Re: Opinions on to Restore or Sell

Posted by Craig the Clipper Man On 2013/4/29 9:45:31

Andy:

As I advised earlier, refer to "Henry's 55 Constellation." He shows how he has been restoring a car in worse shape than yours. Remember that this is going to be a long-term proposition, unless you have the dough to pay for a professional restoration. From my experience restoring a 1974 Alfa Romeo, the thing to keep in mind is that you tackle one or two things at a time, not everything at once. There are a lot of places to get parts reasonably priced, especially if you are willing to restore some of them yourself. In this case, you can often find pieces at Home Depot or Lowes or a NAPA parts store. The biggest problem about a job like this is becoming overwhelmed. Keeping things in perspective allows you to see the light at the end of the tunnel. I agree with Tim Cole ... get it running first and figure out what you need to do to make it usable. That way you can get a better idea of what it needs and make restorations as you go along. Not knowing what you spent makes it hard for us to say whether it is better to cut your loses and sell it, but Owen and HH are right -- it is a whole lot easier to sell something that runs on its own power than advertise it as a tow-away.