I disagree certain cars are works of art. Take a look at a 250GTO and tell me you couldn't sit back with a glass of wine and just look at it.
Welcome to the club, restoration work on the SDL is entering year 3. I am hoping to have it done by year 4 or 5, yeah right. Maybe a few years from now I'll enter it into a car show and win a prize!
It gets easyer, I just spent $15 yesterday buying offical MB electrical tape from the dealer. Didn't even flinch!
Its cloth covered, and is identical to the tape originally used. Small price to pay for original looking repairs.