my friend just got a tta, in as new condition with 9000 miles. No paint work or other repairs have been needed. It is very rare. There are only two of them in existence in this particular body style. The other one has over 50k miles. So my friends car is the lowest mileage one of the 2. My friend's car will always have less than 50k miles. So he does not want to do anything to it that would make the other car (his only competition) more desirable than his.
My friend wants to enjoy the car and I feel the subframe connectors (sfc's) are needed to keep the car solid and tight. I know this is true because I have owned new tta's and put hundreds of thousands of miles on them, and without sfc's they turn into flexible fliers. With sfc's they stay tight.
Do you think a collector would rather have a perfectly tight car with scf's or a flexi flier with all original parts? There is no way to tighten a car up after it has been flexed to death. Also, the buyer will have no alternative low mileage cars to consider, since they don't exist.
Would it be possible to bolt or weld on the sfc's and use the car for some years, and then have them removed and have the car fixed to look like they were never there?
It is sort of a tough call. With a car this rare you should be able to do what you want because potential buyers will have to buy your car if they are going to buy one at all. They have no choice in the matter. On the other hand you don't want to butcher one of a car that is only two of a kind. On the other hand you are not butchering it, you are trying to preserve it by improving/updating a deficiency in the original design.
I believe it would be good to do the sfc's if they could be removed later.
For example...Some hemicudas must have had ladder bars or other items that were installed in the 1960's and then had them removed prior to being sold at barrett jackson, right? They are original now, but had been modified in the past.
My friend just can't see himself enjoying this car if it means he will be ruining it by flexing out the chassis. Anyone who has driven a new tta with no miles and then driven one with 50k knows the difference. like 2 different cars entirely.
Any ideas appreciated...
My friend wants to enjoy the car and I feel the subframe connectors (sfc's) are needed to keep the car solid and tight. I know this is true because I have owned new tta's and put hundreds of thousands of miles on them, and without sfc's they turn into flexible fliers. With sfc's they stay tight.
Do you think a collector would rather have a perfectly tight car with scf's or a flexi flier with all original parts? There is no way to tighten a car up after it has been flexed to death. Also, the buyer will have no alternative low mileage cars to consider, since they don't exist.
Would it be possible to bolt or weld on the sfc's and use the car for some years, and then have them removed and have the car fixed to look like they were never there?
It is sort of a tough call. With a car this rare you should be able to do what you want because potential buyers will have to buy your car if they are going to buy one at all. They have no choice in the matter. On the other hand you don't want to butcher one of a car that is only two of a kind. On the other hand you are not butchering it, you are trying to preserve it by improving/updating a deficiency in the original design.
I believe it would be good to do the sfc's if they could be removed later.
For example...Some hemicudas must have had ladder bars or other items that were installed in the 1960's and then had them removed prior to being sold at barrett jackson, right? They are original now, but had been modified in the past.
My friend just can't see himself enjoying this car if it means he will be ruining it by flexing out the chassis. Anyone who has driven a new tta with no miles and then driven one with 50k knows the difference. like 2 different cars entirely.
Any ideas appreciated...
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