Quote Originally Posted by playwme View Post
build it for yourself to enjoy. It all gets a bit serious otherwise. Given this kids skills with welding (and if he does a painting course he'll no doubt be good at that too) he should be able to restore this thing for a very reasonable price, and to him it can still be a Sandman. Don't worry about what some nupty anal retentive collector will give you for it when it's done
thats the one mate why else build a car, its there for the enjoyment of building something yourself, learning, and being able to go throughout the car/ute and tell someone exactly what youd done when they cant tell, cheers mate i can do a bit of painting, nothing flash but enough for the moment, my hq will never be for sale, even if it sits in the shed for 30years itll always be there, waiting, i think ive opened a big bag of worms here lol