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My neighbor had an isetta in the 80s, I'd see it around and he'd work on it himself.
It's a very small "car" that seems closer mechanically to a motorcycle than a normal full sized car. It was by design made to be very simple.
As far as the time, I suppose the answer is "depends," but if one were broken down to it's main components, and all the parts were present and accounted for, I think an experienced Isetta guy could put it back together in a day.
So, for just reassembly (paint work already done, mechanical work all done, all parts there ready to go) I'd think 100 hours is more than enough time. 100 hours at 100/hr is $10K, that seems like a lot for just labor to reassemble an Isetta. (Even at $50, it's $5K). But that's a lot of assumptions being made (i.e., that everything is there, is done, etc. and it's just a matter of bolting it back together).
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