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To me all of this says that it's worth keeping but that it's not worth worrying about the appearance.
Channel the Sierra Cosworth approach to aesthetics. You don't look at the outside when you're driving the car.
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Yeah that’s a really good point. The bonnet irritates me because I can see it whilst driving, the bits I posted around the poor bumper joins I hadn’t even noticed until they were pointed out to me (of course, now I can’t unsee them…). I might see what the cost of just re spraying the bonnet and treating/sealing the rust around the boot would be.
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Sunk cost fallacy, and that I like a project. The engine is great, the electrics are great, the interior’s not bad, the integrity of the body is excellent, there are no fault codes and it’s fun to drive. Just happens to have the crap paint and a rear end that looks like it was stored in a lake for a while. I did get it cheap knowing there was work to do and will probably end up spending a bit more than just buying one in good condition would have been but outside of the paint a lot of it has been DIY and I’ve enjoyed the learning experience.