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Same here. Just don't have the eye for it. Couldn't make a panel straight if I tried .Everything but body/metal work
Yeah but the cost of paint is crazy high."Don't overthink it, it's just paint!"
That's why I'm practicing on stuff that doesn't matter so much. I've learned a lot by just doing it.Yeah but the cost of paint is crazy high.
Nice! Good work going the extra step in painting the interior metal black.I’ll try and do just about anything I have tools for. Been working on my 67 Belvedere mostly, painting jams fixing/welding up broken doors.
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It isnt s easy as it seems ,ask me how I know... I installed a windsheild by myself it was physical labor and I was achy using the plastic knife method I dont know how long it took either but I remember the wife yelling "dinner" I was like "Ill be in in a few" an hour or two later I went in and heated up my plate...No glass or body work for me.
"A man's got to know his limitations."
Harry Callahan
Thank you, started off as a wiring harness swap, now almost a full resto.Nice! Good work going the extra step in painting the interior metal black.
Very good point and buying a project car that was bailed on then you have to get it home sort parts figure out whts missing or needs replaced...very time consuming if you are 1 man it can take years.The real problem isn’t the actual building, it’s the making everything fit together from original parts, to reproduction parts, to aftermarket upgrade components, and including the dreaded “universal fit” parts lol. Forget if you start with a car that was worked over, now you add in the “This doesn’t look right…. What was supposed to be here?” parts hunt… oof.
It took me 3 years to fully repair/restore my 1972 Duster including all summer to sort out the rest of the inconsistencies during drives. I did not touch body work at all, just everything else! LolVery good point and buying a project car that was bailed on then you have to get it home sort parts figure out whts missing or needs replaced...very time consuming if you are 1 man it can take years.
On my Duster, that was an argument on why it was a good decision to buy a car that had a wiring harness meltdown, because it made the decision non optional to replace. I went with OEM correct reproduction harnesses and that is almost plug and play… never throw out your old harness until you are done, some of those connectors and terminals come in handy when adding your own harness additions without hacking new harnesses. Plus some connectors are not always correct for your specific car due to mid production year changes. Especially on a 1972 model year built in October 1971… that got tricky at times… with members asking ”Do you have the 1971 or 1972 version of xxxx part?” I was over here like ”This is my first Mopar, and I don‘t know the difference, and don‘t have it at all… I just need what fits here” only to find out “The part is the same, it just has an extra crease over here.” I’m 33 years old, did not grow up with these old cars, not going to notice… took me weeks to notice my interior sail panels delaminated lol.Pretty much every old car will need to be completely rewired at this point if it still retains the OE harnesses.