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Originally Posted by Frank Miller
What does the person buying it want from the car? If they expect to just be able to get in it and turn the key to take the kids for ice cream forget it. These cars require constant maintenance, especially as this does not look like a fully restored vehicle. If it has provenance from new that might mean something. I've seen so many cool looking Chevrolets, Pontiacs and Plymouths from the 30s and nicely restored their prices come no where near what a Ford is worth.
Remember this could be a 48 year old restoration on a 40 year old car. Seems like a new category since I was a kid.
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Frank
The person who has the car inherited it from his Grandfather (or Grandfathers Estate). He has a real estate business here in town and would like to have it "Restored" and use to park in front of houses in the "historic" section of town to take pictures with as well as having a "keepsake" from his Grandfather (so I believe there is a "history with the car). I have not met personally with him yet!!! I was contacted by a neighborhood friend for many years and asked IF I would look at it and give him my advice on what to do!!! SO It's my intention to A) Find out from him what "restored" means to him? What his expectations are of the car within his framework of "restored"? Then advise him of the cost of replacement parts, rebuilding parts, etc etc and a relative value of the car from all points of from where it sits to 100% concours restoration!!! Then he can make his mid up as to what he wants to do!!!