i would say perhaps so, i almost ended up buying a nissan bluebird in the past, but that never materialised. but yeah, sometimes its darn fate. i could have ended up with other classics, but i picked this up at hand. maybe its luck that i pick this up, because i tend to be a very meticulous person. its perfect or no go, thats what i think
with shows like pimp my ride, it is easier to sell the idea to owning of these cars to my dad. i dont think my dad counts an 80s cars to be a classic, but presented with the idea of a 60s cars, the game changes. my dad hopes that this will serve as a motivational hobby (and also a street racing detterent) lol. but yeah life is short, haha, you can only do this kind of projects once in your life. maybe you could have more time in the future, but i would believe, as we age, time is limited, we will have family responsibilities to look at and business oppurtunities as well. we would perhaps end up buying a complete car than a complete wreck like this
i must say, there is limited access to tools that can make things work better. by watching wheelers dealers, i realise were so lacking compared to the british in terms of restoration tools. no wonder everyone else wants to transplant an engine, because its less labour intensive and much much easier. no one cared about originality. i would say, till today, my coupe, has the most original engine around south east asia. ive googled local south east asian forums, including thailand, which has a sizeable number of this cars. there are other convertibles with the original engine, namely one that thangoh (zth forumer) encountered in sg petani, but with the wrong carbs, it is a honda sm600 model, a rarer deluxe model, exactly the same as what jay leno owns. perhaps and hopefully he could convince him to sell, else i think there are about 10 S cars in malaysia, but none with the original engine. the closest complete car ive heard of is in singapore, a convertible