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but i do have sentimental value with it and one condition of me buying it back was my wife said " your are not selling it this time, i don't want to hear it".
Well that answers that question then. And that's awesome that your wife is supporting you that way. My first wife was not supportive at all, and my car sat for YEARS, always with the excuse that we didn't have the money, space, or time. My current wife is great though and not only supports this hobby, but helps out where she can.
Heck,... she even sits and watches Bitchin' Rides, Fantomworks, Garage Squad, and most of the other car shows with me. All except Graveyard Cars,.... She says Mark Worman bugs her too much to watch:lol:, plus she likes the older pre '67 Mopars (Darts, Barracudas, Polaras. and Furys) and they never seem to do any of those.
My biggest suggestion would be to think through what all needs to be done and create a plan that aligns projects in an order that makes sense and flows properly. I only say that because I have found myself finishing certain things, only to have to tear them apart again for the next task.
For instance,... I rebuilt my whole front suspension/steering to get the car road-worthy so I could drive it, including new balljoints. Now I am thinking of converting to disc brakes with big bolt pattern, which means pulling apart everything I did to swap out spindles, lower balljoints and put in upper ball joint adapters. Should have just done them all at same time and saved work.
Another example is putting my transmission back in and mounting the shifter, console, seat belts. Got it back on the road, but next spring I want to pull the carpet all out and spray the whole inside with Lizardskin sound deadener and thermal insulator. Seems like 2 steps forward, one step back kind of thing! :rolleyes::realcrazy: