when is a gilbern a restoration project?

[craig 12]

as youre all aware i recently purchased my 72 mk 2 for a what seemed a decent price, buying it over the phone which is very dangerous obviously, on reflection i obviously purchased a rolling restoration, as the car had been stood for about 4 yrs, but my question is this
when is a gilbern a restoration project ?

if you can forgive me for a moment , there are cars advertised as spares or repair, there are some of you which will strip the body off to find a horror story on the chassis, there are cars advertised by the club as restoration, could do with tlc, we were looking for around£££ for this car etc,etc, i would describe ny mk 2 as a tidy example with a nice interior, but is it a restoration?

it certainly a restoration money purchase price,

it runs(sometimes) it stops, it has an mot, theres no dings on the bodywork, so is a car that is 37 yrs old always a restoration ? or can it be driven as a car with just doing routine servicing,

i struggle to know the answer,
maybe a restoration is when the owner decides to take it back to its former glory, anyone know the answer?

by the way i should be on the 3ltr and members bar soon , as i sent cheque off today for membership, regards craig.

[Greybags]

A good question ..

I would suggest that any 37yr old car would need to be classed as a rolling resto as there will always be something on it that will need repairing or fixing to keep it going and roadworthy.
If you dont keep doing the necessary bits as they occur then a rolling resto soon becomes a full resto.

A partial resto usually means there is some part of the car that needs attention, i.e just the interior or the paint etc.
A full resto is where a lot of work on all areas is needed to bring it back to a useable roadworth standard, and a ground up nut and bolt resto is usually a car that will be prepared for the concours circuit.

The cars initial as found condition does not always dictate what type of resto needs to be done, there will always be cars with an MOT that actually need a full resto as the condition of certain parts ie.the inner cills cant be judged untill, you take a strong screwdriver to bits to reveal the hidden parts. Also I bought an old MG to restore that had stood for a couple of years and looked really bad with all the tree sap on it turning green, but when cleaned and checked and all the old documentation checked, it turned out it had been reshelled by a PO justr before being laid up .. It was well washed, serviced,MOT'ed and as it needed no restoration work was immediately sold for a profit as there is no fun in buying a working car.

Grahame