06-07-2007, 04:24 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Germany
Posts: 20
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Originally Posted by dretceterini
People have to realize that it costs that much money to restore any of these cars correctly. You pretty much get what you pay for. Sometime you get lucky and find a car that has been done, which someone needs to sell, but the price can not be really viewed in that manner.
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One cost me 4.000 Euro to buy and another 15.000 Euros over the years to get/keep it running. Due to one so called German alfa specialist, the engine had to be redone completely twice within 1.000 miles of driving.
The other one is completely original with it's first paint job, no rust, has 33.000 kms on the clock and came on it's first set of tires last year. That car cost me 13.000 Euro. Nobody wanted to buy it because the price was so high. I believe that the second car was much cheaper in the end and if you have a very good unwelded car with it's first paint, no restored car ever will be better.
So I strongly believe that every Euro/$ spent on a good car during purchase will save you triple that over the years if you keep the car.
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Jens
1966 Giulia 1300 biancospino
1969 Giulia 1300 TI bluette
1978 BMW 633 CSi
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