| If your thinking about doing an old car restoration | | | | most of them will have some rust. Don't let it |
| project, you need to make sure that you to you | | | | overwhelm you, the rust is probably the hardest |
| book work first, learn about the car that you want | | | | thing that you'll deal with during the body restoration |
| to restore, you should go to the store and buy a | | | | of the car, think of is as a challenge, and area that |
| book about the car that you'd like to restore. You | | | | you need to learn about, this helps most people get |
| should know all of the little nuances about that | | | | thought it, because they don't want the car to beat |
| particular car, this way you'll be less likely to get | | | | them down. |
| stumped on one area or another of the restoration | | | | Take a walk around the car, and look for all of the |
| project, but always be ready for anything that might | | | | rust spots, as you locate them get out a sharpie and |
| happen, don't let it upset you, a restoration is | | | | circle all of them, of course you have already sand |
| supposed to be fun. | | | | blasted the car, well unless your doing a partial |
| When you decide on the car that you'd like to | | | | restoration, and it's not frame off. |
| restore, go to the net and look for the places that | | | | After you have circled all of the affected areas, you |
| sell the parts that you'll need to restore your car, in | | | | can begin to determine the best way to fix them, |
| most cases Year One, and Classic Industries will sell | | | | some of the may have structural steel behind them, |
| most of the parts that you need, but be ready to | | | | in these areas you'll need to be vary careful not to |
| look in other places also. If you're restoring a Mopar | | | | cat out the structure. If the structure is rusted, you'll |
| product you will be looking for some of the parts, | | | | need to cut it out also, but it's best to get the sheet |
| and it won't always be easy to find them, and it will | | | | metal off the the structure first, and then worry |
| never be cheap, for the parts that you can't get | | | | about fixing it later, you'll need the pieces that you |
| from the shops that I have listed above, for you | | | | have cut out of the car to make templates with. |
| Mopar guys Stephens Performance is a good place to | | | | Put the pieces that you have cut out on the top of |
| look. | | | | a piece of cardboard and draw an outline around |
| OK now that we have the parts out of the way, | | | | them, cut them out and place them on the metal |
| let's talk about the other things that will slow the | | | | that your using to patch the car with, draw around |
| project down, when your restoring a car for the first | | | | them, and cut the metal, and place it where you |
| time you will find rust in the car, it's an old car, and | | | | need it. |