Muchos gracias Frank!
I need all the help I can get with locating suppliers of quality parts, especially hardware at this point. The one thing that really bothered me was the fact that every one of the fender clips installed was already in an advanced stage of rust, or on it's way. Do you know of anyone that may sell these type of clips in a rust proof material?
I'm by no means a restoration professional, but as an amateur, I'd still hate to go through all the hours and bucks required to do a decent restoration only to have it ruined in a few years by cheap fasteners.
I'd like to stay fairly close to original, but I'm not shooting for a concours type all original restoration. Bolt finish is not terribly important for me, provided they don't corrode or break in two.
I've decided not to try and paint the car all by my lonesome. A wise decision on my part as patience is definitely not one of my virtues. I've been having an incredibly hard time finding a first class, much less competent painter down here. At this point, I've pretty much decided on sending the car to someone...somewhere...at some point to do the paint and body work. I've called a couple of out of town shops only to be told that they have a 2 to 3 year waiting list.
For now, I've got the tub connected to my home made rotisserie, which still needs a little modification, and it will be soda blasted in the next couple of weeks. I do intend on spraying an epoxy primer on it until it can get to someone to paint.
If you have any suggestions with regard to my paint/restoration problems, please email me at
taberconstruction@mac.com