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[r2160]

At the end of the day, it is your choice. It is just metal and there are a few people on here that have cars that are selling rust repair sections.

 

People keep talking about resale value. My LC 4 door was my grandfathers. It doesnt matter to me what the end value is, it only matters what the car means to me. To say that a 4 door is worthless to me is a pretty pointless statement. If people here added up what they spend on their cars, I dont think that many of the vehicles on here would make their creators any money!

 

If you intend to do the work yourself, your labour to you is free. After watching many youtube videos on sheet metal work, anything is possible with practice.

 

cheers

Glenn

[UCgazman]

Look at how many of us are rebuilding UC's... clearly resale is not a major factor for most of us, and everyone knows you never get back what you spend on a good resto anyway. If your shell is too far gone or too much work I'd go for Mikecatts shell as others have mentioned, assuming you can register it with just a chassis no...

[wot179]

Just a thought....

 

If you are scratching pennies together at this stage of the game then it is highly unlikely you

 

will be able to afford a full rebuild on anything at all in the near future.

 

These things take LOADS of commitment, which you have shown none of in the last 10 years.

 

There is also the loads of cash issue.

 

Plus, it doesn't look like you have anywhere to store or work on it.

 

Don't kid yourself that you will get out of this for under 30 grand (probably a good deal more) if you are paying for all the work.

 

This might sound a bit harsh, but reading between the lines I reckon you need a reality check.

 

Good luck with what ever choice you make. I would love to be proved wrong.

[sibhs]

Harsh but true wot179. You must have surplus money, time, motivation, space and a cooperative partner. Not necesary in that order. I'm quarter way through a build and can see how easy it is to loose motivation. Good luck. Marty

Edited by sibhs, 27 July 2013 - 03:01 PM.

[Ice]

Apparently two frOcking tossers who have no passion at all for older cars, merely care for whats in vogue...
 

Stupid hipsters.

Settle down bomber just telling it how it is bud i dont mind 4 doors at all i just like coupes better is that a crime
as for whats in vogue spending money on rust buckets is not high on my priority list

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Same same !

[Ice]

Mate my 2cents is move this old girl on and save your penny's and buy something that is complete and going and start enjoying driving it.
The market is down on theses cars so if you know what to look for you should pick up something decent.
Cheers

Dane is spot buy something already done and drive straight away not 5 years time

spot on to

I think the horse has less rust blair lol

[limo]

I have 3 wrecks in the paddock at the farm in much better nick than that and I am using them as donors, so I would go the find good shell track

[Ice]

How much you want for that horse Blair... ?Its no black caviar mark

[Mort]

I'll echo the rest about the condition of your shell and getting a good rust free one, by the looks of it you are starting on the right track with Mikes shell.

One important thing you need to sort out right from the start is how much coin you have available, how much you want to spend then double it and add a bit more.

To date Tracie's car has cost around $22k and that's not including he purchase price and I still have a little way to go yet. When I started it I planed for about $30k. We'll see how that goes.

[N/A-PWR]

Don't drink Beer for a year is a saving of 5k, but the motivation is gone.

Keep drinking and the job is done. Dave I