welder is as good if not better but costs 100 to 200 MYR extra. work is scheduled to start next monday once the welder gets in.

some changes (reality checks) have been made to the items going in and out of the rebuilt cortina due to budget constraints. the major one would be retaining the 1600 pinto instead of the initially planned 2000 one.

rebuilding the 1600 shouldn't cost more than 3000 MYR as compared to the transplant of the 2000 which could escalate to more than 3000 MYR excluding misc costs that may arise. anyway, a quick search revealed that the power difference between the 1600 and 2000 aren't very far away. even torque is a few Nm off each other. so the costs outweigh the power so 1600 it is. *edit*

so the quote so is:

3400 MYR for basic welding, replacing the floorboard, pillars, door sills, front and rear windscreen frame, trunk/boot and engine area.

2200 MYR for painting the engine bay, exterior anti-rusting, doors, and interior.

an extra 1100 MYR for removing all paint to bare metal. however, this extra cash only gives an estimated 1 to 2 years extra to the life of the car on top of the expected 5 years without scraping to bare metal. so i'm skipping it.

air conditioning is estimated at 1500 MYR for a complete brand new unit and less than 1000 MYR for a reconditioned one.

any company willing to give sponsorship for this restoration project?