New (NOS) Parts Availability

[B Jake Moran]

Taking an extreme position - if a person could 'build' a new Reatta from scratch, what would be available and what would definitely need 'restored', or used as a used part ?

 

I was just thinking out loud and have no agenda, just curiosity.  For instance, the way some muscle cars are supported, a person could "almost" build a car from a catalog. It might cost $75,000 but you could do it. 

 

I asked a couple of months ago if a person could purchase a reman (not new but close) short block.  Transmissions?  Glass? 

 

How about wear components such as the switches, sensors and such?

[Blue90]

I would think with, " 2 daughters, 2 Dachshunds, 7 chickens, 1 Peking Duck, a common snapping turtle and an alligator snapping turtle",  you wouldn't have time for such foolish thoughts.😄

 

Before I bought a used engine for my ragtop some months ago I priced rebuilt 3.8s.  Costs from the better local rebuilders were about $1500. for a long block

 

Transmissions can always be rebuilt depending on what you need; probably $500-$1000.

 

Windshields are still available but pricey, about $1000.  Most vendors here have the rest of the glass available.

 

Most switches and sensors can be rebuilt or modified.  

 

I think you could do it if you had a vehicle with an excellent body and frame (neither one reproducible) .  But then with an excellent body and frame you'd probably have a nice car.

 

I also think you could do it for a lot less than $75,000.

 

Thank you for your turtle awareness.  I am a retired zoo keeper (herpetologist).  Mostly into native frogs.🐸  I used to raise baby snappers when I was a kid in Queens in the '50s.🐢

 

 

Edited November 15, 2019 by Retired w/Reatta
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