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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: David CVX-16 on October 26, 2023, 09:26:52 AM

Title: Restoring Cars From The Ground Up Takes Many Hours, Just As It Does With Boats
Post by: David CVX-16 on October 26, 2023, 09:26:52 AM

Not my car, but the pictures alone remind you of the hundreds of hours to disassemble a car, clean the parts, and put them back together again.

Title: Re: Restoring Cars From The Ground Up Takes Many Hours, Just As It Does With Boats
Post by: Hyperacme on October 26, 2023, 05:16:07 PM

What make / brand is that ?  Mercury ?

Title: Re: Restoring Cars From The Ground Up Takes Many Hours, Just As It Does With Boats
Post by: David CVX-16 on October 26, 2023, 06:07:53 PM

1959 Dodge Coronet

Title: Re: Restoring Cars From The Ground Up Takes Many Hours, Just As It Does With Boats
Post by: Glastronjohn18 on October 26, 2023, 06:13:58 PM

Beautiful Dodge.  I  know what you mean. Been there, done that.


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Title: Re: Restoring Cars From The Ground Up Takes Many Hours, Just As It Does With Boats
Post by: David CVX-16 on October 26, 2023, 06:17:48 PM

Gregg, a Mercury restoration would look like this:

Title: Re: Restoring Cars From The Ground Up Takes Many Hours, Just As It Does With Boats
Post by: David CVX-16 on October 26, 2023, 06:22:13 PM

Glastronjohn, that GT 350 Mustang was worth saving. What would be your estimate of the hours and dollars spent on the restoration?

Title: Re: Restoring Cars From The Ground Up Takes Many Hours, Just As It Does With Boats
Post by: Hyperacme on October 26, 2023, 07:44:35 PM

OLD Mustang fastback are cool even the non Shelby versions

Title: Re: Restoring Cars From The Ground Up Takes Many Hours, Just As It Does With Boats
Post by: Glastronjohn18 on October 27, 2023, 12:21:47 PM

Dave, the resto was done over a period of 3 years. I was driving over the road than so I didn't have a lot of time home. I had the body work done by Chuck Gross who worked at a local Ford dealer when these cars were new. He had a good contact for parts so all body parts were NOS Ford except for the trunk lid which was salvaged from a '65 'stang. I took an evening class for  "engine machine shop" to prep the 289 and a friend and I assembled it in his garage. The rest of the mechanicals and detail I did myself. Never did figure the time it took but the receipts totaled $11,000 in '79 dollars. That didn't include the $800 I paid for it in "75. 

P.S. Very nice '56 Turnpike Cruiser. That was the show car powered by a 312 with dual 4 BBLs. The production model was built in '57 and '58. '57s and '58's came with a 368ci and a single 4bbl. '58 also saw an optional 430ci with single 4bbl (360hp) or a 6 pack (400hp)

Gregg, You are right any of the old Mustang Fastbacks are COOL.

Title: Re: Restoring Cars From The Ground Up Takes Many Hours, Just As It Does With Boats
Post by: Hyperacme on October 27, 2023, 12:57:57 PM

LOL .. the front bumper is insane ...  :o

Title: Re: Restoring Cars From The Ground Up Takes Many Hours, Just As It Does With Boats
Post by: thedeuceman on October 27, 2023, 01:40:45 PM

Not quite as vintage, but this was a ground up restoration done in 1984Ish
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Title: Re: Restoring Cars From The Ground Up Takes Many Hours, Just As It Does With Boats
Post by: ford-bldr on November 03, 2023, 08:03:15 AM

YEP!

Been there done that too!

  https://www.supermotors.net/users/Snakoil

  Boats are really my true passion ever since I can remember...

Title: Re: Restoring Cars From The Ground Up Takes Many Hours, Just As It Does With Boats
Post by: melinprov on November 04, 2023, 05:30:44 PM

Yep