Bill,
I agree with Paul. You have come a long way and will
probably kick yourself later if you don't "give her
her due" You could say it's a matter of balance or
karma at this point. Like Paul says it's definately
not about the money.
Lee
SPL311-09245
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RE: decision time - paint job or restoration
project? ["Paul Bauman"
Subject: RE: decision time - paint job or restoration
project?
Been there done that...
However, I used the 'in for a penny, in for a pound'
method to decide.
Given
that a Mazda Miata will cost you at least 20 grand off
the showroom
floor,
whatever you do to the roadster will still cost less
than a new sports
car--if you do the lion's share yourself. I don't
paint or do seats, so
I
let more skilled people do these things, but taking
apart and putting
back
together I can do, and did. You could go frame off
long enough to spuce
up
the undercarriage, then plop the body back down for
the paint job.
Seems
like you have the taking apart stage well in hand and
the putting back
together part is a heck of a lot more fun!
HTH
Paul Bauman
Westminster, CA
67 1600
- -----Original Message-----
From: owner-datsun-roadsters@Autox.Team.Net
[mailto:owner-datsun-roadsters@Autox.Team.Net]On
Behalf Of Bill Oakes
Sent: Friday, November 24, 2006 12:44 PM
To: datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
Subject: decision time - paint job or restoration
project?
Hi all,
I'm to a point where I'm ready to get my first
Roadster project to
paint and I think I've dug in farther than planned. My
question is;
have I a reached a point in which I should think about
making this a
restoration project instead of just a paint job?
My original plan was to take off a majority of the
parts that get in
the way of a decent paint job, get a
middle-of-the-road paint job and
put it back together over the winter.
As you can see by the pictures I'm not far from a
frame-off
restoration job, or at least that what I'm thinking:
datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
Do I go any further since I've dug in this deep? Will
I regret not
doing a couple more things that would make this a more
complete job?
Make no mistake, this is going to be a driver, not a
trailer queen show
car.
Thoughts?
Thanks
Bill Oakes
Libertyville, IL
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