Stephen, congratulations on the 1st place.
As anyone who has done a ground up restoration knows, it is not cheap.
I am glad to hear of your honesty, and its even nicer to hear of our win.
Larry
Stephen Waybright wrote:
> If you received the April/May issue of Tiger tales, you may have noticed the
> story I submitted about my car. I wanted to head off some "restoration
> mis-information" that was mistakenly added by the editor before it misleads
> anyone about the cost of a concours quality, professional restoration. I
> don't know where the published $20k purchase and $15k restoration costs came
> from, but it was not from me, and is way off for my car. I'd hate to see
> someone start into a professional restoration thinking they could duplicate
> my car for $35k. They would be very disappointed with the progress when they
> ran out of money in the budget.
>
> To set the record straight, I started with a $5k car in '88. I hesitate to
> say what I spent in total in such a wide audience as this, but if you really
> want to know I'll reply to individual inquiries. Just know that it is a
> multiple of the $35k that was mistakenly listed in Tiger Tales this month.
>
> In late breaking news... my car took first place at Houston's "Keels an
> Wheels" Concours d'Elegance in the "misc British Sportscar" class. This
> class is anything other than Triumph, MG, Austin Healey and modern Lotus.
> See http://www.woodenkeels-classicwheels.com for details of the event,
> including shots of the "Aerocar" flying car from the 50's that did a flyover
> at the event.
>
> Stephen Waybright
> Houston, TX
>
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