Ken,
I've got just the thing to take care of that "age and physical ability"
nonsense for you. After you restore the car to showroom condition, get one
of these:
http://216.247.9.207/ny-best.htm
Best wishes,
Jeff in San Diego
'67 RHD Spitfire Mk3 aka "Mrs. Jones"
'68 LHD Spitfire Mk3 frame-off resto project
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----- Original Message -----
From: Ken C <sdspitfire@worldnet.att.net>
To: Spit Elist <spitfires@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2000 2:44 PM
Subject: Re: '71 Spit for sale
>
> Fred,
>
> I'm shocked, absolutely shocked !! Isn't that what we're here for ? To
> invest countless hours and dollars into a 'hobby'?? I know I can't wait
to
> strap on that tool belt and have at it !! (VBG)
>
> Really, you're right, the best bet is let someone else do the work and
then
> buy the car. No way you can ever get anything near your money back. There
> was a TV show, on A&E, I think, about some huge, invitation only, car show
> up in Monterey. Some of the people spent over $300K restoring their cars,
> the cars were gorgeous, and worth much less than half what they had in
them.
> A friend is selling a '29 Ford rod for $35k, he has double that in it. He
> has changed hobbies from cars to airplanes, talk about a money consuming
> hobby !!
>
> I kinda like doing the work, at least on my own car. Hey, it's either
spend
> money on cars or wild and crazy women. And at my age and physical ability,
I
> would have to spend a LOT of money on the women !!
>
> Ken C
> '72 Spit
>
>
>
> > Ken, for that kind of $$$$ I would just go buy a car in show condition
> 5/6K
> > and forget about all the back braking & long hours, and leave the rest
of
> my
> > money in the bank. Just my .0002. "FT"
> >
> >
>
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