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Welcome from another old fart with a Model A!

Rich

Originally Posted by RichB

Welcome from another old fart with a Model A!

Rich

Thanks, Rich. I've been looking through your build...very impressive. I wish I had the tools and the skills you do! My experience with body work is pretty minimal. My youngest son and I rebuilt the rear fender and quarter panel on an old Mazda Protege that he wanted to drive. His older brother got rear-ended by a hit and run driver...one week after my wife put the car on liability only...grrr! We got it back on the road, though it wasn't too pretty. I hope to do better on the A, but I'm still feeling like a rookie when it comes to body work. I've been turning wrenches since elementary school, so I'm not so scared of the mechanical part. My uncle taught me to weld before I was in junior high, so I'm better than your average hobby welder, I reckon.

Most of the stuff I've worked on was because I hate to pay someone else to do something I think I can do myself. Sometimes that has probably cost more than farming it out, but the educational value was priceless.

I plan to go through your entire build, likely several times, before I get to far into my restart, so I can borrow some of your ideas. Thanks for posting all those pictures! It should help a bunch!