Bill
As a result of your Caddy shot and the Christine '57 Plymouth rebuild video, I went to see my local bodyshop today. To get my Ford knocked back into as-new and with a full respray would cost me about 2300 - 2500 Euros. Considering the alloys are not kerbed, the tyres only a year old, the engine has only done about 60k miles, that the interior is immaculate, it seems crazy spending a lot more to replace the old thing with something smaller and more kitten-like in its approach to eating up the miles. As I don't do many of them anymore either, a small car with matching rubber band engine isn't going to change the running costs much...
I think I shall accept the offer and see if I can create a classic; I am one already, it seems, so I might as well have a set of wheels to match, I suppose...
Wonderful place, the internet; never a dull moment nor a stable idea for very long!
Happy New Year
Rob C