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Ron -
You may be misunderstanding my point. I'm responding to
the point that you made, 'there's no restoration like your first restoration',
or words to that effect. I'm saying that my first restoration is where I
cut my teeth on the whole restoration thing.
> You had no money no place to store the car,
probably no tools and if I might quote you "had no idea what you were
doing" unquote. You said that you barely could change your
own oil. In that condition you don't even think of starting a
restoration unless your plan is for disaster.
Yes, hindsight is 20/20. The only thing I knew back then is
that I wanted a finned Mopar. It was a learning experience.
> Does that mean you regret
your knowledge?
Of course not.
> If I couldn't swim and
I jumped in the river and I almost drowned ------------does that make the river
a bad place?????
Quite the opposite. For me it means that I would want to
try it again. And when I got the hang of it, I would try something bigger
-- like the ocean !
Ron
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2003 6:57
PM
Subject: MOSTLY MOPARS
Ron I totally disagree with you. You were not
ready to restore a car from the sound of the email that you sent. You had no
money no place to store the car, probably no tools and if I might quote you
"had no idea what you were doing" unquote. You said that you barely
could change your own oil. In that condition you don't even think
of starting a restoration unless your plan is for disaster. Some of us went to
school for our mechanical knowledge, some of us helped guys with the knowledge
and learned from them. Some of us just watched experienced guys and asked
questions. But to say it could be a big mistake to restore the first car and
not really take pride in it,---------is like hating a tool because you don't
know how to use it.
You also say you acquired most of your
knowledge of Mopars working on that first car. Does that mean you regret your
knowledge? How did you expect to get that knowledge, buy tearing someone else
car apart and learning on their
car?
Ron Allyn Swartley
PS. If I couldn't swim and I jumped in the river and
I almost drowned ------------does that make the river a bad
place?????
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