I remember many many years ago when I bought mine. The joke was you bought it then stripped it down and rebuilt it . They where not wrong but forgot to say its like a giant Meccano of the Forth Bridge by the time you get to the rear its time to return to the front . Still what better than a mug of coffee a few biscuits and some spanners spending the afternoon covered in grease tightening your nuts .
You're so right. I remember when people would drive their brand new car straight to Melvyn's to have it taken apart and put back together properly. That was in the days when the factory used to spray the cars wings on so you only got a couple of hundred miles before the bare metal was on its way to becoming a vauxhall viva!
