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34_40
HA HA HA!! Painting nudes.. yeah, right!! Playing music? Yeah, I HAD TO get me a Gibson! Then I HAD TO have the Fender amp, then there's lessons and the list goes on!! :eek::LOL:
It's a curse that we suffer from, being creative and having the desire to create something from nothing..:cool:
In my case, I assembled mine beginning in the shop at the farm with simple hand tools, then as the jobs moved the car went too. Even less tools and even smaller shops then garages.. Is mine a show car? Nope, not by any stretch of an imagination, but I did it all and am proud of what I accomplished so far. I already want to repaint it! I am re-doing the motor / trans this winter, and I'm going to do some more to the interior. I'll make it a little bit better, and I'm sure it'll get "re-done" some more next winter too!
My uncle says I should've assembled it with wing nuts as I'm always taking it back apart! LOL.. :LOL:
A lot of things I had never done before but read some books and talked to other folks and planned the work to get it done. Sometime with mixed results but that's the way for a DIY'er.. On the job training has a price and it can be steep sometimes. But I didn't have / don't have a real need for a bunch of expensive tools / equipment for 1 or 2 projects.
HMmm.. looks like Dave & I were typing at the same time! :-)