New 403 owner

[Kevin H]

Originally Posted by GREG

HAL - Put your email question on BEEF so you get more ideas / answers -Greg

BEEF was a mail list, which this site replaced.

However, wherever Hal asks his questions I can't really see that he will get different answers. The fact that his restoration doesn't stack up economically is inescapable.

Looking at the photos, the car clearly needs a fair bit of work. It would be astonishing if it could be just reassembled, 3rd party engine and gearbox installed and body resprayed.

At the end of the day there's only ever going to be a limited market for a Bristol with non original power train and the value would be considerably less than than an original car.

I know it's not all about value, but I also know from experience it's not a good feeling knowing that you have pumped a huge amount of money into a car that can never be recouped, even when you have no intention of selling it in the foreseeable future. To know that before you even start, but still go ahead with it is madness (IMHO).

It's not like it's the last 403 in the world