Is the TS-50 yours or are you restoring it for a customer. I have one just like that from my childhood(1972) that has always been garage kept and was wondering how much would a restoration cost. I have purchased alot of the wear and tear parts on ebay, but lack the time to do it myself. Thank you for teaching the DIY people like myself.
The TS50 project is my own for my personal collection. How much a restoration costs depends on to what level one takes the project (there are different definations of "restore"). A full frame-off restoration such as I typically do, is expensive. Professional paint and chrome can easily be several thousand dollars. Add to that the cost of sourcing NOS or good used parts and other professional work, such as potentially crankshaft rebuilding and you're well in the thousands. And that assumes the owner does the rest of the work themselves. Having someone else do the work can double the cost. I don't do restorations for others, in fact, I rarely do mechanical work for anyone else like I used to. Only the occassional work for family and friends and even that's pretty limited these days.
Is the TS-50 yours or are you restoring it for a customer. I have one just like that from my childhood(1972) that has always been garage kept and was wondering how much would a restoration cost. I have purchased alot of the wear and tear parts on ebay, but lack the time to do it myself. Thank you for teaching the DIY people like myself.
The TS50 project is my own for my personal collection. How much a restoration costs depends on to what level one takes the project (there are different definations of "restore"). A full frame-off restoration such as I typically do, is expensive. Professional paint and chrome can easily be several thousand dollars. Add to that the cost of sourcing NOS or good used parts and other professional work, such as potentially crankshaft rebuilding and you're well in the thousands. And that assumes the owner does the rest of the work themselves. Having someone else do the work can double the cost.
I don't do restorations for others, in fact, I rarely do mechanical work for anyone else like I used to. Only the occassional work for family and friends and even that's pretty limited these days.