How much did it cost you?
I'm going for a " buy the best you can car and then making it better" BUT I did the exact opposite of what I just said. I like beatin on metal and working on the cars. so my first florida car restoration was the worst type of car project you could get. yeah it was rusty as all get out. the only good thing I could say for it was the frame rails and rockers were solid. no rust anywhere in that area. all the other areas did require work(lots of work)
looks sorta ok here in the pictures don't it? well about 50lbs of bondo removal and tons of grinding disks it looked like this
no floor pan even the trunk had to be removed. A lot of work later it is looking like this
and it looks pretty straight too!
I have tons of time into the car (800.00 price including a new black top with no rear window, front and rear seat skins I'm not using since I went a different way on color.) but less than 2k total in parts as of now. I will have another 3k into it for engine work,MegasquirtII, exhaust and turbo work. but that's what I'm saving for since I'm finishing up the top and interior install (yeah making new parts for it too) so it's getting done and I like doing it. I do have a back up car (70 challenger ,440-4spd-6 pack) so it does not hurt too bad to take my time on this one!
I'm going for a " buy the best you can car and then making it better" BUT I did the exact opposite of what I just said. I like beatin on metal and working on the cars. so my first florida car restoration was the worst type of car project you could get. yeah it was rusty as all get out. the only good thing I could say for it was the frame rails and rockers were solid. no rust anywhere in that area. all the other areas did require work(lots of work)
looks sorta ok here in the pictures don't it? well about 50lbs of bondo removal and tons of grinding disks it looked like this
no floor pan even the trunk had to be removed. A lot of work later it is looking like this
and it looks pretty straight too!
I have tons of time into the car (800.00 price including a new black top with no rear window, front and rear seat skins I'm not using since I went a different way on color.) but less than 2k total in parts as of now. I will have another 3k into it for engine work,MegasquirtII, exhaust and turbo work. but that's what I'm saving for since I'm finishing up the top and interior install (yeah making new parts for it too) so it's getting done and I like doing it. I do have a back up car (70 challenger ,440-4spd-6 pack) so it does not hurt too bad to take my time on this one!