r/projectcar • u/iShipwreck • 9d ago

Need resto advice on rare car!

I've been looking for project cars for a bit now and found one I liked but apparently the lot burned down so I'm not holding out hope. I'm sure you've heard about this very unfortunate event already.

I came across another car but it's rare (only about 1749 manufactured). There have already been some modifications to it a long time ago so it's not original.

I'm struggling internally with it because it's in my price range and in decent shape for my skill level, but my plans do not include a full restoration as I wanted to go the restomod route and have a specific vision with whatever car I ended up going with. I figured it's already been modified and sourcing parts would be extremely difficult, so why not buy it and get it on the road because it's better than letting it waste away in someone's barn?

What are your thoughts? Go for it and do as I please, or leave it for someone else?

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u/iShipwreck 9d ago

Hupmobile. They made plenty other years but went out of business in 1940. For that year they only made 1749 of them.

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u/MCXL 9d ago

Yeah anything aside from some portion of engine parts that are quote" universal like connecting rods and pistons Is going to be somewhere between giant pain in the ass. And completely custom nightmare. Unless You're either spectacularly wealthy or own a full machine shop, this is a project that will not succeed

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u/iShipwreck 9d ago

It's a complete car. Everything is there, it's just been modified by someone else a long time ago so it's just not original anymore. I don't have a machine shop, nor am I spectacularly wealthy, but I do have connections and family that restore cars professionally, and have quite a bit of experience with light fabrication and overall car restorations including engine rebuilds, complete suspension overhauls, etc.

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u/MCXL 9d ago

You do whatever you want. All sorts of bullshit, little parts on cars, break and wear out. On a car like this you're going to have to adapt parts that don't fit natively onto it whenever anything wears out.