Originally Posted By 65pacecar
Originally Posted By Grizzly69
Originally Posted By not_a_charger
I'd like to get my wife's 64 Valiant convertible restored for her. Budget is around $40k, so I need someone who isn't exclusive to big $$ restos. Not looking for an OEM-spec resto, don't care about detailed underside, inspection marks, etc. It will need lots of metal work (rear floors, quarters, rear body panel, and straighten a poorly repaired rear collision), full interior, all weatherstripping, new top, rebuild the /6, freshen the trans and rear axle (the latter 2 work fine, but I can't see not going through them during the resto). I have almost all of the parts that would be needed, but for some of the sheetmetal and the new interior soft parts/weatherstripping.

Any suggestions? Would prefer to stay in the Northeast/Atlantic coast area, or the Midwest.



A friend of mine owns a shop and can help you.

https://www.erlingerrestorations.com/

He is in Arizona, but he also transports customer's cars all over the country.

Since he is in Arizona he has access to a vast supply of rust free parts.


Did he relocate to The St Louis area for a while then
Move back out to Arizona and reopened his shop? If it is the same guy I am thinking he does outstanding work at a reasonable cost.



Yes, that's him.

He did the final body and paint on my Daytona.

(Pictures of my car are on his website posted above)

Awesome work.

My next project car WILL be going to him out in Arizona.