As perhaps some of you may know, Black Hands' (Duncan) car is an old friend of mine, having had the 'goodies' applied to it more than ten years ago. Those aforementioned 'goodies' included quite a bit of mechanical work (Oversize has those receipts), some reasonably minor rust repairs and a complete respray.
It reminds me of some rather trying times - the guy that resprayed it was a loveable character, but a totally incompetent spray painter who had the knack of convincing everyone, including myself, what a marvellous tradesman he was, and he'd give the impression that "yeah, we can fix that, no trouble at all' but, in realty, he could not back that up. He was a very active member in the MB Club in NSW, graduating to 'the new members' liaison chappie' , a job he filled admirably. Unfortunately, he's no longer with us - a second, or possibly third, heart attack about three years ago took him from us. So Mark, I think you have the makings of a promising and fairly easy restoration job, but you may have to dispense with the LPG installation. Regards Styria
