The accounting for costs has been fully explained.

I was talking with the owner of a shop that specializes in British
vehicles. And he told the tale of people who see those car shows on
TV, where they strip a car down, and rebuild it in a week. And then
they wonder why he can't. It explains, it is simple. If you pay for
the 40 some people and the 80 hours per person they use for those car
programs, he can get it done in a week too.

Just because you don't understand the costs, doesn't mean they aren't
there.

On Mar 10, 2006, at 12:58 PM, carboncow wrote:

>
> I still think those who pay $10K plus for engine conversion are
> some of the
> craziest people around! I can repower my boat or corvette for 1/2
> that.
> Where do these shops get off asking so much? Is it the fault of the
> consumers willing to pay it?