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Posted by: gandalf_025 Oct 15 2014, 04:53 PM

Sent the car to a body shop a few years ago and the guy ended up being crazier than I could deal with.
I paid the bill up to that point and pulled the car out. It has been sitting in my garage since.

Sent it out to a different place today.. Hope this time it gets done..

I suppose I should be excited about it... But I'm just not feeling it at this point..
All I keep thinking about is the nightmare it is going to be to put back together.

Posted by: sb914 Oct 15 2014, 05:48 PM

QUOTE(gandalf_025 @ Oct 15 2014, 03:53 PM)

Sent the car to a body shop a few years ago and the guy ended up being crazier than I could deal with.
I paid the bill up to that point and pulled the car out. It has been sitting in my garage since.

Sent it out to a different place today.. Hope this time it gets done..

I suppose I should be excited about it... But I'm just not feeling it at this point..
All I keep thinking about is the nightmare it is going to be to put back together.

Posted by: partsman Oct 15 2014, 06:53 PM

QUOTE(gandalf_025 @ Oct 15 2014, 06:53 PM)

Posted by: r_towle Oct 15 2014, 06:57 PM

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More than happy to volunteer to help put it together if you want, but i suspect you will enjoy the process.

Congrats for taking the first step, it's all going to be easier now.

Rich

Posted by: wndsnd Oct 15 2014, 07:09 PM

Extremely happy to see this project moving forward. Just keep thinking about the drive ..

When you see it pretty and shiny the motivation will come.


Good move getting started again

John

Posted by: r_towle Oct 15 2014, 07:12 PM

Now you have room in the garage for THIS


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Posted by: gandalf_025 Oct 16 2014, 05:25 AM

The shop I sent it to is not one of the usual suspects. It is in Natick Ma.
I'm going to hold off mentioning the name of the place till I see how things go for a while.
My mechanic has been talking to the guy and showing him pictures for a few months.
They called him last week saying they were looking for some "Winter Work" I told them I'm in no hurry..
I haven't driven the car since 1988. What is another year or so ??

What it does do, is free up a bay in my garage so I can park inside this winter FINALLY.

Rich.. I have a gravel driveway.. Can you imagine what the dually snowblower would sound like spitting rocks out.

Here are a few more pictures of it outside for the first time in a long while.

Posted by: r_towle Oct 16 2014, 07:12 AM

They work fin on gravel, you just raise it up a bit, leave an inch or so for the first few storms then it freezes.
From the point, it's smooth sailing till march.

I figured with the extra space, and your unique wind patterns, a snow blower might be a good investment, and not just any snowblower, you need one that shoots 100 feet to get it far enough away so it won't blow back....like last year.

Posted by: wndsnd Oct 16 2014, 05:23 PM

Is it done yet?

If not I will check in again tomorrow... k

John