top end rebuild, fair quote? Options

[TROJANMAN]

my mechanic has been nice enough to store my car for the last year. but with spring around the corner, i realllly want her back. i haven't had it fixed yet, because i can't justify paying him the $2,800 he has quoted me for the repair bill. the engine froze last year (after a valve adjustment he performed). the cause of the problem was a loose valve seat which dented the head. he said these things just happen. ironically, there was another 75 with the same problem, but worse damage i saw there yesterday. now i need to have the heads re machined and the valve seats replaced. Does $2,800 sound fair for this job? he is a true porsche mechanic, and races a 914/6 himself, so i trust he knows what he is doing. thanks in advance.
the rest of the car is mint - considering its age, just some fading on the interior. it's a '75 2.0

[Gint]

Let me put it this way.

I've paid other local Porsche mechanics to wrench on my car on a couple of occasions when I just couldn't do it myself or didn't have the time. The next time I have any work done on my 914 in Denver by someone other than myself, it will be Pat. No if's, and's, or but's.

Now you can second guess every decsion you make, but sooner or later something has to be done if you want to get the car back on the road. If you're not comfortable with Pat, then by all means find another shop to do the work.

Best of luck...