Mike Lishego wrote:
> On the "Crack of Doom" thread, someone mentioned a new motor heritage
> bodyshell. Has anyone bought one and tried to swap bodies? (From cars, that
>is?) I
> was just wondering how many folks have tried it, and how many are now mentally
> instable from such an imposing task. No, I could never afford one..
I've seen a couple at the shows. Both of the folks that I talked to (DIY
restorers)
didn't think they would do it again. The holes and fitments were more trouble
than they
anticipated. They said, to do it right, is that you have to move everything
over to the
new shell, make sure everything fits, then take it all back off to paint the
shell.
The results looked very, very nice, of course, but there was a lot of fiddling
to get
them there.
Suppose you sold your car for a fair price, added $3,500 to the pot, then added
$2,000
more dollars for a nice paint job. With that much money, once again, you can
buy a very
nice over-restored 'B' to play with. Once again it is cheaper to buy someone
elses
restoration. And, since they made 500,000 'B's, there will always be a supply
of pretty
nice cars.
--
Bob Allen, Kansas City, '69CGT, '75TR6, '61Elva(?)
"An extrovert computer programmer? One who talks while staring at YOUR shoes."
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