We have just committed to buying our own little piece of paradise in France - well after a lot of renovation, at the present time there isn't even a kitchen, when the shell of his dreams turns up at a measly £2000.00.
The finished result of which should be OK I guess (girly's perspective), but at that time mega renovation in France really pulled my strings opposed to a heap of rusty metal, mouldy bits and twisted unidentifiable "bits", that seemed to me would involve a lot more wallet emptying in the rusty metal department than the French renovation.
Two years on and I was absolutely right there still isn't a kitchen in France unless you count a camping stove and a fridge that holds 4 x cans of beer that normally lives in the boot of a car.
However the rusty metal has been shot blasted, acid etched, primed and even painted ( I did get to choose the final colour even though my first choice of PINK was firmly but kindly rejected.) Its had its engine bay "DE-SEAMED" apparently its IMPORTANT, it now has a chassis, and a roll cage, and when the paperwork for it came through I learnt that it definitely was a 1969 Mach 1 428 fastback cobra jet, it sounds really cool. I also learnt that cornering wasn't exactly brilliant in the above mentioned, so spending out on RRS suspension "stuff" was as important as a new kitchen, and of course it needs new wheels you can't treat it to the kind of spray job its had and not give it new wheels ( I got to choose them too and they're not the normal five spoke jobbies).
I'm sure there are countless other "bits" that were absolutely necessary as the computer now defaults to Ebay and the DHL delivery man is becoming a permanent fixture - he drinks coffee black with one sugar.
When the new spray job was finished I went with Rich to see the final coat, I have an awesome eye for blemishes and any imperfection - but it really did looked special, Stu who did the re-spray was standing next to me and commented “It's a really long car”
Without hesitation I replied “it wont be after I've driven it” the horror on his face was a picture.
This was the original purchase.
