Old Car Restoration Project

If your thinking about doing an old car restorationmost of them will have some rust. Don't let it
project, you need to make sure that you to youoverwhelm you, the rust is probably the hardest
book work first, learn about the car that you wantthing that you'll deal with during the body restoration
to restore, you should go to the store and buy aof the car, think of is as a challenge, and area that
book about the car that you'd like to restore. Youyou need to learn about, this helps most people get
should know all of the little nuances about thatthought it, because they don't want the car to beat
particular car, this way you'll be less likely to getthem down.
stumped on one area or another of the restorationTake a walk around the car, and look for all of the
project, but always be ready for anything that mightrust spots, as you locate them get out a sharpie and
happen, don't let it upset you, a restoration iscircle 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 torestoration, and it's not frame off.
restore, go to the net and look for the places thatAfter you have circled all of the affected areas, you
sell the parts that you'll need to restore your car, incan begin to determine the best way to fix them,
most cases Year One, and Classic Industries will sellsome of the may have structural steel behind them,
most of the parts that you need, but be ready toin these areas you'll need to be vary careful not to
look in other places also. If you're restoring a Moparcat 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 willmetal off the the structure first, and then worry
never be cheap, for the parts that you can't getabout fixing it later, you'll need the pieces that you
from the shops that I have listed above, for youhave cut out of the car to make templates with.
Mopar guys Stephens Performance is a good place toPut 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 thethat your using to patch the car with, draw around
project down, when your restoring a car for the firstthem, and cut the metal, and place it where you
time you will find rust in the car, it's an old car, andneed it.