Re: Survivor vs Restored
 

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: RST</div><div class="ubbcode-body">
Thanks for all the positive vibes guys ………..

This car was for sale for a long time, any one of you could have stepped up and purchased the car and kept it as is.

Steve, I think the car was priced very fair for what it is, try to find another one in this condition, and the restoration will be much easier. I am sure you will agree, this car will be an amazing restoration and will be worth far more than the asking price ........ and I can drive and enjoy it without worry. This is my car guys, I purchased it to keep and I want to be able to drive it often.

I will post some pictures on a new thread of the car as we disassemble it. Oh and as for being able to document the car ………… as we take it apart, clean it etc., we will document every single part and share it in its as original status, as we have done with several cars that we have restored in order to share that valuable information.

Happy Holidays everyone.
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There is a positive spin to this... the listing said &quot;This is the best original unrestored SD we have seen&quot; so somewhere someone is thanking you for restoring this car because his or her second best original unrestored SD just moved up to number one!

I have a difficult time believing that someone would pay more for this car in restored condition than others would pay for it as a survivor, even without factoring in the cost of the restoration. Who am I to say, because it's you spending the money....

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Do I get a ride when you are done Scott? I'm 'jonesing' for a ride in a SD455 [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/smile.gif[/img] [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/burnout.gif[/img]

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Helmut, [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/haha.gif[/img]

Dead on brother!

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: njsteve</div><div class="ubbcode-body">It seems like no one did. In the end I'm kind of glad that Steve Shauger's crew dinged me on it because if he hadn't, I wouldn't have started digging. So far every unrestored car I've found (5 so far) has this bizarrely dated starter from a single batch made on a single day in February 1971! Even though the engines were all made in November 1972 that is still 21 months difference. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/shocked.gif[/img] </div></div>

Steve, another example of anomalies in manufacturing back in those times. Once again, thank you very much for pointing this out, very valuable information.

Bruce, absolutely you can go for a ride, in fact, we will fly you and your family over to the shop after MCACN and you can take it out and drive them to lunch [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/smile.gif[/img]

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Scott....nope! No need for that. We appreciate the offer, though!

Since we're only a few hours away, We'll come and visit. We haven't been to SoCal in a while (Hopefully we'll get out there before MCACN of next year-actually shooting for next February) and need to visit with all the SoCal car crazy folks out there.

When the car (and you are ready) just let us know.

BTW, We'd let you guys drive [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/headbang.gif[/img] that's good enough for me (us)!

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Nice of you to offer that to Cousin Brucey and family Scott.

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Tell you what Bruce ....... you come by in February and we can show you and the family around Mascar and Sho-Air. After MCACN you are welcome to come for a ride anytime, and if the weather is nice at MCACN, we can go for a drive there [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/smile.gif[/img]

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Sounds great Scott! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/beers.gif[/img]

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I like that SD both ways, the way you bought it as is as long as it is safe and sound to use and I'm confident that I'm going to like it once it's MASCAR restored. My personal preference is an unrestored car to a restored one.......generally and in most cases and for a multitude of reasons.

Many of the so-called &quot;Survivors&quot; which exist today are what I call &quot;Revivors&quot; , which is a Survivor with restoration work. Some of the work is done so well that most would never know anything was ever done, including paint work.

Untouched and pristine original 'bench mark' / 'time capsule' cars are very few and far between.

On another sad note Scott's Dad just recently passed .........so please accept our condolences.

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While this may not have been the lowest mile muscle car I had ever discovered it was the closest to the day it left the factory / dealership when everything is taken into account.

The most original muscle car?