Thread: should I not buy a Street Beasts Car ?

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I got to this thread late, but I am surprised the "hook" for this car is the paint which just does not interest me. In the car purchase/resale business you really have to be shrewd to find your way through the various attitudes in a hobby field which is so sensitive to personal preferences and historical "trends". That means the purchase has to be ultimately to the taste of the buyer with the understanding that he/she is pleasing him/herself and that resale will be very tricky. I had heard of problems with Street Beasts before selecting a Bebops '29 roadster and I guess I am only pleasing myself with the intention of getting it running and looking reasonably good. So far the paint job was less than 50 hours labor with a written guarentee of touch ups after I install the accessories (I already have one scratch just putting the gas tank in, but it will be fixed later). So at the risk of a lot of mud thrown my way, what is the review on Bebops bodies? The paint/body guy said it was pretty straight and only needed a little alignment on the rumble lid edges. I recently drilled holes through the rear fenders to mount the neat '29 "stalk" taillights and was pleased to see the "meat" of the fenders is at least 3/8" thick. As far as the fender-floor unit being all in one piece I see that fender damage could extend into the floor as well but the tradeoff is the ease of assembly compared to fitting four fenders and two running boards compared to just eight body-mount bolts. My response to this possibility is to use stainless Model A bumpers front and rear to protect the fenders. So far I have been buying Model A parts from a restorer shop in Gaithersburg and all the accessories fit. Any warnings about Bebops 'glass? In my opinion, it is not perfect but pretty good and the meat thickness in the fender areas seems good to me. Comments?

Don Shillady
Retired Scientist/teen rodder