[69goatboy]

I need some advice as to what should be next in line for my resto-mod for my 69 goat.

1.) Bodywork and paint?
2.) Powertrain?
3.) Interior?

As it sits, the suspension is done, the brakes (sans booster & mc) will be done shortly, the rust monster has been exorcised, frame painted (frame on re-do). It's essentially a rolling shell with the doors on. The paint and body work are of a decent driver quality. With a buff job, it would be a nice looking 10 footer.

I was leaning towards getting the engine done, but I'm weary of letting an expensive engine sit in the corner until I get the other stuff done.

I'm weary of getting the body work done before the engine because of potentially damaging the fresh paint while I try to finish everything else. Really, the only issue with the current body work is a quarter that someone replaced at some point may need a little more massaging, that and the color.

No numbers match whatsoever on this car, so originality is way out the window. My build, hopefully, will just be a good-looking, good-performing, nice-day to drive to work on Friday type car, if you all get my meaning. Not into shows or races. More of a local root-beer stand cruise night or Saturday night at a buddies house kind of guy.

What would you guys do at this point? Would I regret doing it a certain way? This is my first build, so please be nice.

Thanks

[webfoot]

Personally I would do powertrain, paint, then interior.

[68gtoMN]

Do engine now, enjoy driving it. fix the rest as time/$ allow...

[nh68gto]

I to would do the powertrain first.

[69goatboy]

Thanks guys.

That's what I was leaning towards, but every build that you see on TV (yeah, I know ) or in a mag seems to do the body and paint first and it got me wondering why.

[Keith Seymore]

Originally Posted by webfoot

Personally I would do powertrain, paint, then interior.

Agree.

The reason I say this is because when I redid my truck I did the interior before I was done with the paint. It was a bit tricky keeping the interior from getting messed up while doing the nasty bodywork, or while painting the details like door jambs and exposed interior metal (bottom of dash, etc).

K

[nh68gto]

My interior still looks like crap, but... I am over it. I am still working on getting the suspension how I want it, then posi unit, ST-10 re-build and cam.

Unfortunately in a vert. the interior is a lot more visible, again... I am over it.

[marauder]

yeah, work on the drivetrain....I already put a couple scratches in my new paint from working on various projects.