re: bloody shovel

[alfanut@xxxxxxxx]

>A paint job is a paint job, I thought. A restoration is upholstery, carpets,
>top, rechroming, and refurbishing anything which has been defurbished, down to
>pedal pads and dirty exhaust systems, wiring harness, corroded radiator cap,
>warped tachometer needle, anachronistic sound system, fuzzy-dice removal,
>anything which might cost a tenth of a point in a club concours. Which I don't
>enter, but that is beside the point.

>I'm not arguing for or against restoration, just for calling a spade a bloody
>shovel. But I'm glad, again, that I live in a low-rent neighborhood.

Point well taken. I guess I should have said partial restoration or just
paint and bodywork. The quote in question is just that, in question. He may
well have been talking about taking the car down to nothing (he did mention
snadblasting and paint in and out). I'm not sure. Many parts of the car
(interior for instance) are i n great shape for a driver. I would never go
to the nit-picking extremes of a show car restoration. BUT I want the body
done right. I don't want some guy slinging bondo at it until it looks ok
and then shooting it. Where's the mddle ground?


Michael Williams
Sacramento, California US of A
69 Duetto
84 GTV-6
73 Berlina (FOR SALE  see my web page)

http://www.rcip.com/michael

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