Mark
Your point was very well put. I don't know the restoration history
on any of the cars on this list but I would venture a guess that every
one of them has a different path. Whether it is your first or not is a
moot point. The point of this list is to GET A FWLDLK and don't look back
;-)
By the way, you mentioned Hoodsport which is close to me, are you still
in Wa? I will take the reply offlist.
doug
61 Dodge Phoenix vert
61 Dodge Phoenix 2dr HDTP
"Mark J. Hash" wrote:
I
have to agree and disagree at the same time, with Ron Waters. My
first "restored" car was actually a '64 Chev Impala 4 door hardtop, which
I bought for $300 while a starving college student in the '80s. I
didn't really restore it, but put on an Earl Scheib paint job, new seat
covers, and a fresh 327 to replace the 150,000 mile one, but I had a great
time with it 'till it went bye-bye along with my uncle, who was killed
when we were in an accident in Hoodsport, WA in 1989. Of
course, there was much grief over my uncle, but once I got past that, I
realized I needed another old car to help me recover. I found a '64
SS Impala to replace the earlier one. A few months later, I stumbled
across Mr. Finzzz, and became a Mopar man forever! This '57 Fury
was in an old man's backyard, along with 300 other old cars (including
a '57 Sweptside), and two years later I was finally able to talk him out
of it, and eight years after that I had a driveable car. . . so although
my first car, like Ron's, was when I basically knew nothing, my first real
restoration is still sitting in my garage, being adored every day.
I even got most of my left shoulder tattooed with Mr. Finzzz a few weeks
ago!!! > If us guys with all the cars had
to tell the truth we would have to say we >were at our happiest when we
worked on our first car...
I have to disagree with this. I bought entirely the wrong car
for my first project: a rusted out 59 Dodge 2dr sedan with a 6 cyl and
no options.
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