- 1. To buy restored or self restore (score: 1)
- Author: John <jjs3rd@ix.netcom.com>
- Date: Sat, 18 Mar 1989 18:14:26 -0500
- Greetings all, I am in a bit of a dilemma. I have (in boxes) a 59 +4 4str that I have wanted to restore for years. The problem is when I do even rough estimates on how much it will cost it is well ov
- /html/morgans/1999-03/msg00144.html (7,060 bytes)
- 2. Re: To buy restored or self restore (score: 1)
- Author: scott.barrie@CIMtegration.com (Scott Barrie)
- Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 18:52:06 -0500
- Hello John: There is unfortunately no easy answer to this question. People don't restore cars because it makes good financial sense. They do it because they love to work on cars. Or because it's easi
- /html/morgans/1999-03/msg00146.html (8,980 bytes)
- 3. RE: To buy restored or self restore (score: 1)
- Author: Gerry Willburn <Gerry.Willburn@trw.com>
- Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 15:55:27 -0800
- IF you can do most of the work yourself, restoring the "box of bits" is probably cost effective. A 12k to 15k budget is lowish but doable, again if you do most of the labor. The car when finished (i
- /html/morgans/1999-03/msg00148.html (8,905 bytes)
- 4. Re: To buy restored or self restore (score: 1)
- Author: "John T. Blair" <jblair@exis.net>
- Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 20:09:34 -0500
- JJS, 1. You can't really equate money to semintal value or pride. 2. I can't think of too many cars that you can restore for less than they are worth. That said, I'll expound on the second statment f
- /html/morgans/1999-03/msg00151.html (10,591 bytes)
- 5. Re: To buy restored or self restore (score: 1)
- Author: CHarris990@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 22:31:33 EST
- You should give the car to charity. I suggest the "Decedents of Benjamin Franklin Hays ." They can be reached at Charris990@aol.com. A second thought is that the difference betwixt twelve dollars and
- /html/morgans/1999-03/msg00153.html (7,302 bytes)
- 6. Re: To buy restored or self restore (score: 1)
- Author: "Ernest(Chip) Brown" <ebrown@ms.com>
- Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 06:26:13 -0500
- If the car is all there, with the original engine and gearbox, you might want to sell it to someone who'll restore it, if you're not up to the hassles involved. But if the car is sold in bits and pie
- /html/morgans/1999-03/msg00160.html (9,088 bytes)
- 7. RE: To buy restored or self restore (score: 1)
- Author: "Vandergraaf, Chuck" <vandergraaft@aecl.ca>
- Date: Sat, 20 Mar 1999 11:31:32 -0500
- Think of it in terms of thermodynamics. Once you send the parts of grandfather's Morgan out to various purchasers, it will take a lot more effort to get them back together again. For many parts this
- /html/morgans/1999-03/msg00184.html (8,930 bytes)
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