Pretty much the way it is.
mike
--- Craig Ellis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 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 -----
> From: Pelle Andersson
> To: The Chevelle Mailing List
> 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 -----
> From: John Nasta
> To: The Chevelle Mailing List
> 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 don't 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.
>
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