Told Myself, "No Restoration" But Did I Listen?

:banghead: It started out as a simple, "Lets make it presentable" but escalated into, "May as well do this.....and this.....and this...." :oops:


LOL.....Not complaining, but it's easy to get off on a tangent with other segments of work & add little things here & there until you have a huge project. :D I've always hated to do something "halfway" & know it could have or should have been done better. That's also probably why I never get things finished as fast I "thought I would" do it.

Here's a brief history of this car.....

I bought it in the summer of 1988 right in the town I lived & drove it daily up until the early 90's. When I saw it, there was an old guy who was getting into it. I told him it was a nice car, he thanked me & started it up......I heard the V8 & then asked him more about the car. While talking he said that it had 42,000 original miles. I asked him if he'd ever consider selling it & he said yes, gave me his number & said to call him if I wanted it.

Called a few days later, got directions & shocked that it was just 2 blocks away! I went over but didn't know it until I was there that the old guy was the Dad of an old friend of mine.....LOL...I took it for a short ride & had to have it. I didn't even haggle with him & he was happy to see someone who was going to take care of it, get it, because he said he had a relative that wanted it to drive back & forth to NYC. He said, "No way I was going to let that car get destroyed in the city!"

In the early 90's I had the transmission rebuilt. A couple of years after that I had the 318 rebuilt & had some high performance parts added. The car was fun but started to get a little rough looking in a few places. The vinyl top is the original one & still on the car. The interior is still nice, but I bought a new carpet & front seat cover for it. The rust that started was fixed in the mid 90's & then the entire car was repainted the color it came in. I added bigger, 15x7 small bolt pattern wheels, heavy duty springs & shocks & several other things over the years.

So........If I didn't have a house this thing would have been finished & back on the road by now....LOL...I miss driving it & my Daughter Kate who is now 15 has never had a ride in it yet. I think it'll be back in service in about a month. Then I'll find all the bugs that accumulated while it's been sitting gathering dust. :sad2: