<VV> Restoration economics, was: Rust stopping-humor

[Dave Keillor]

. . . or the owner is your wife who is sentimentally in love with that
particular car.

Dave Keillor
 
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Reminds me of one of the "Otto the Mechanic" cartoons in Old Cars
Weekly.
Otto's talking to his buddy who just finished restoring a '50 Studebaker
4door. He says "I kept meticulous records of all the parts and supplies
used, plus all my hours. And comparing all that to the finished car's
worth, I worked for...... 50 CENTS AN HOUR!?"

There's really only two reasons for restoring most cars (and especially
cars like the Corvair, where its potential resale value isn't
astronomical). The first is because the owner simply loves to work on
cars,
even if he never intends to make anything on it. The second is because
the
owner is in love with that particular car (sentimentality). Put the two
together and you have a labor of love.

-Mark