Yeah. That interior would need to be redone. Looks amateurish. Also, the car originally came with a dash pad, which is now missing. I'd want to see the paint quality before dropping big bucks on this one. That said, I'm thinking it's gonna bring 65-70K.

Ron

The thing that separates professionals from amateurs is knowing their craft, rather than winging it, like this guy's wife did. Obtaining and using the right padding and padding thickness, professional quality sewing machine vs home machine, steam tool to expand the vinyl, so that when it cools down, it will wrap itself around the padding, resulting in a professional quality appearance.

It's similar to using professional paint spraying equipment vs. buying a bunch of rattle cans from Home Depot.

Ron

56D500boy - 2022-04-29 4:34 PM  But at least I only spent about $300 on my rattle cans vs $10K-$15K on a professional job. And I bought them at an automotive parts store, not Home Depot.

I wasn't referring to anyone in particular. You must have a guilty conscience.

But, yeah, if you lack body and paint skills, 10-15K+ is about right. OTOH, if you do the work yourself and you're good, you can do bodywork and a high quality paint job for under 5K. It all depends on what your goals are. I want to show a car that has high quality work. So I'm willing to put out the $$$$$ to make that happen.

Ron

Roberlo filler is 59$ a gallon... best stuff out there... Single stage TCP restoration shop is similar priced... 225$ for the one gallon kit...

I've used PPG, HOK, Evercoat and all the other stuff... TCP works great compared... and went out of their way to mix the old colors...

Yep. You and Mike called it.

Also, yes the car had the roof color changed to white. Also, swivel seats appear to have been added at some point.

Ron