time to show off my duce
10-13-2007, 01:19 AM
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Originally Posted by bluemunkey1820' post='885303' date='Oct 12 2007, 08:07 PM
I would restore it but it's not in as good of shape as it looked when I got it. It the previous owner's first car and we all know how we treated our first car. There was a lot of damage, it was on it's 3rd set of front fenders and the only reason it looked as good as it did is because his dad worked for a body shop. I would say that 80% of the interior was a total loss if the body was a bit better I would of saved the car.
For my next duce I will restore it.
For my next duce I will restore it.
Come on, man. These ARE just cars. If you come across a shell with no interior and lots of damage that isn't worth saving, you can either race it, or junk it. These car's simply don't have the value that justifies replacing floors, buying full interiors, etc. I'm all for saving the cherry ones, but not every car is a restoration waiting to happen, and that's just the way it is. We can at least enjoy the rough ones by making them so-what-daily-drivers or racing 'em.
10-13-2007, 08:12 PM
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Originally Posted by Crit' post='885323' date='Oct 12 2007, 11:19 PM
Come on, man. These ARE just cars. If you come across a shell with no interior and lots of damage that isn't worth saving, you can either race it, or junk it. These car's simply don't have the value that justifies replacing floors, buying full interiors, etc. I'm all for saving the cherry ones, but not every car is a restoration waiting to happen, and that's just the way it is. We can at least enjoy the rough ones by making them so-what-daily-drivers or racing 'em.
thanks how is your duce coming haven't seen much on it in a long time
10-14-2007, 08:41 PM
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Crit,
I agree with you, believe it or not. I actually thought my RX-2 would make a cool track car (not a [vintage] race car, as it is way to expensive to get the suspension right], but since it was healthy and 100% complete, I just couldn't do it.
If somebody, however, has a car that is missing lots of hard to replace and expensive parts, I guess it's better to enjoy it than to junk it.
That said, the red car looked bitchin' complete to me (don't know about dash, etc.), healthy, no rust, all the hard to find stuff still on, etc. that I found it was a cryin' shame not to refurbish it. In a nutshell, it's always easier and cheaper to find an incomplete or customized car, than one that's original or at least almost 100% stock.
Prices . . . the more cars are modified, the more valuable the stock ones will become. Imagine that you, in the year 2030, tell your grandchildren about that $75,000 Mazda RX-2 Coupe with the twin-dizzy that you butchered back in 2007. Twenty-five years from today, it might have been one of a handful that have survived. I have quite a few cars in my personal stable already, but I am absolutely convinced that early Japanese cars, especially those that are significant and sexy, will make a huge jump up the price ladder within the coming few years. In fact, I believe a nice RX-2 Coupe will be a $20K car in 2010. Problem is, there are not many nice ones left in the US, and restoring a pig is a lost propositon. That's why it makes so much sense to save the few unmolested survivors . . .
I agree with you, believe it or not. I actually thought my RX-2 would make a cool track car (not a [vintage] race car, as it is way to expensive to get the suspension right], but since it was healthy and 100% complete, I just couldn't do it.
If somebody, however, has a car that is missing lots of hard to replace and expensive parts, I guess it's better to enjoy it than to junk it.
That said, the red car looked bitchin' complete to me (don't know about dash, etc.), healthy, no rust, all the hard to find stuff still on, etc. that I found it was a cryin' shame not to refurbish it. In a nutshell, it's always easier and cheaper to find an incomplete or customized car, than one that's original or at least almost 100% stock.
Prices . . . the more cars are modified, the more valuable the stock ones will become. Imagine that you, in the year 2030, tell your grandchildren about that $75,000 Mazda RX-2 Coupe with the twin-dizzy that you butchered back in 2007. Twenty-five years from today, it might have been one of a handful that have survived. I have quite a few cars in my personal stable already, but I am absolutely convinced that early Japanese cars, especially those that are significant and sexy, will make a huge jump up the price ladder within the coming few years. In fact, I believe a nice RX-2 Coupe will be a $20K car in 2010. Problem is, there are not many nice ones left in the US, and restoring a pig is a lost propositon. That's why it makes so much sense to save the few unmolested survivors . . .
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