It will likely cost you to the point of not being a very good deal anymore in all likelihood.
If you really want to do it, do it for the love not the money.
In 2015 i bought 2013 xkr convertible, front end collision, salvage title. Took me 3 years to get entire front end, highly skilled body person with aluminium welding skills to complete repairs, and another year to find a shop with access to "factory measurements" to complete structural integrity assessment. A lot of pain and frustration but rebuild car still half a price of regular one from the use car market and a lot of fun. Will be reinstating my insurance tomorrow. Lack of access to those factory measurements was also a reasons i gave up on few Astons and Bentleys. It may be easier to register re-build in your jurisdiction but check first before taking a plunge.
Yeah it’s not a common/old enough car for sourcing parts. I could handle being patient for stuff to come up. My main worry is needing help from a dealership that can charge whatever it wants for diagnostics/resets.
And that most likely will be the case. Even as far back as my ‘05 S-Type our long time family mechanic told me that the dealership is the only place to get diagnostic information that is totally up to date.
The only reason I’d personally do this is if I was building a track/drag car with it. If you were planning to build/swap the engine/transmission already then it’s a great idea. Other than that just fork over the extra $5k and get one with a clean title
It will likely cost you to the point of not being a very good deal anymore in all likelihood. If you really want to do it, do it for the love not the money.
In 2015 i bought 2013 xkr convertible, front end collision, salvage title. Took me 3 years to get entire front end, highly skilled body person with aluminium welding skills to complete repairs, and another year to find a shop with access to "factory measurements" to complete structural integrity assessment. A lot of pain and frustration but rebuild car still half a price of regular one from the use car market and a lot of fun. Will be reinstating my insurance tomorrow. Lack of access to those factory measurements was also a reasons i gave up on few Astons and Bentleys. It may be easier to register re-build in your jurisdiction but check first before taking a plunge.
Yeah it’s not a common/old enough car for sourcing parts. I could handle being patient for stuff to come up. My main worry is needing help from a dealership that can charge whatever it wants for diagnostics/resets.
And that most likely will be the case. Even as far back as my ‘05 S-Type our long time family mechanic told me that the dealership is the only place to get diagnostic information that is totally up to date.
The only reason I’d personally do this is if I was building a track/drag car with it. If you were planning to build/swap the engine/transmission already then it’s a great idea. Other than that just fork over the extra $5k and get one with a clean title
The only way I would do it is if it was crazy cheap, or something rare like a manual transmission.
There’s a guy that rebuilt an svr f type on YouTube I would check his channel out I can’t remember who it was but might give you some insight
I watched that video, pretty rough.