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Old 07-08-2015, 06:28 PM
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Originally Posted by RodKnock View Post
I have reasons why I believe Patrick is wrong, although I always count myself as a cynic.

1. How many different types of cars are these $20,000 +/- all aluminum FE's being dropped into? And how many are Ranchero or Country Squire station wagons? Generally, I think your all-alloy FE buyer is bound to be an ERA, Kirkham or CSX buyer. Maybe a high dollar Mustang or two. So, duh, it's going into a Cobra.

2. They still must remain competitively-priced amongst themselves in order stay in business.
Agreed.
I think that $20k price is a good baseline and just go up from there depending on how pretty and how special you want it. And once you are in that deep, unless you are building something special you aren't going to put it in one of the cars we see for sale all the time for $35-40k, IMHO
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