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VEHICLE: 1966 Pontiac Bonneville convertible -- Engine rebuild (106,000 miles - oil blowback, leaking oil also from every orifice) -- Customize a JVC CD headunit with detachable faceplate to replace factory radio, without cutting anything (radio opening in dash will not fit a DIN radio without hacking; aftermarket alternatives suck, and the factory radio sounds like Dixie cups + string) GOAL: restoration, better sound...that's reversible to stock DIFFICULTY: MOTOR: I have two. Shop is rebuilding one, I'm doing the other. I am removing & replacing the motor myself...when I was twenty, I could do a complete changeout by myself in a day (a long one). At 45, I'm giving myself assistance from my son, and a couple of weeks. RADIO: Three weeks. A lot of cutting up of a donor radio, soldering. UPDATE Radio thread: http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=2823123 COSTS: MOTOR: $2000-$3000 for shop stock rebuild, which includes detailing the engine bay plus working over the tranny for leaks. Plus, unpleasant surprise fund. $1200-$1500 for the one I'm doing. I may live to regret it. RADIO: Maybe $100. Older JVC headunits are cheap & rock-solid. It's mostly bench labor. PainterofCrap fucked around with this message at 06:02 on Apr 12, 2008 |
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