1971 Demon, FC7 Plum Crazy

Today I spot welded the rocker together and did some more test fitting to the car (3 hours). The AMD parts so far were pretty good, not the best. But working with new imperfect parts sure beats working with mangled used parts.

So the overview of the project so far was uphill for a long time, especially with all the friends and family chiding about putting it in the junkyard. But when restoring a car, you have to remove the bad parts in order to install the good parts. And all of the "non-car enthusiast" public in my area just sees a car that is losing more parts off of it every month and looking worse and worse. Because of all the work that has to go into deconstructing a car, I can see why alot of car resto hobbyists let life get in the way and give up on the project halfway through. I'll admit, there were times when I would prefer to go swimming or go drink a beer in the mountains, but I've done projects like this before, where it gets alot harder before it gets easier. But fitting the rocker today gave that spark of excitement that it's finally at the point where new parts can go on it. And at that point there's a fresh new feeling of motivation to get the car done. Also very motivating is the people in this forum who have helped every step of the way. Also, some have been, or will be where the Demon is now; and I'm glad if this build thread helps someone, if even a little bit, with their project.