Today was the first drive in the D although a local run down the road & back it was a great feeling to think the resto is now pretty much finished. The few small items to do , refit the door cards , fit the rad scoops , install radio , set up the suspension & wheel alignment, gas the air con, set the emissions, oh ye & give the panels a good clean....Then I intend to put lots of miles on it a turn it into a reliable driver.
The car to say the least was a difficult resto made worse by purchasing an uncomplete car. The electrics threw everything at me, poor connections , pins in wrong locations causing back feeding & all sorts. These faults took up soo much time thankfully everything now works the way it should.
Would I do a resto again
right now Id say No Never , I would advise any newbe wanabe that is reading this & considering purchasing a full blown restoration to think again...and then...think again!! there is nothing glamorous about it. At times it wore my patience thin jobs that would take an hour on a modern car took a full day to get it right, NOTHING is straight forward as many on here will agree. This advice comes from a car mechanic with 26 years experience.
Finally my hat off to Dave (Inox) for taking on this Resto to begin with
...personally I would have run the other way. Daves first fix work to the suspension & chassis was top class everything glavanised & powder coated the main reason why I purchased the car from him.
This will be the last instalment on the resto as the wife has a 1 1/2 years worth of jobs around the house to be done so for now Adios