You have to be smart about any car you buy including Mintor's but his cars bring the money for a reason and I think they are honest about them. The reason his cars bring off the charts money at BJ and other venues is because they are often rare cars that are over the top with all the things people like to see even if they have some desirable but not technically correct items on them like wire wheels or air shocks. The problem arises when someone want to pay $50,000 and expects a concours quality show car when that car is more in the $200,000 range. They will sell you whatever you want and are prepared to pay for. They are in the Baby Bird business to make money though and you have to understand that doesn't always coincide with what some people are looking for. I have gotten to know Amos and Justin Minter pretty well and I have high respect for both of them. That is not to say that everything was perfect by today's standards but the goal post move over time.
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I own a Mintor car, my 57 F code which he did in 2008, it is as close to perfect as you could expect.
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To summarize: there is no free lunch in the classic car hobby either! Those who won't let you do a test drive, know exactly what they want to hide (for me it was the rear brake issue described above). I partially restored 2 cars and always made a loss.Įspecially when you are in the UK, never buy a car in the US sight unseen! Those car flippers are usually somewhere between incompetent, not interested or outright frauds (I looked at 20 odd cars and found astonishing things and heard lies that are unbelievable) especially when they ship overseas. A well maintained car or older restoration that held up 10+ years will always be cheaper in the long run. Generally about restorations: Do it because you want! Never because of money.
I can't understand why they didn't changed those with it? Then they would also have noticed that the front right brake had a weak spring and the car pulled to the right (I rebuilt all brakes anyways.). So the rear brakes shoes were drenched and would bite like rabid coyotes and the car was undrivable - a pair of $20 shoes fixed that. Prestige changed the rear wheel cylinders (probably because of leakage) but not the shoes. I can't precisely say what was bad workmanship and what was neglect by the owner (I guess he was ill a long time while the car rotted in his garage), however one thing I noticed from old receipts: I bought a Prestige-restored and maintained car from an estate (so the previous owner was dead and I couldn't talk to him).
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