Re: Car in a box

["Vincenti, Ross" <Ross.Vincenti@transamerica.com>]

Paul Arildsen wrote:
 A little help?  A little encouragement? A little reality!
   I have an oppourtunity to pick up a 1960 TR-3A for $1500.
 It's at a dealer and he says that even though its in boxes
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Paul - while I don't have any personal experience with TR3s, I can think of 
some questions I'd want the answers to if I were you.......

How's your mechanical skill level?  Can you rebuild it without knowing where 
all of the parts went in the first place?  Having "tried" to put together a 
'68 Pontiac Firebird in pieces I can attest that it is far more difficult 
than taking a car apart and putting it back together.  How much of the car 
is missing?  Are the missing parts that you will eventually need readily 
available?  Sorry if these are self-evident questions.  It may be that this 
is a terrific opportunity and even if you can't build it you can always sell 
the parts to other list members.

Ross D. Vincenti - Costa Mesa, CA
64 Spitfire 4
64 Porsche 356C Coupe