I'm doing a total resto on my 86 Cutlass Salon with T-Tops. It's my first resto. I've been a car audio guy for years, so the customization comes easy to me. The car has a custom speaker box in the trunk for four 12 in. woofers and custom door panels with 1 8in. woofer and 3 sets of 6.5 components in each door. But it doesn't even have an engine yet. I'm all over the place. It's suspension one day engine the next and audio the day after that. Im new to the rest of this stuff, but I'm good with my hands and ssome tools. I took out the engine and transmission myself with no experience. What I'm asking is what order should I go in? Should I start from the bottom and work my way up. Frame first, then suspension, engine next then body work. And finish up with the customization and interior. Gimme some ideas.
I need some direction
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I'd say frame first, then whatever else you'd like, However Engine I'd say it pretty important before the suspension, depending on what you're dropping in if you're doing suspension first your car might sag with the enginer you put in it, or it might look to high.
Pretty sure I'm going with a 455 and th400 transmission. For the suspension I'm planning on air bags.
unless it's a frame off resto, my style is engine and drivetrain first, then suspension, then interior and audio, then paint in that order. I honestly would never dump any money into the audio until it was running and driving in case something unexpected happens
I haven't really spent any money on the audio. Just minor things, but everything I've done can be swapped over to another car in about 30 mins or so. Speaker boxes just pull in and out.
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