From: muratlanne@gmail.com   
      
   "David Billington"  wrote in message news:10i1d8l$euvs$1@dont-email.me...   
      
   On 18/12/2025 16:31, Bob La Londe wrote:   
   > On 12/17/2025 4:44 PM, Jim Wilkins wrote:   
   >>   
   >> I get more use from a 1965 South Bend than I ever could a 1965 Mustang.   
   >   
   > Yeah, but the 65 mustang in similar functional condition (no holes, and   
   > works) might have better resale value.  That being said I had the   
   > opportunity to buy a few cars cheap as a young man that people would kill   
   > for today.   
   >   
   >   
   If I had a £ $ etc for every person I knew that said 'If I had only kept   
   that sports car from when I was a student it would be worth a fortune   
   now' I would be quite well off. Sell the Mustang and you might me able   
   to buy mint US iron machine tool or new.   
      
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   I bought my machines before they became collectable.   
   https://airgunwarriors.com/community/metal-shop/southbend-heavy-10-restoration/   
      
   I prefer the sculpted, almost organic aesthetic of its castings to the   
   squared billet chunkiness of modern lathes. The practical consequence is   
   that the carriage can overlap the head or tailstock to bring the tool very   
   close to the spindle ends.   
      
   The only sporty vehicle from the 70's I have storage space for is my CB400F   
   motorcycle. My BIL, a VW/Audi mechanic, restores old German and Italian   
   sports cars to showroom condition but it cost building a multi-bay barn with   
   a lift and paying its taxes.   
      
   I attend Cruisin' Nights and talk to the owners about what they did and   
   where they find parts and specialty skills. Most had the skill to write a   
   big check though one lady went into long credible detail about how she   
   rebuilt the engine. The cars are lovely but all that many can carry is   
   passengers and maybe golf bags, I need serious capacity for heavy or long   
   structural material, most recently 21' pipe lengths on the roof rack.   
      
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