Author Topic: What to do... hmmm (Read 1373 times)

The_Dude · « **Reply #50 on:** September, 10, 2010, 07:17:40 AM »

Without looking at your car, I have no idea how bad it really is (though that cowl looks pretty bad), but, as hard as it may be, sometimes you're much better off just to cut your losses and sell the car. Restoring the car could cost you many times what the restored car will be worth.

Dne' · « **Reply #51 on:** September, 10, 2010, 07:21:28 AM »

Kat~ you have a classic Mustang! it's driveable and looks pretty darned good! put the least amount of money into it and enjoy it! It looks good and probably hauls ass! you bought the battery apron, install it! put the fender back on, maybe put a headliner, make the interior look nice! but most of all, enjoy it until better days!! Don't go hog wild in spending money that's not readily available!
dne'

Quote from: Kats66Pny on September, 10, 2010, 07:10:06 AM

Ya'll are forgetting I have no job which means no money to buy a rolling shell or different mustang. Can't get bank loans to buy anything either. I don't even own a credit card. So unless someone here wants to send me a different mustang or a rolling shell for $100 or less... it's out of the question. :lol

Kats66Pny · « **Reply #52 on:** September, 10, 2010, 07:23:27 AM »

I tried selling it a month or so ago? Remember my long thread about wanting taking a hammer to Gertrude because I realized how I got in over my head and I realized that I'm probably not ever going to be able to fix her up the right way and that I had a car dealer guy willing to buy her for 4k and I wanted to buy a 1970 Grande that was restored except for interior for 4k but then the car dealer changed his mind and backed down...

And besides.. it was part of the deal when I got JohnPro's dash cluster.. I can't sell Gertrude now. :lol

cmayna · « **Reply #53 on:** September, 10, 2010, 07:28:51 AM »

I'll send you some of Shag's original carpeting for Gert. Then you will WANT to sell it.

RustyRed · « **Reply #54 on:** September, 10, 2010, 07:29:54 AM »

Quote from: Kats66Pny on September, 10, 2010, 07:23:27 AM

I tried selling it a month or so ago? Remember my long thread about wanting taking a hammer to Gertrude because I realized how I got in over my head and I realized that I'm probably not ever going to be able to fix her up the right way and that I had a car dealer guy willing to buy her for 4k and I wanted to buy a 1970 Grande that was restored except for interior for 4k but then the car dealer changed his mind and backed down...

And besides.. it was part of the deal when I got JohnPro's dash cluster.. I can't sell Gertrude now. :lol

So keep tooling around in her when she's on the road and fix things when you can. Not every car has to be a show car type restoration but fixing the cowl would be something I'd try to figure out how to do.

The fender apron, core support, etc is not bad just time consuming. I started mine on a holiday weekend. Got the front pulled apart and the old metal cut out in a long Saturday's worth of work. I had planned to work on it a lot more that weekend and get it done and the wife said that was ok then proceeded to fill up my Saturday evening, Sunday and Monday with other stuff. I was not a happy camper ....It took me a couple of weeks after that to find the time to weld the new metal in, put the fenders back on, etc, etc. but it did get done.

Dne' · « **Reply #55 on:** September, 10, 2010, 07:32:52 AM »

So, you work within your means, and what your'e capable of, which apparently~ you have skills! Do just like you're doing, but slow down, take your time, above all, enjoy yourself and your achievements! and above all, the commoradory of being on this site and fellow enthusiasts and have fun darnit! :)

guruatbol · « **Reply #56 on:** September, 10, 2010, 07:46:02 AM »

Kat, I was reading my post over, and well, I did not mean it to sound like a butt chewing! sorry.

Um, I did want to make the point that a few others have made, that you can do this, just enjoy it and do it as you can. Just don't skip steps.

If you need to put some sort of interior in your car to enjoy it before you dig into the cowl, then do so, but don't worry about paint until you get the cowl done.

Do all the other body work and do the cowl last.

Have I articulated this right?

Oh, so you know, Blue has had nothing done to him for two or three years that was not free because money for extras dried up! I am being patient and I hope to send some money his way next year!

Mel

Kats66Pny · « **Reply #57 on:** September, 10, 2010, 07:54:10 AM »

That was my plan... which is why I asked in the first place if it matters what order things are done in... should I do body work/rust repairs first before messing with things like redoing suspension, interior, etc and if I'm suppose to start body/rust repairs first, I wanted to do it in sections so I could still keep her on the road, well for the most part. I still want to try to do everything right as best as I can, I just want to do it in sections at a time instead of pulling her all the way apart and end up with a bare shell in my garage for 5yrs.

Which reminds me... one of the guys my husband works with has a daughter who is fixing up a 66 stang. Turns out they have a hood with a scoop (on a straight 6 engine lol) they are planning on changing out to a normal flat hood. Well it was passed on to the guy I have a 66 w/flat hood and want a hood with a scoop. We shall see what happens! :vic

Not to mention, my husband had an interview this past week for a new position opening up within the company. Well he got a call last night saying they picked him for the job! That means a $4/hr raise and a normal day job working in an office from 8-4 instead of his current position in the kiln which is 12hr hard larbor on a rotating shift from 7am to 7am.

guruatbol · « **Reply #58 on:** September, 10, 2010, 07:58:33 AM »

See how things work out?

Um, careful with hoods, when they multiply you just can't get rid of them. Hehehehe I have a flat 65 hood and a non turn signal 68 hood, and just can't get rid of them!

Mel

Kats66Pny · « **Reply #59 on:** September, 10, 2010, 08:17:15 AM »

Well I'm hoping since she has a hood I want and I have one she wants, we'll be able to do a trade and we'll both be happy. Of course I'll have to check out her hood first. I have no idea what condition it's in or what the scoop looks like, how tall, etc. There are certain styles I just don't like!

70 StangMan · « **Reply #60 on:** September, 10, 2010, 08:36:36 AM »

Quote from: Kats66Pny on September, 10, 2010, 08:17:15 AM

I have no idea what condition it's in or what the scoop looks like, how tall, etc. There are certain styles I just don't like!

Why does Kansas suddenly come to mind ?? :)

RustyRed · « **Reply #61 on:** September, 10, 2010, 09:24:53 AM »

When you're on a budget...Craigslist and trading locally are the way to go.

Don't forget also that if you buy a part (either new or used) you can sometimes sell the one you took off.

Example being I bought my C4 off of one guy I know that had the shift kit, higher stall, etc already in it...already had basically all the stuff that I had been planning to add to my bone stock C4. Bought the one with the goodies already installed for about $300 then sold my bone stock one I pulled out for $175 to another local buddy.

AzPete · « **Reply #62 on:** September, 10, 2010, 09:59:18 AM »

Quote from: RustyRed on September, 10, 2010, 09:24:53 AM

Don't forget also that if you buy a part (either new or used) you can sometimes sell the one you took off.

Heck, I did that with the entire car......... :craz

tarafied1 · « **Reply #63 on:** September, 10, 2010, 10:57:27 AM »

Kat,
I know how you must feel. When I was 15 I finally convinced my dad to "let" me buy my first car, a 67 Mustang that was wrecked and rusty. I had saved up money from odd jobs but I was only 15! He knew what I was getting into, I didn't. That car taught me so much. I continued with my current Mustang learning the hard way. Trying to save a lost cause on a tight budget. Well I spent more time and money than a smart person would have but it did get done. Now I'm doing it again!
Anyway, I think we may have scared you. I agree the structural integrity of the car is compromised when they are rusty. But if safety was our true concern we wouldn't drive a fully restored one either. 66 Mustangs don't have ABS brakes, crumple zones, 5mph bumpers, air bags, shoulder harness, collapsible columns, safe fuel cell/tank, etc., etc. You take that into consideration with any hot rod, muscle car or antique car you drive. With that being said, you drive more cautiously but know if you get in an accident the outcome WILL be worse in an old car.
I think you car is too much for you and your hubby to fully restore. Rather than get depressed and sell it, or take it all apart and never get to enjoy it, you should consider what DNE said. Put it back together, fix the things you can when you can and enjoy it. Chances are your not flying around on the freeway at 75 mph but more city driving and it will most likely do that for a long time. You can get a cover that clips onto the cowl vents to prevent leakage and reseal the windsheild as best you can and let the car be what it is. It's not a bad 20 footer and it can be fun. Don't let it get you down! For many years my daily driver was a "beater" old Mustang with holes in the cowl and floors and I lived.

RustyRed · « **Reply #64 on:** September, 10, 2010, 11:46:40 AM »

Quote from: tarafied1 on September, 10, 2010, 10:57:27 AM

66 Mustangs don't have ABS brakes, crumple zones, 5mph bumpers, air bags, shoulder harness, collapsible columns, safe fuel cell/tank, etc., etc. You take that into consideration with any hot rod, muscle car or antique car you drive. With that being said, you drive more cautiously but know if you get in an accident the outcome WILL be worse in an old car.

You're right about that. One of the boys from time to time gets on a kick of wanting the Mustang when he turns 16. I am not against it per say but I told him we'd have to go back through it and build it different with collapse column, seats with a head rest, fuel cell, etc, etc for safety and we'd also have to put a fuel injected motor plus aod in it otherwise the gas would eat him alive.

The other boy wants an '05 Convertible, smart kid, LOL!