Sundays......

[eldubb440]

Forget green, you need to paint it silver (my favorite colour) It will really pop with the black vinyl roof and stripe.

I might do the AMX in silver; it has a maroon interior....... I like silver

by 1985 standards, my car was a little rougher than most........ but my vinyl top was perfect. It pained me to peel it up...... It's amazing how nice my "rough" GTX is now by current standards

working on a lot of B's; I've come to appreciate things like a solid roof, a dutchman that is 98% there, and a cowl panel without any bent "slots"

 

[68BabyBlue]

I might do the AMX in silver; it has a maroon interior....... I like silver

by 1985 standards, my car was a little rougher than most........ but my vinyl top was perfect. It pained me to peel it up...... It's amazing how nice my "rough" GTX is now by current standards

working on a lot of B's; I've come to appreciate things like a solid roof, a dutchman that is 98% there, and a cowl panel without any bent "slots"

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Interesting to see northern cars that weren't perfect back in the day actually having better structures than what seems to come available in desert areas in present day. Keeping them indoors after they were no longer daily driven seems to be a huge factor. All my cars have had near perfect dutchman panels and window channels, even though they had the standard rot at the bottom. Garage history was what they had in common.

 

[eldubb440]

Interesting to see northern cars that weren't perfect back in the day actually having better structures than what seems to come available in desert areas in present day. Keeping them indoors after they were no longer daily driven seems to be a huge factor. All my cars have had near perfect dutchman panels and window channels, even though they had the standard rot at the bottom. Garage history was what they had in common.

I built my shop late 1997, it's been here since then....... the prior 8 years seemed like an eternity at the time......

I had traded the car to my buddy in 1990, who stuffed it into his mother's garage; By 1993 I had it back.

I then took it to a horse farm I had a connection to......

it lived in a dry corner of a huge barn (with the other thoroughbreds ) until my shop was completed.

 

[eldubb440]

I cringe when I see cars outdoors covered with a tarp ....... it's probably the worst thing someone can do

it traps moisture and becomes almost a greenhouse

it's best to use a tarp as a canopy, or don't bother

 

[moparwacko]

I have a new appreciation for all the hard work you do Dubb. With the D100 nearing completion I'm literally about worn out. With just the sanding/buffing/polishing step left, it is quite a process!
Just one question- does the GTX have to be green?






Oh, and as a side note: the Bee I'm chasing IS a real A12.
With a couple blue tarps directly on it.

 

[eldubb440]

I have a new appreciation for all the hard work you do Dubb.

 

[eldubb440]

I should have listened to my mother

 

[F4R/T]

But then you wouldn’t have had all the fun, if you listened!

 

[eldubb440]

But then you wouldn’t have had all the fun, if you listened!

what if...... I suppose we will never know

I could have been in the wrong place at the wrong time; therefore, no regrets

 

[68BabyBlue]

I should have listened to my mother

I tried that for a while when I got out of high school. Mom wanted me to be a doctor, so I majored in pre-med, and washed out. Seven GTXs later, I think it worked out okay.

 

[eldubb440]

I tried that for a while when I got out of high school. Mom wanted me to be a doctor, so I majored in pre-med, and washed out. Seven GTXs later, I think it worked out okay.

my go to is......

I could have been a major success; with an office on the 84th floor of the World Trade Center

I think I'm much better off right where I'm at

 

[68BabyBlue]

my go to is......

I could have been a major success; with an office on the 84th floor of the World Trade Center

I think I'm much better off right where I'm at

I finally made the decision to go to law school, after sitting on my LSAT score for two years, when the guy who took a load I turned down was killed in a multi vehicle pile up on I-80. Years later, when I bought the fifth GTX, my buddy Bob missed the plane on our flight to Iowa. The whole trip I was waiting to see if I'd end up like Buddy Holly in the corn field. Having made it this far, I think the "what ifs" have worked out on the good side.