I suppose part of the issue is : If the 'restorer' made such obvious mistakes,
what other cases of "well, that's good enough" lurk under that nice paint job ?
It's certainly possible he/she made those mods on purpose (although why you
would want a tonneau peg missing or the trunk handle backwards is beyond me),
but IMO it's more likely to be ignorance.
And there's a world of difference between a restored car and one that just looks
nice ... including what it's worth.
Randall
59 TR3A daily driver
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim Hill
>
> On the other hand, since the "experts" have been advising for years that
> buying a restored car is far cheaper, easier and quicker than doing your own
> restoration, we can't be too startled to find that there's a demand for
> turn-key restored cars that tends to elevate their value - whether they're
> "correctly" restored or not :-)
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