Wow, I'm glad you guys enjoy watching my progress and I greatly appreciate the positive feedback! Compared to some of the work I see other Pelicanheads doing with rotisseries and stripping the entire shell to bare metal, etc., I think my restoration work is really just doing a bunch of patchwork like fixing battle damage to keep an old warbird on the flightline. When I get done I would like the car to look like a well maintained original not a brand new car.
My restoration journal documentation "hobby" started about the time I got my first digital camera and my 70-something Dad, who lives in Colorado, got a computer with Internet access. I was restoring my WWII jeep at the time and he loved to keep-up on what I'm up to and how my skills were progressing.
This is one of my favorite photos of my Dad and me. I grew-up a "shop rat" hanging out at my Dad's bodyshop as a kid. He pretty much taught me everything I know about autobody work by example. He also taught me woodworking and I've done quite a bit of cabinet building, a skill which really comes in handy when doing any task requiring careful measurement and cutting.
Anyway, my Dad, who is now 83, and I discuss my restoration journal progress via phone and e-mail just about everyday. I love sharing that information with him and anybody else who cares to read it.
Oh, and the shifter and parking brake handle are visible in the photo because I've already cut the floor out all the way to the pedals on the drivers side of the car.