I'm wondering how difficult it is to swap out the cover of my ignition cylinder. I have an NOS one I installed when I did my restoration but it is chrome. I have a 70 so it should be satin. I have a perfect satin cylinder so I was wondering how hard it is to swap the cover over.
@Raycuda brings up one of the most important points. It is very valuable to have the shop close by so you can make frequent in person visits (some unannounced!). You want to make sure you can see what is getting done and how they are going about it.
IMO all of the value is in that front cover. If it's broken, $100. If it's not broken, $1,000. That's just because I've never seen one that wasn't broken in person. Pretty sure the first person to sit in the passenger seat in 1970 broke most of them.