----- Original Message -----
Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2005 1:16
PM
Subject: Re: [Chevelle-list] Newbie -
Question regarding restification sequence
I agree. The only way to do a resto is on the roll
unless you can get the frame & body done in one winter. That means you
must have a pro to do the bodywork and paint and another outfit blast and
paint the frame. Then, it's the "If you give a mouse a cookie" routine...first
you'll need a Currie rearend, then tubular A-arms, the Baer brakes, then a
woopie radiator, and on and on and on and on. Then your wife will leave you
anyway because, when the day is done, they really don't care all that much
about cars. Then you'll be sitting in your garage with a six pack of cheap
beer surrounded by car parts that you can't remember how they fit
together. But at least you'll have a six pack...
Just put a BBC and a stick in it and do the rest as
the parts break...
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2005 1:34
PM
Subject: Re: [Chevelle-list] Newbie -
Question regarding restification sequence
Listen to John!
I'm doing a rolling restore just to avoid the
far too common pitfalls.
(Not enogh cash, time, energy, knowledge
etc.)
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2005
2:30 PM
Subject: RE: [Chevelle-list] Newbie -
Question regarding restification sequence
1) get the car
back
2) drive it for a year or
two
3) work out any mechanical problems
in the meantime
4) get it painted if it needs
it
5) keep driving it
A restoration like you are talking
about takes a lot of time and a lot of money, and most people end up not
wanting to drive the car after that much work, or everywhere they go they
worry about every little thing. You also dont want to take it apart until
you are very familiar with it, and you have to realize that once you start
taking it apart it's going to be a long time before it's back together. My
advice is to just enjoy it for a while before you do anything
else.
