jdubois
Jedi Warrior

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I bought this poor thing about three years ago as a barely running junker. While it honestly had so much rot on it that it made no sense for it to be anything but a parts car, I decided I couldn't let it go down and so I foolishly embarked on a full restoration. I really only had one shop anywhere near me that both was willing to take on the body work and that I trusted to do it right. But he unfortunately had years of projects backed up. So I waited patiently and now, about two and a half years after I delivered the body shell and frame to him, he's begun working steadily on it. All new floors, boot floor, inner and outer rockers, rear inner and outer fenders, rear wheel arches, front & rear valances, A post lower repair panels, frame front outriggers, door skins, headlight surrounds, battery box, and bonnet (yes, pretty much the entire bottom half of the car). I had it all sent over by ship from Rimmer Bros for way less money than I expected all that metal would be.
Anyway, it's exciting to have the body work progressing finally, but scary now that I'll have to remember where everything goes after years of it all sitting in boxes. I'm just hoping I took enough disassembly photos! My current question, should I have him finish the frame first, and then build up at least the suspension to bring back to him when the body is finished (obviously we'd wait for all the panels to be welded on before removing the body from the frame again to avoid a warped body!), or just wait for him to finish everything and then somehow get the non-rolling car home on a flatbed?



Anyway, it's exciting to have the body work progressing finally, but scary now that I'll have to remember where everything goes after years of it all sitting in boxes. I'm just hoping I took enough disassembly photos! My current question, should I have him finish the frame first, and then build up at least the suspension to bring back to him when the body is finished (obviously we'd wait for all the panels to be welded on before removing the body from the frame again to avoid a warped body!), or just wait for him to finish everything and then somehow get the non-rolling car home on a flatbed?


