A few years ago my father and I cleaned out the garage and shed and had a decent pile of junk.I told my dad that a guy from work would haul it off for free. Dad said "no way' I'll haul it to the local salvage place and sell it.I said ok fine. Dad doesn't own a truck so he asked to use mine. It is a 1 ton 4 wheel drive CREW CAB 454 chevrolet dually. I only drive it to pull my race car.It sits most of the time. He came and got the truck,which had almost NO GAS in it.I live 25 miles from him,so he had to put gas in it. So he puts $25 in gas and drives to his house(25 miles away)loads all the junk, drives another 10 miles to the salvage yard, HAS TO UNLOAD the junk himself....and gets $21 and some change for the scrap....LOL

 

Gary, as you well know, it ain't about the time, it's about turning back the hands of time and keeping our cars authentic!
Anyone can build a car from a catalog.

Jerry

 

I'm guilty of the same Gary,I've got all day to do nothing or rebuild wheel cylinders, rebuild a carburator,repair a cracked steering wheel,polish a T/L lens,stainless trim.Just don't like exporting money to China. It's rewarding to save as much of the car as possible and play with cool cars all day.

 

hell yes it is!

 

its not about the money-its about something that actually fits-10 hrs to restore orig parts, or 15 hours to make a repro part fit, plus the price of the repro part, dealer prep., freight, handling, etc, etc, lol

 

i've spent way more time on things to save way less money.. but i mostly do it that way because i'm poor and every dollar saved is worth more than whatever time i spend on it, since i've generally got nothing better to do.

 

You and me both. I have more time than money.

 

There is far more satisfaction restoring or refinishing a part rather than buying a crummy reproduction piece. :yes:
Good work :thumbsup:

 

When you are done, I'd like you to come help me put mine back together... I will pay you $4/hour too.

 

of course Gary, the downside is you prod put some chinese person out of a job, lol

 

Same conflicting battle I am fighting, my 70 would be easy to set new Chinese front fenders on it but that just bugs me especially on a body part. Have a 4" fiberglas cowl now but have the original cowl stored.
I don't have any problem for engine/suspension bolt ons that wear out anyway, like my Chinese HEI which for 60 bucks has ran hitch free for 3 years now, but the fenders and body, hmmm.
Think since i do allot of sheet metal and aluminum welding making signs, and I did body fender work for 12 years, I really have no excuse so I better take the time this Spring and patch the lower fenders as they are original to the car.

Show us some pictures of the changes your making Gary.