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[dan]

Originally Posted by BRENT in 10-uh-C

I am going to make some observations regarding this post.

The car Dan purchased was likely being considered a 'restored' Model-A.

Agreed. Someone who didn't know much might have that idea. Probably the kid I bought it from bought it as a "restored" car. Of course, I didn't pay a "restored" price, so there's that. But a (bad) respray and a few repairs aren't a restoration--and a lot of folks new to the hobby don't seem to get that. And to be fair, there are guys who know better looking to sell badly resprayed, mechanically unsound cars for 10k.

Originally Posted by BRENT in 10-uh-C

The irony is that 30-40 years ago in this hobby from what I remember, cars like this were purchased with the plan to actually restore it.

Yeah. That's my plan. But looking online I've seen some really ratty cars going for 8-11k that really need probably 6k worth of work to be reliable and far, far more than they'd ever be worth to "restore." It's always amusing to see some amateur-restored standard coupe with cowl lights listed for $27 large.

For me, this is just one of the hobbies that keeps me out of mischief on the weekends. So I don't "need" to get whatever money I spend back out of it at the "end." I'll wrench it, drive it, slowly get it back into excellent mechanical condition, then maybe see about the cosmetics. I don't need to make money off of it, and I don't expect to sell it unless something unexpected happens.



My plan is that after I've restored it I'll drive it so much it needs restored again before I'm done. :-)