In a message dated 1/19/2003 10:29:11 PM Eastern Standard Time,
pethier@isd.net writes:
> >as we all know,
> >many times it's cheaper to buy a car that's already been restored than
> >to buy a car that needs a full restoration.
>
> Many times? I'd like to hear of an example of an exception.
I don't have a specific example to cite, but how about the "restored" car
that turns out to be...how do you say...a "Bondo" special? or the car in
which the drivetrain appears quiet and smooth until the sawdust and banana
mixture works its way out through the leaky seals? or the 1/4 x 28 machine
screw that serves as a "temporary" fuse, ultimately allowing the
all-speaker-wire electrical system to melt down and...?
In an ideal world, there's a pretty fair chance that money spent to acquire a
well-restored car is less money than that required to bring *some* unrestored
examples up to a similar level of "restoration"! And I will go so far as to
say that this seems more the rule than the exception within the clubs and
within the *hobby* overall. It's just that I've seen an awful lot of
"restorations" over the years that weren't worthy of the back row at "Crazy
Charlie's Chariots".... :-)
--Andy Mace
"The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing. If you can fake that, you've
got it made." -- Groucho Marx
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