ESP47
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I like to tear it all the way down. Lose a bunch of parts. Buy a bunch of expensive parts and then sell the parts and the car for way less than I bought them for.
I like to tear it all the way down. Lose a bunch of parts. Buy a bunch of expensive parts and then sell the parts and the car for way less than I bought them for.
Hilarious but I think most of us have done it!I like to tear it all the way down. Lose a bunch of parts. Buy a bunch of expensive parts and then sell the parts and the car for way less than I bought them for.
I can laugh and cry at this... as I have been there before.I like to tear it all the way down. Lose a bunch of parts. Buy a bunch of expensive parts and then sell the parts and the car for way less than I bought them for.
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Amen !! Even after I may have completed a project car,, I seem to loose money on every one of 'umI like to tear it all the way down. Lose a bunch of parts. Buy a bunch of expensive parts and then sell the parts and the car for way less than I bought them for.
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The Barracuda I bought as a rolling shell and stripped her down completely.
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The Dart I bought mostly complete but rough so I stripped it bare and blasted it .
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The 75 Crown Coupe was complete so I nibbled away at the interior then under hood then mechanical and finally paint .
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Yep.So, now my cars are drivers,
Back in the late 70's (I think) I found a little tidbit in either Hot Rod or Car Craft that goes something like this:I play with these cars for fun. I’ve done one 100 point restoration, lost my *** on it. So, now my cars are drivers, that said- 1. Make it STOP. 2. Make it STEER. 3. Make it RUN. 4. Make it PRETTY. That’s how I do them, one step at a time! HAVE FUN!
Have a bank account ready and you will be setT
That would depend on what you have for equipment and how much room you have and funds. I try to set small goals instead of turning it into a bare shell acid dipped rotisserie restoration. I'm just not that well equipped, funded or motivated. It's amazing the extent of restoration some people pull off. Beautiful cars. Top to bottom.
Great looking car... Love that color.Took me my whole life to convert this car from a Sahara Beigh slant six to the current 360 changed everything added front and rear frame rail caps torque boxes new leaf springs sub frame connectors trunk floor rocker panels basically built it from the bottom up a solid foundation as others have said. I had the opportunity to get the body work done sooner than planned but had to go for it. After a 10 grand paint job I still have mechanicals to do and it's not fun working on a car with a mint paint job.
Defiantly want to keep it running but I would get the drivetrain complete before painting if I had another lifetime to do it again.
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I have one of those. LolSeen a lot of "ok" cars that ran, and then got taken apart to make "perfect," and never made it back together in owner's lifetime.