Advice on repair/mechanical restoration budget

Labor estimate feels low to me for all the work implied by the list of parts to be replaced. What are they estimating? 40 hours?

did they explain why the car needs new exhaust manifolds? This seems like a good chunk of the parts expenditure

 

I'd like to know why they called it for manifolds as well.

 

The parts prices generally look in the range of reasonable, sure some bits can be cheaper if you hunt around for the lowest prices.

The only thing that stands out is spark plugs for $300. Regular NGK plugs are best for this car. Even if they use iridium or something exotic, that seems high.

The exhaust manifolds dwarf your other costs. Those are not typical replacement items. There must be some story there, and even then repair might be an option.

They may be upcharging a bit on parts, and under pricing the labour, not a big sin to do that. I would try to hold them to their price, having overages for things not going perfectly would not be unexpected, and there may (will?) be some added "while we are in there" things to do.

Given the scope of work, you should have a nice and possibly reliable car when the work is done. The costs are not so bad relative to the value of the car, and at minimum you would have an easier car to sell on with that kind of work already done.

 

~$45-$50 (US estimate) each for spark plugs? Is there something special about these? I think they may be 12mm thread?

Doug

 

I’m also surprised they’re doing all this work and replacing all this rubber but not (unless I missed it) replacing fuel hoses/lines? That seems like I would want to do that if I’m doing such an extensive refresh of all the mechanicals. Nothing scares me more than the idea of fuel leaks.

 

€843.35 for a mirror switch? For 100 mirror switches I could get a pretty decent 328, I think.

Always interesting to see estimates for a decent amount of work on a 40-year old Ferrari; it's often going to be more than you think, then there's the while-you're-in-theres. Honestly, I expected the total to be higher, though I understand labor is less in the EU.

I have to say it: good thing Donnie Callaway isn't quoting this 328 job!

 

The fuel pipes might have already been replaced, so didn't need doing.

As others have said, It would be interesting to know what the deal is with the exhaust manifolds, and why they needed replacing, and the cost of the spark plugs is just bizarre - Even Ferrari don't charge that amount for spark plugs: https://www.ferrariparts.co.uk/part/ferrari/150180

The rest appears to be priced around where I would expect them to be - Just lots of little jobs that add up to a big bill when carried out at the same time, in one go.

 

Lots of padding in this estimate. $322 for spark plugs? 300 for a hose? Why exhaust manifolds? This is a fishing exhibition. They are testing your wallet. Every single part you can price and veiw on the EuroSpares websight.

 

More than a few surprises here; primarily the high cost of some parts; which seem to be offset by the relatively inexpensive labor estimate….considering the amount of work detailed.
Net bottom line, seems reasonable to me….as long as you have some protection from change orders and up-charges.
- Dave

 

I'm not a mechanic, but it seems reasonable to have a bit of mark-up on parts. Especially on these cars, it takes time to diagnose, look up the correct part #s, order and have parts shipped. In my business, I value my time and time is $.

 

I wonder about the steering rack bushings.

If the bushings are worn to a point that they need replacing (the ones you can see) then why wouldn't they replace the rack as well?

You have to remove the rack or at least detach it to replace those bushings.

I'd remove it... to replace the bushings... Actually I DID remove it to do that, but found the bushings were not too bad, the rack though... completely gone.