I wanted an antique car since about 1966.
Started looking for one 1968.
Bought one 1970.
From way back then I have observed that many people for whatever reason always over restore there car. Putting more money into it then they can ever sell it for.
Even when people are wise enough to not over restore their auto the problem is the body and interior can be in good shape but usually the auto is warn out to the point so many things are finally shot that the auto was not worth fixing and or they could not fine the parts.
They could not part with their old car so they just parked it. Saying one day they may fix her up.
So decades later a long comes antique auto collector. Car appears that it will not take much to put her back on the road. For the last owner said it ran when it was parked. Just the master cylinder went bad. No problem a new MC can be bought for $100.
The purchase is made the old auto is brought to a new home. First Saturday morning the master cylinder is replaced.
Then a bad rear wheel cylinder is found. So luckily a rebuild kit is locally before lunch. After lunch the brake honer is brought out and the wheel cylinder is rebuilt. Only to leak because too much material had to be removed to clean up the bore.
New owner finds the world of internet auto parts and will have a new wheel cylinder before next Saturday. He has not yet found out about the Stovebolt forum so he does not yet know that their are businesses that can re-sleeve master and wheel cylinders.
Whether he can not get a good pedal or to be safe he decides to replace all the wheel cylinders.
Front drums off and linings are almost down to the rivets and the LF wheel bearings are bad. The fun never ends.
And also as the fun the spending of the money doesn't either.
I think to control spending is why people have become more interested in maintain the PETINA of and old car, truck, motorcycle instead of doing 100 point restorations.
