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Re: My first A. Congrats. I have seen alot worse.. What are you plans.
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Re: My first A. Wowee! Pick you battles. If you're up to it, then dive in.
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Re: My first A. 68ccab,
Now that car has seen a lot of living! It's a 30/early 31 cowl, but I'm not sure the back half began life with the front half. --anybody else? |
Re: My first A. Run!! You will spend half and find much better.
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Re: My first A. Its a late 31 S/W cabriolet & a very desirable model. It will be a great resto project,but it would likely be cheaper in the long run to buy an older resto.All the hard to find cabby parts are $$$.
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Re: My first A. That is cool and would make a nice hot rod!
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Re: My first A. That is an Early one with the flat firewall, there are only a couple of these.
Contact Tom Moniz [email protected] as he keeps track of them. Good luck with the restoration. .. |
Re: My first A. Do not listen to the pessimists you can do it. If you find some more parts that is, looks like it is missing the important driving things.
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Myself, I'd pass it on to a rodder.:) |
Re: My first A. Great for yard art......
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Re: My first A. The rumble seat bumper rubbers look GOOD! Bill W.
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Re: My first A. Price a complete wood kit and top assembly before you get too far into it.
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Re: My first A. There are projects and then their are projects. Good Luck!
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Re: My first A. holy corrosion batman!
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Re: My first A. I am jealous If you decide to run I would love to restore it. I have always wanted a 31 slant cab to go along with my 31 roadster. I have restored a 31 chevrolet cabriolet that was much worse than yours and OMG much harder to get parts for.
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Re: My first A. If anyone can speak on this it is me. I started with less.
NO I would not recommend trying to restore a car in this condition. You will have a significant amount of time in a car that is never going to be quite right. You will expect to spend $20,000 to $25,000 to get to a finished car, if you can do most of the work yourself. Not to mention the hours you will have involved in work and tracking down parts. That being said. A large part of why I tackled the car I did was as a learning experience. One major goal was to understand how to put a patch in and have level sheet metal when done. A little too much learning in my car. So, who ever ends up with this body I am willing to point you in many directions to get parts and what needs to be considered as you build the body. Volume 6 of the How to Restore books will be your best friend. |
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Re: My first A. I use this bit of wisdom at times:
Refusing to quit, is a virtue, only up to a point, Knowing when to quit, is the beginning of WISDOM! (Author Unknown.) Bill W. |
Re: My first A. I've started with less as well.... go for it!~
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Re: My first A. Ahhh, "Rust never sleeps."
After taking a peek at the photos and the condition of the body and the missing pieces, unless you are Flop (see his posts) and really know what you are doing, I think the word Rat Rod comes to mind. You could be biting off more than you can chew! Remember good judgment comes from bad experience . . . and most of that comes from bad judgment. |
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I have a restored 68C & have taken many picture if you need any pictures let me me know I will be glad to e-mail them
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Re: My first A. I dont see why everyone is trying to scare you off ... if you like sheetmetal work, a good challenge and you can get it for a good price ...have at it .
yard art ...NO WAY |
Re: My first A. I agree with flop
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Re: My first A. The problem isn't so much the sheet metal as the wood sills and body wood. Then there is the top and related cabriolet only parts. Did anybody mention the chrome window frames for the doors?
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Re: My first A. is it for sale ??
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