Re: [AMC-List] AMCer's Opinions: Survivor/Vintage vs. Restored

["ROSS BLAIR" <bigbad69@xxxxxxxxx>]

Mark,

If that trophy is important to you, then go the rotissary route. However, you should be aware that it's a long and expensive road you set out on. (Ask me how I know!) It won't cost much less to restore a 32,000 mile original than it does a basket case because everthing has to be replaced anyway. Those decent looking parts that look good now will look like crap when installed in a perfect body. You might even find you have to replace seat covers and door panels to get the final finish right, not to mention rechroming everything. That's the price of that trophy.

As Mark and Jim said, if it were my car, I would clean it and detail it, and forget the resto idea. Maybe the show judges don't see the value of an unrestored original in nice shape, but I do.

Ross Blair
69 BBO Javelin 390
Ottawa, Ont.

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