At 03:44 PM 7/31/2008, Luke Lewis wrote: >Wow - that car is more solid than either of mine, and one of mine is my >driver! You don't see a solid car here in Canada though - period - unless >it's been babied it's whole life, restored or brought up from the States. >That looks to me like a very worthwhile project, I wish either of mine had >been that good to begin with! Guess it's a POV issue!
This is so true. I am a subscriber to the British Magazine "Practical Classic". What folks on the other side of the pond will tackle for a restoration is mind-boggling. This month's issue has a reader restoration of a square-tail spit where they guy replaced something like 75% of the metal in the car! All by himself in his (probably tiny) garage! Makes me thankful for my never-had-any-real-rust Spitfire that originally lived in Texas. But ultimately, restoring a rough car has to be a labor of love. But really, anything cheap and cheerful is a money-losing proposition so it needs to be that way anyway. Kevin Rhodes Westbrook, Maine Freddy the Spitfire, owned 12 years now, better than ever. _______________________________________________ Support Team.Net http://www.team.net/donate.html [email protected] http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/spitfires http://www.team.net/archive
