[Keith True]

I personally think that for the car you bought all the normal rules about used old cars are out the window.It's not a run of the mill roadster,coupe,or tudor,it is a rare car.You are going to have to pay a lot of money for a rough one.It's not like there is another rough one around the corner for sale,if you ponied up the money to buy it then that means someone else would too.There's not much room to chisel on a seller for a rare car.He can always find another buyer easier than you will find another one of those cars.You seem to know it needs a complete restoration,but it has it's rare parts,so whatever price you paid must have been OK with you,and you are the only one that has to be happy with it.