Reply to "Pantera #1447 - the search is over, the waiting begins"

The problem I see here is what's not seen. This car is rusting from the inside out. There are many area's that can be fixed but it's the inside area's that cannot be seen that make me doubt it's worth the time and cost involved to repair.

I would hate to see Michel invest the time and money into a situation only to be a temporary band aide in the sense of what will show up 2-3 years from now and have to go through this again.

When I see what this car needs I would find it hard to trust the integrity of the car down the road unless it went through what your post did with that link that shows the repairs that were done to that Pantera and it's refabrication.

It's bad enough we bought a car in this condition, I would not want to have to worry about Michel driving this car down the road and have it structurally unsafe unless it was totally gone through completely. I would not want to see Michel get hurt and know I could have stopped it from happening.

I haven't even removed the interior yet, god knows what I'm going to find under the carpets.

The man hour costs for fabricating and repairs would far out weigh the value of the of this car when completed I believe.

Now if this was a very rare Pantera such as a Push Button, GTS, 4 or 5, then yes, it might be worth the expense involved.

But with this car, I believe we would be just throwing good money after bad and chasing something that would be far more costly than it's worth.