<VV> Claypool's parts car

[Chris & Bill Strickland]

Any car can be restored / rebuilt, but com'on!  What's a custom hand 
built metal body & frame going to be worth?  Should you choose to do 
such, wouldn't a Ferrari or Bugatti or Porsche Spyder or such be a 
better choice for an end to this fable?  Richard Widmark's 1960 is an 
example where he didn't have much choice, if he wanted a '60 Corvair, 
and shows what can be done to the right piece of scrap metal, under 
those conditions.

I've been involved with a couple restorations where the bottom six-eight 
inches of the car were missing, plus other damage -- sometimes it's done 
'cause the owner has no idea of the value of money, or other times it 
could be 'cause it was some rig of sentimental value -- Grandpa's 57 
chevy wagon (just happened to be a Nomad) -- "are you sure you wouldn't 
rather buy one that is already finished for about half the money this 
will cost?"  "It wouldn't be Grandpa's car, and now, I can afford to do 
this."

I know one such rig of the former type that went to BJ and sold for 30K, 
following a divorce;  it had six figures of just labor in it (then there 
were the parts & paint).

And, occasionally, there's the guy that builds a car "very" sensibly, 
but in good taste, and actually improves the value of his investment.

Bill Strickland