Re: 38 V12 restoration cost

Posted by BigKev On 2010/2/5 22:53:40

Here is my thing about the standby that the factory (or dealer) would do whatever the customer would want. To me unless it was an option that appeared on a price list somewhere then it's just a custom modification regardless of who did the work. What the difference between the factory painting a car a custom color, vs the dealer, vs taking it to a paint shop after purchase. No matter who did the work, it is still a custom modification to the vehicle. It doesn't represent how these cars were normally delivered or optioned.

Now if the factory had a documented list of special order paints that was available, and a car was painted one of those, then fine.

As much as I would like to convince people that Mexican blankets that cover the rodent chewed seats in my car could be factory installed in '54 if I had deep enough pockets, it's not going to happen.

Just my