Hello all, I though I'd start a thread to keep track of my progress and help keep me motivated. It will be a slow build since my work schedule is terrible and there are plenty of other responsibilities to get in the way but the idea is to continually do something to the car even if it's only an hour at a time. I have to say I've been impressed with this forum, having been on other forums of various subject matter I often find people complain about questions people ask more than help. Glad to have found a friendly and helpful community here. Anyway on to the car:
A little background first. This car belonged to my father-in-law, I found it for him in NY almost 10yrs ago. It had 46,000 miles on it at the time and was in very good shape, clean and all original. He drove a Monte Carlo the entire time I knew him and this was his daily driver. It was in great shape but up close you could see signs of it's age and there was some damage on the quarter where an old lady backed into him. He felt bad for her so it didn't get repaired. We'd talked about putting it up for a while and taking care of the body work and giving her a fresh paint job but never got around to it.
Sadly almost 4yrs ago he passed away. He developed cancer and it ran through him like a freight train. He came to a point that he know he wasn't going to make it and told me he want me to have to car so that I can fix it up like we talked about doing. I drove the car to his funeral and it's sat until just recently. It was a year before I got the car and at the time we were getting ready to move then came another child so it sat for much longer than I would have liked. There is still plenty on my plate but I just couldn't let the car sit any longer. Here is a pic of it current state.
A little background first. This car belonged to my father-in-law, I found it for him in NY almost 10yrs ago. It had 46,000 miles on it at the time and was in very good shape, clean and all original. He drove a Monte Carlo the entire time I knew him and this was his daily driver. It was in great shape but up close you could see signs of it's age and there was some damage on the quarter where an old lady backed into him. He felt bad for her so it didn't get repaired. We'd talked about putting it up for a while and taking care of the body work and giving her a fresh paint job but never got around to it.
Sadly almost 4yrs ago he passed away. He developed cancer and it ran through him like a freight train. He came to a point that he know he wasn't going to make it and told me he want me to have to car so that I can fix it up like we talked about doing. I drove the car to his funeral and it's sat until just recently. It was a year before I got the car and at the time we were getting ready to move then came another child so it sat for much longer than I would have liked. There is still plenty on my plate but I just couldn't let the car sit any longer. Here is a pic of it current state.