DeTomaso Mailing List: July 99, Message #362

On Fri, 9 Jul 1999 MikeLDrew@aol.com wrote:
> John The Dreamer wrote:
> >Again Ken Brown has one is pieces ....no rust....lowered floor pans for 8K 
> ..I can ship it here to my house and over the winter put it together...
> 
> >>>Famous last words.  If, IF the car was 100% complete then you could screw 
> it together pretty easily--they're not complicated at all.
> 
> But the likelihood that it's all there is next to nil.  You get going on a 
> project, and suddenly you're missing a specialty bracket,or hinge, or 
> whatever.  Pick up the phone and call Wilkinson, and $100 later it's yours.
> 
> Repeat about a million times, and in two years you'll be driving a $50K 
> Pantera worth $20K.

And Mike *really* knows what he's talking about here... :-)

-Andy
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