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Re: [Healeys] 54 BN1 Barn Car

To: "Jim LeBlanc" <jim_leblanc@yahoo.com>, <healeys@autox.team.net>,
Subject: Re: [Healeys] 54 BN1 Barn Car
From: "Greg Lemon" <glemon@neb.rr.com>
Date: Sat, 9 Jul 2011 15:04:09 -0500
From: "Jim LeBlanc" <jim_leblanc@yahoo.com:

" From what you describe here is what I would do. I would try to keep the 
car
 original as much as possible. This result requires artistic effort. Replace
 what you must, like the interior and electricals. Patching paint or 
repainting
will require artistic effort and cheap paint. The result will cost less than
 above and be just as collectable. Some argue that original looking cars are
 more collectable/more valuable.

 From my experience, restoring a car to perfection and keeping it that way 
can
 be fun and much work. In contrast keeping a car in original appearing
 condition can be just as much fun and less of a concern to park in a 
parking
 lot while having breakfast."

Once its perfect the only things that can happen to a car (conditionwise) 
are are bad...

There is a product mentioned in the August issue of Hemmings Sports and 
Exotic car, that is given a good review by the owner for bringing back bad 
paint, Formula 113, described as "a one step wax/sealant sold by "Wax Daddy" 
of Yonkers, New York".  Haven't tried it, but the original paint on the x1/9 
(nearly a 40 year old design, intorduced in 1972, how that to make you feel 
old!!) looks good in the pics in the article, and how can you not want to 
buy a product from a company  called "Wax Daddy"?

Greg Lemon
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