The Restoration Game

[David Lodge]

Brilliantly put, Viv! David Lodge "Viv James TraX Interconnect (Pty.) Ltd" wrote:

> Harry, > > Here is my advice........ > > 1. This is not a money game. If I spent the time on my business > that I spent playing with old MGs I'd make real money. Most of us > do this for fun and we know it will cost plenty. Only Badger tries to > live off flogging TC bits on ebay but he also gets enjoyment out of it. > > 2. If everyone bought a good driveable TA/B/C and left the piles of > bits to rot, supplies of T-types would soon run out. > > 3. Restoring these piles of rotten bits and creating from them a well > finished, tight, clean and mechanically great 50 something year old > MG has to be one of the most rewarding pastimes around. > > 4. So what if costs a bit more than budget - you will have put one > more car back on the road ready to start deteriorating all over again > so that 20 years from now you or next custodian can fix it all up > once more. By then you will have forgotten about the present > overspend. > > 5. I've done one like this and my current project arrived in 3 > truckloads of what looked like total junk. Now its on 4 shiny > restored wheels with a gleaming cream body tub bolted in place > and plenty of new parts from members of this list like Roger > Furneaux and Joe Curto. > > 6. I know I was crazy to take it on and I know it will have cost more > than a complete restored one as did my black car but both cars > are mine, I did them and I know what's in them and they give me > loads of pure selfish pleasure. > > 6. Standing next to these expensive financial disasters is > "Bluebird" a rusty, drooping, rotten but wonderful PA which took > me 10 years to get out of the previous owner. This will be the next > capital drain and I can't wait to start on it. > > 7. Follow your own instincts and if they tell you to get this TA, just > do it, forget financial or any other justifications, enjoy it and put one > more T-type back on the road where it belongs!! > > Good luck > Viv > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/