Originally Posted by cuda2k
... If I had a couple grand left in the budget for the Serotta I'd buy the first NOS post I could find on ebay with a BIN price. But after a $300 paint job (dang that expensive Lexus paint), a new rear rim, new rear axle, and all the other odds/ends needed for a tip to tip cleaning and restoration the "budget used till wife gets mad" mark is getting smaller and smaller. Which is why I have just about every spare part worth anything up on the trade thread right now in hopes I could trade something I have for something I need, at least a partial trade.
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Sheesh, cuda2k, my wife gets mad at the $50 a month mark. Everything I buy is 20% - 90% plus coupons or off craigslist.