You could be right. But who cares?I have little doubt that Joe is doing this repair/engine rebuild/repaint, for the sole purpose of flipping the little Kubota.
Most of us would do this work (for ourselves) in the very best way possible.
Joe, apparently has a different mindset/goal.
All I know is I have come to conclusions in the past without really knowing why, and I have been wrong.
BUT even if you are right...so what? Except that if you are right, too bad for the purchaser perhaps, ...that much is certainly true.
But it is all speculation at this point. Maybe he will post the tractor for sale here at OTT!
I do have to agree if I were doing the work for my own use, I would not probably worry about paint...