My buddy just stumbled across this 1973 that has been parked since around 2000 under a tree. Amazingly, the body exterior is good, and the only rust is the floor (needs complete replacement). His cost is $0 (he got it for "free"-long story as to how-ill leave that part out, but it was legal)
He is not really a bronco guy, but his inclination is to keep it as a driver. It appears to be original paint. He is going down the rabbit hole of lining up guys to fix everything, repaint it. It currently runs and drives.
My thought is that he should fix the floor, drive as-is, that it is only original once. He is planning on putting disk brakes on it, which I agree is a good thing to do. 2 1/2 inch lift is on order, not so sure about that one. (I have one stock, and one lifted, so who am I to have an opinion.)
Its his truck, he can do what he likes, but seems to me that the value is to leave it alone, but just interested in what you guys think he should do? At what point does a repaint and all the restoration work become detrimental to the value?
He is not really a bronco guy, but his inclination is to keep it as a driver. It appears to be original paint. He is going down the rabbit hole of lining up guys to fix everything, repaint it. It currently runs and drives.
My thought is that he should fix the floor, drive as-is, that it is only original once. He is planning on putting disk brakes on it, which I agree is a good thing to do. 2 1/2 inch lift is on order, not so sure about that one. (I have one stock, and one lifted, so who am I to have an opinion.)
Its his truck, he can do what he likes, but seems to me that the value is to leave it alone, but just interested in what you guys think he should do? At what point does a repaint and all the restoration work become detrimental to the value?