Beautiful, yes. Restored, no. I'd take a closer look before dropping $26k on that one. Yes, it was stripped to bare metal and has a very nice paint job on it. No question. But there's no mention whatsoever about any recent mechanical work done to the car. For that money, I would expect a rebuilt motor, all new bearings, brakes, suspension bushings, clutch, struts, springs, steering -- the whole works. That stuff gets really expensive really quickly. Also, only new front leather, but not the rears? You can see they don't look quite right in the pictures. What other corners were cut? I agree it looks beautiful, but that beauty may be only skin deep. I personally look for cars like this since I can do all of the mechanical work myself, but would not pay that much if the mechanicals are not equally nice.
