Thursday, June 3, 2010

Where to start?

Well life gets in the way as suspected, so no progress as yet. Planning in my head has been happening however. Usually for a resto, I start from the back and work forward. Back axle out, change the bearings, rebuild the shoes and brake mechanisms, oil the diff, change the uni joints, rebalance the tailshaft if needed, rebuild the tranmission, overhaul the front brakes, front suspension, engine recondition, radiator recore, then start on the body. I may start driving it around once the mechanicals are all reconditioned, as it still looks pretty neat. The surface rust will mostly buff out. Oh whilst the motor is out, I'll probably give the engine bay a squirt of paint, but the rest of the body will have to wait. Winter is here already so it'll be a while before further progress.