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Have you ever asked yourself "What have I gotten myself into?"?
I just did. I just took in something very different from what I'm accustomed to.
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1447211362.jpg This project was started about twelve years ago in Maine. It's been passed from one shop to another with not a lot getting done other than take it apart and cut it up (and bill the owner). I've been negotiating this job for about five months. It finally arrived...........in pieces. http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1447211578.jpg It will be a complete "frame up" restoration. Also going to be ridiculously expensive. |
Great! Keep us posted as to the progress.
For those of us that don't know what it is....what is it? |
1953 Mercury 4 door w/Flat head V8 and Auto trans.
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My God, what have you done?
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Umm... I can see why you may possibly be thinking that...
But I'm sure some logic came into the purchase decision :) |
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But not for the reasons you're likely to soon be asking that question. Welcome to the club. I feel your pain bro. |
Kevin: Looks like a lot of work. Hope you got a healthy deposit........
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Not with a car...
In a slightly related note, I just came back from a Cub Scout Committee meeting... ;) :eek: |
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Like anything in life - big projects are like eating elephants...got to do it one bite at a time. |
Yup... See the link in my signature on my Corvair restoration. I'm two years and almost $50k into it and I'm only about 65% done. Good luck! Above reply is right... One bite at a time.
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To answer the original question, yes.
It involved agreeing to go to the wedding of my girlfriends cousin. The wedding took place in a 'church' that looked like someone had put a roof over a couple doublewide trailers in Pontiac, MI. There was a forging plant of some kind just up the street, and the floor would shake when the gigantic presses would come down. The music was played on a cassette deck that required someone to hold down the play button. Later, at the reception, the groom was nowhere to be found for the first dance, because he was out in his Camaro smoking a joint....with his dad. |
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This should be a long thread....keep us updated please ;) |
Yes, many many times.....
The better question - why is the owner paying the money for a frame off on that car? |
With that car it has to be something the owner is sentimental about.
Original question - I ask myself that a lot about the Volvo that I'm almost finished restoring. Mostly regarding the f*king soundproofing material that makes the interior almost impossible to put back together. |
I remember thinking exactly that as I looked at my 911 after I had removed the entire rear suspension. I was wondering how I could ever get it back together and on the car. The front suspension was easy.
I always wished I had a local shop I could go hang out at and watch and learn how to do that sore of restoration work. |
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That's John Walker btw ;) |
My problem with restoring something so ordinary as that 4dr object, is I just can't get enthused about it. Why did I take this in? Best to bail now before regret sets in.
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That car is absolutely fantastic, I love it and would take on the project in a heartbeat!
Yes, I have asked myself "what have I gotten myself into" but not about a car... you can always sell off a car if it get to be too much trouble. |
Yes but not with a car...my first wake up in boot camp was when I asked it.
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I shot one that was at a 800 sq ft house. I had to use a very wide angle lenses just to get three people in one photo. They opened the sliding glass door and the bride stepped inside and the music was played. They had beanie-weenies for the only food beside some sort of white cake for them to cut. They drove off in a pickup truck with doors that were different colors and the front fenders were different as well. Their check did not bounce and they bought a lot of photos and were great people to work with. One wedding was an held in a Methodist church with a normal average minister. Not one single guest arrived in time. Not one! It was the minister, bride and groom and the preachers wife as the legal witness. As we were going to the reception, guest were starting to arrive. They just followed us to the reception held away from the church. It was an African tribal style reception and guests were arriving for three hours. They paid me to stick around for six hours and take photos. They had the traditional eating of the kola nut of the elders. It must taste real bad because everyone made a horrible face when they bit into it. They had several kegs of beer and on open bar. It was a big party. It was the only wedding I ever shot with zero people in the audience at the church. Another great couple to work with and they bought a lot of photos. I dealt with some real a-holes at weddings that I know cost the price of a decent house. They spent 70K or more on the wedding and the check for my $100 fee to show up and shoot the wedding bounces. :eek: |
Yes..... 25 years / 2 children later..... I still wonder.
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