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Apr 27, 2013 10:48 pm
Apr 27, 2013 10:48 pm
Subject: Rebuilding an engine of a 1931 2 Litre
At the upcoming Bonhams sale on 29 April, lot 340, you can bid for a car with a rebuilt engine... http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/20926/lot/340/?page_anchor=MR1_page_lots%3D4%26r1%3D10%26m1%3D1
The vendor ... in 2000 decided to have the engine fully rebuilt, a process that has taken another 13 years to complete. Undertaken by the Vintage Carriage Company of Lingfield, Surrey, the engine rebuild was finished earlier this year, as were overhauls of the dynamo and magneto, while the clutch was rebuilt in 2012. ...The special tools manufactured to assist with rebuild are included in the sale. The engine rebuild cost almost £198,000 (not a misprint!) as evidenced by numerous supporting bills, detailed work sheets and a photographic record running to several hundred images, all in bound files.
Can anyone in this community explain how it could take 13 years and £198,000 to do this? or why that was the best approach?
At the upcoming Bonhams sale on 29 April, lot 340, you can bid for a car with a rebuilt engine... http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/20926/lot/340/?page_anchor=MR1_page_lots%3D4%26r1%3D10%26m1%3D1
The vendor ... in 2000 decided to have the engine fully rebuilt, a process that has taken another 13 years to complete. Undertaken by the Vintage Carriage Company of Lingfield, Surrey, the engine rebuild was finished earlier this year, as were overhauls of the dynamo and magneto, while the clutch was rebuilt in 2012. ...The special tools manufactured to assist with rebuild are included in the sale. The engine rebuild cost almost £198,000 (not a misprint!) as evidenced by numerous supporting bills, detailed work sheets and a photographic record running to several hundred images, all in bound files.
Can anyone in this community explain how it could take 13 years and £198,000 to do this? or why that was the best approach?