We are really torn on this. There are a lot of good reasons to go either way. It's the 1940 Deluxe tone Commander with overdrive I posted about buying a month or so back. It has 46,XXX miles on it and has sat in a garage since about 1960. Very nice condition. We have tried polishing the paint and it looks like it will buff out nicely. Front seat is nice. Rear has a cover but may be nice too. Headliner is shot. Wasn't running when we bought it but is now. The negatives are it has some damage in the front nose. Not bad but it is there. The trim piece will be what will be hard to find maybe. The only serious damage is the trunk and a rear fender. The trunk is bad. I want to replace it. Both of us did autobody professionally for years and could fix it. But open the trunk and you could tell from the backside. The fender damage is down below. It will take some work but it won't be too bad. I will post pics of the damage tomorrow. It's because of the damage that we are leaning toward not keeping it as a survivor. The damage really needs to be fixed and then nothing would match and it would not be a survivor any longer. The other alternative is to do the mechanicals to make it roadworthy. Fix the body and then a nice paint job. We don't have the funds to do a full restoration. Then enjoy it. Make no modifications that a future owner couldn't undo to make a full restoration. We would be interested in any comments anyone has.
Here are a few pics. Will add some of the damage later.
Here are a few pics. Will add some of the damage later.
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