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Non-Tech : Kirk's Market Thoughts -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Kirk © who wrote (10747)	12/22/2020 8:23:01 PM
From: robert b furman	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 26784

Hi Kirk, As I was given the tour, I realized my restoration desires attempt to replicate the factory's standards. In 1955 that meant a crooked assembly body that aligned things with shims was "good enough". At that shop the cut and weld panels to make them modernly equal. Today's production techniques include laser alignments and much tighter tolerances. Things have surely evolved. Their capabilities upgrade a cars quality to modern standards. I remember my first voluntary work session during the three weeks GMI was shut down each year in August. It was offered as a way to make additional money. My job in the company car garage was to check the oil and wash the front window inside and the dash all day long. I loved it, especially when it included Joe Pikes (editor of corvette news magazines two company vettes). I made sure old Joes vettes were spotless every where.<smile> After several days on the job, I made it up to the body shop on the top floor. There craftsmen added metal and lead to the next years models for the show car circuit. It didn't take me long to know all of those guys names and watch in awe as they preformed their wondrous skills. I was a 19 year old kid in heaven! LOL At any rate it was a class above my grade pay. Yet I humbly appreciated their cooperation and letting me have a peak of what the top shelf restoration world is all about. Needless to say, the only cars that really need that level of restoration are ageless classics, and yet if resale was ever considered it would be a huge loser. There is a game at work on big investment with big depreciation as they are stored (and depreciated) in museums. Not sure how it works, but for the ultra wealthy I suspect it is a way to take the pain out of ownership for classics that have far too much invested in them, unless there is a write off worked into the works. Not sure, just a suspicion. None the less, it was a very cool experience. A great memory/experience probably until I find out what it costs me to have them spray PPG two part epoxy primer on my old metal parts. <wincing already>. ERG Bob