Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Digging in...

So, for my first project restoration, I had to decide how to start tackling it.  Being an old Navy guy, I decided the easiest approach was top to bottom forward to aft. 

I carefully inspeced every piece from a front view of the car. Like a typical southerner, she had a crooked smile, so the grill came out.  Held on by 2 screws, a zip tie and some JB Weld, it was no problem getting it out.  I then discovered the hood latch and support were not actually attached to the car, so they came off too.  The horn (hi pitch is all that was left) was non functional, so it came off as well.

After that, I realized the more I took off, the worse it started looking.  At that point I figured the best thing to do would be to get all of the junk, trash, and miscellaneous items out and off the car.  The trunk was full of pieces and parts that just needed to be trashed.  Now the car is clean, and I can get a good idea of what really needs to be done.

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