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02-24-2009, 01:17 AM
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whats your biggest Resto blunder??
Just figured this would be great way for guys not to make the same mistakes others have already made.
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02-24-2009, 07:59 AM
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Pull the headliner out of a car before you start welding on the roof.
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02-24-2009, 08:55 AM
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Hanging new quarters and not test fitting the rear window trim before painting the car .
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02-24-2009, 11:40 AM
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Oh, that's easy: starting!
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02-24-2009, 12:17 PM
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beat me to it. and in my case, starting one while you're still in college.
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02-24-2009, 01:30 PM
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Wasted $300.00 on cheap junkie sheetmetal. Spend more money and get the good stuff. Lesson learned.
When replacing sheetmetal, measure everything many times. Paul
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02-24-2009, 02:01 PM
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Actually, my biggest blunder is probably still yet to come..lol
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09-22-2009, 07:52 PM
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Latest Blunder - Today
Have been repainting my 68 Goat in my one car garage. Have not started car in the 2 1/2 months that I have been working on it. After the spraying of paint I left car where it was for the color sanding,buffing, interior cleanup, and just general cleanup and detail. I have a sissor jack that makes body work much easier. I have had three back surgery's and the jack enables me to work on rockers and lower area of car without having to bend over to bad.When I though I had finished this weekend I wanted to drive car and show it off because it did turn out beautiful. When I started car it is hard to describe the noise. It sounded like someone trying to beat their way out of a barrel with a sledge hammer.I looked and could not find any reason for it. My first cousin has a first class mechanical repair shop about 8 miles from me. I called him and he said he had a drive on rack free if I wanted to bring car down and work on it myself. I went and got his rollback and carried my car to his shop. To make a long story short, when I jacked car up with sissor jack I had placed the rubber foot on the left side of the trans crossmember instead of the frame and bent it up toward the floor. This mashed the driveshaft and front u-joint up against the floor. Evertime the driveshaft turned over, the u-joint cup would impact the floor.My point is, with me anyway, I am an ongoing blunder. Now I have the car on frame machine and will pull crossmember back in place tomorrow morning.
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02-24-2009, 02:33 PM
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But I always say. You can't finish what you don't start. Need another lifetime though.
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07-13-2012, 01:58 PM
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02-24-2009, 02:01 PM
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believing what the seller is trying to sell you, if buying from a stranger, i would hope that all of us on this forum are the trustworthy types. check EVERYTHING yourself and know what to look for. be well informed. sad but too many guys looking to make a quick buck off you.
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02-24-2009, 02:15 PM
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Getting divorced in the middle of one.
The second mistake was not visiting the shop more often.
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02-24-2009, 02:24 PM
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Biggest screw up
Using Killer chrome.
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02-24-2009, 02:29 PM
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09-12-2009, 09:55 PM
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I would love to know what "killer chrome" is.
Last edited by rememberfireball#22; 09-12-2009 at 09:56 PM. Reason: spelling |
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09-12-2009, 11:54 PM
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Used some on this instrument panel-
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02-24-2009, 03:29 PM
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The biggest blunder that I can remember at this moment is trying to change the positive battery cable at the starter WIHTOUT disconnecting it from the battery first. Fried both cables. There are others I'm sure.
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02-24-2009, 03:41 PM
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One that comes to mind is not test-fitting the rear wheel opening moldings before welding new lower quarters in place.
Another is letting my brother paint the GTO.
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02-24-2009, 09:15 PM
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Let me know if you ever need your car painted,I can do it at work in the paint booth for you. |
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02-24-2009, 09:27 PM
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I restored this '60 Bonneville,here are a few things we did wrong.
1.Didn't set a budget 2.Didn't make a plan as to what and how much we were going to do. 3.Didn't realize the only patch panel made are the rockers. Take plenty of pitchure's and research the car and parts available prior to the restore... |
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