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Re: Moral Support Needed

To: Jane Burdekin <burdekij@bvsd.k12.co.us>
Subject: Re: Moral Support Needed
From: fred thomas <vafred@erols.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 1998 16:36:22 -0800
Cc: triumphs@Autox.Team.Net
References: <v01550103b107956a45d7@[161.97.1.199]>
Jane Burdekin wrote:
> 
> Mark,
> I was told the same thing about my GT6.  You will never get a car worth
> more than you put into it, it's not worth it.   Ha, it's my car and I don't
> care, I now have a partially restored GT6, '67, that I have had since '71.
> It looks good on the outside, haven't tackled the inside yet, waiting for
> more money, it does run well, rebuilt engine.  Still have a lot to do tho.
> I have done a lot of the work myself, and I am teaching my son and daughter
> a bit of auto mechanics too.  They get a big kick out of telling their
> friends that their mom taught them this or that with the car.  So if you
> love your car and are willing to spend the time and energy and money, I say
> go for it.  I'm glad I did.
> 
> Jane
> '67 GT6
> 
> >A professional restorer checked out my TR2 this morning, and told me
> >that it is absolutely at the margin between "restorable at a cost far
> >exceeding the value of the finished project," and "basket case."
> >Some of this, but not all, is the result of my extensively disassembling the
> >
> >tub when I was younger and more foolish.
> >
> >The car is complete, but was seriously rusted. The rust is now gone (I had
> >the body dipped a few years back), but the remaining metal will need
> >a prodigious amount of aligning, patching, straightening,
> >welding-in-of-new-pieces, and so forth.
> >
> >I already have all the parts to do the job.
> >
> >Suggestions? Encouragement? Wisdom? Your input will be appreciated.
> >
> >-Mark
> > 1954 TR2 TS2571L (now LO).  RIGHT-ON JANE, KEEP ON GOING. Can't wait to see 
>what Joe Curry 
has to say. Just great Jane.


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