Originally Posted by
MrEss
It's a pity one couldn't make a self-supporting hobby out of doing just this work and flipping them once they're repainted. It's so much fun, but you just can't sell 'em for half of what a repaint costs.
This frame should stand as a testament to the fact that it cannot be done, for I bought it as a quick strip-and-flip. Somehow, the frame alignment slipped by me completely. I was very lucky to - just barely - make back the $150 investment on the parts, which allows me to let the frame go cheap, given that it is an (essentially imperceptible) wreck salvage.
Mind you, I'm leaving it in primer. I know I'll wind up in the red if I even consider replicating the original Competition 12 paint job.
-Kurt