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Seax Smith · 04-04-2009, 04:09 PM

Roger,

I understand what you are saying... it's pretty much the same approach I use - too many photos, take things off in "chunks", loosely re assemble, label, and loosely reattach to the adjoining bits as possible, strip to the core, refinish and then start with the next assembly "chunk".

Good comment about the duplicate missing fragments. Will definitely double check that.

The skills, time, experience, etc I have. No experience with Loti though, and trying to get a feel for prices / availability of things.

The big question is how much do I really want to spend on a rare car which I will be worrying about when ever a park it somewhere - is why I stopped playing with making brit cars all shiny and new again and went into Mark II VW's as fun "daily-capable- drivers".

Have learned some things with this, but still have no idea what is a reasonable offer. Don't want to offend / insult the owner since he could be a valuable resource since he used to race his own S1, and I don't want to over pay him either.

04-04-2009, 04:09 PM	#14 (permalink)
Seax Smith Lurking Deviant Lunatic Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Armrest, MA Posts: 17	Roger, I understand what you are saying... it's pretty much the same approach I use - too many photos, take things off in "chunks", loosely re assemble, label, and loosely reattach to the adjoining bits as possible, strip to the core, refinish and then start with the next assembly "chunk". Good comment about the duplicate missing fragments. Will definitely double check that. The skills, time, experience, etc I have. No experience with Loti though, and trying to get a feel for prices / availability of things. The big question is how much do I really want to spend on a rare car which I will be worrying about when ever a park it somewhere - is why I stopped playing with making brit cars all shiny and new again and went into Mark II VW's as fun "daily-capable- drivers". Have learned some things with this, but still have no idea what is a reasonable offer. Don't want to offend / insult the owner since he could be a valuable resource since he used to race his own S1, and I don't want to over pay him either. __________________ I don't think we can resist the things that make no sense.