This
same 1954 Corvette now has a new fiberglass fender installed, which has been
primed and is ready to shoot.
machine
pulling out of their garage some months later."
"After several months of work," Jeff
continued," the
owner of this car will invariably realize the mistake he has made. That rough
paint job is hiding chicken wire and pop rivets where the front end of the car
was nearly knocked off the chassis. The brake pedal sinks to the floor because
the calipers are shot and the brake lines are rusted in two. The rear wheels
are leaning inward because of worn rear axle yokes, wheel spindles and rusted
trailing arms. Inevitably, the bottom line is they are in over their head, so
they seek the help of a restoration shop. The real cost of putting this car
back on the road will approach $18,000. And that’s just to make it a nice
driver, not a candidate for points judging. Now, a reputable restoration shop
would turn this job down rather than allowing this client to throw good money
after bad."
So it's clear that eventually the collector/restorer
must come to the realization that decisions like this can only be made with
the full knowledge of the
