Restore 403 or sacrifice for parts?

[Kevin H]

Originally Posted by Ashley James

TT Workshops are having both heads and blocks cast at about £7.5K ea

£15k for a bare block and head?

That's going to end up being an expensive exercise. Probably worth it if you are restoring an AC Ace, but not a fixed head AC. Still makes it worth buying a tatty old 6 cyl Bristol for it's engine and transmission, unfortunately.