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Can any one help me to find a shop in the U.S.A. that is good at restoring vintage BMW's .I have a 1964 R27.

Thank You,

Mike

Mike,

There are many. One stands out above them all. Contact: Craig Vechorik, (Called "Vech"), owner of Bench Mark Works, web address at: http://members.aol.com/VechBMW/index.html

Good Luck!

Jeff

Jeffery L. Yost
JLYost@JUNO.com
jlyost@concentric.net
Walled Lake (Near the Motor City), MI USA
1960 R50 Black
VBMWO #5614
BMWOA #82236

I live in Louisville, KY so I just know some places within a day's drive of there:

BMW Motorrad of St Louis, Missouri: A dealer. Can do total restoration. Very expensive in my opinion.
BMW Motorrad of St Louis
4011 Forest Park Blvd
St Louis, MO 63108
800-999-1269
314-531-8837 Fax
motorrad@inlink.com
Bill Haggerty

Bob's BMW. A dealer. Probably like Motorrad as to cost.
Bob's BMW
10630-Y Riggs Hill Rd
Jessup, MD 20794
800-269-2627 Parts orders
301-497-8949
301-776-2338 fax
bmwbobs@aol.com

Speed's Cycle: Can do total restoration. Reasonable in my opinion.
Speed's Cycle
6360 S. Hanover St, Ste L
Elkridge, MD 21227
410-379-0106

Craig Vechorik: Specializes in the motors. Has done many complete restorations for himself, but I am not sure if he does transmissions, rear ends, body work, and the rest of restoration work, for the general public.
Bench Mark Works
Attn: Craig Vechorik
3400 Earles Fork Rd
Sturgis, Mississippi
601-324-1354 Home
601-325-2103 Office
601-46- 6444 Shop
http://members.aol.com/VechBMW/index.html

Guenther Wuest: Does complete restorations. Is doing my R27. He would subcontract such things as powdercoating, machine shop work, and tank painting. Extremely capable and very reasonable.
Guenther Wuest
WUMA, Inc.
Rt 1, Box 75
Fredricksburg, IN 47120
812-472-3739
wuest@blueriver.net

In looking for a restoration shop, it may be hard for them to estimate how much it will cost to restore your bike until they know what you want, and they have taken it apart. And no matter what you want, it is going to take about the same number of manhours for all the shops to do the same thing. Therefore a key determiner of restoration cost is the hourly labor rate. Of the several shops in my previous message, I was quoted rates of:
$30/hour or less.
Just over $40/hour
Over $50/hour
A dealer with a big shop in a metropolitan city is going to have a much higher rate than an individual in a backyard shop.