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Old 12-07-2011, 07:36 AM   #23
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Originally Posted by Raider Ronnie View Post
Also, from what I've been told most of those "Theme bikes" that they build on OCC sell for over 100k
Given that they're the same frame with the same outsourced fuel tank with some paint and junk thrown on, they're proof there's a sucker born every minute.


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I've seen it and it doesn't make any sense and neither does spending the kind of dough these guys charge for a boat restoration. I'm certainly not implying they don't do good work. Not at all. What I do think though is that you can get the same work done elsewhere for a fraction of what they charge.
I'd like to know what exactly a 140k restoration is, build a mold and build a whole new boat? (Which similar is being done down in Portsmouth with wooden boats, almost zero original wood, but they're 'restorations'.)

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