>>A professional restorer checked out my TR2 this morning, and told me
>>that it is absolutely at the margin between "restorable at a cost far
>>exceeding the value of the finished project," and "basket case."
>
>What he probably meant was that he could restore and sell a car for a great
>deal more than what your car might be worth, and he's not interested in
>your car. Keep the car, fix it yourself. You will almost certainly put more
>into it than it will be worth, but these things are not investments,
>they're cars. Go for it!
>
>The "Practical Classics" book on TR6 restoration started with the worst
>pile of rot I've seen and made a beauty of it.
>
>Phil Barnes (peb3@cornell.edu)
>Cortland, NY (nowhere near New York City)
>'71 TR6 CC61193L (20 year owner)
I do agree it was quite an undertaking and the result is fabulous. But for
38,500 pounds!!!???
What's a pound worth these days?
rick
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