Anyone have others? Obviously, we all need the basics...these are general use items that I found to be invaluable...

1) Very fine (00) steel wool...polish, remove overspray from wiring/whatever
2) SimiChrome metal polish - this stuff rocks...thanks Pat
3) liquid Glycerin - good for old rubber
4) Dremel with wire wheel...at a slow speed, it made quick work of my fog grills...they were nasty! I had no idea there was chrome under there
5) Bench grinder - clean rust off old bolts, skin off knuckles, etc
6) Simple green - nice mild degreaser/cleaner
7) Por15 Metal Ready...used this stuff wherever I saw rust and followed with paint
8) brake cleaner...great for removing old butyl



On a side note, I should be cranking up the car for the first time this weekend...just waiting on the Por15 tank sealer to dry! Wish me luck

My top restoration tools:
Metric sockets 8mm - 17mm
Metric wrenches 8mm - 17mm
8mm triple square
Metric allen keys, including 17mm

With those basic tools, you can remove or replace just about every bolt on these cars.

Zach

I definitely agree with the metric allen keys. I recently bought 2 sets of 3/8" drive metric allen keys (short and long) from Harbor Freight (on sale) with the 'ball' ends. They come in really handy for door screws, especially the inside bolt for the exterior door handle.

BTW, we ARE talking about 914's (rust's best friend!) ... a MIG welder!