Thanks, Gary. Now I just have to put in a bunch of extra hours at work to keep him supplied with parts and pay for his time. But in the long run, it will be worth it.

 

It will be worth it!

I've had a similar "Uh oh" moment when my guy asked for the cab and radiator support mounts and hardware. At that point I realized that I had a big pile of "stuff" that I'd not looked at in a year, and something in the back of my mind was going "uh oh". Sure enough, I had 1.6 sets of mounts, which was very confusing. And I had 1.75 sets of hardware, with some metric and some SAE. I turned to the catalog and after lots of head scratching finally worked out what was needed and documented it. So, if you have any questions about cab mounts or hardware I can send the documentation.

 

Thanks for that Gary. I lost a year, but now it's back on track, so that's exciting. Sometimes on a project this big, you get discouraged, and having friends to provide encouragement really does help.

 

Lost a year. Let's see, my first paint/body man said it would be done when I got home from Italy in May - of 2013! And it wasn't even in paint, much less done. So, the second guy has redone everything.

 

Well, the other day I got a call I didn't want to get. TC called me and said that the project was not as far along as Rick led him to believe it was, and that it was supposed to be essentially ready for paint, but it needed a bunch more work before that. He was going to work it in, but based on the amount of work left before it's ready for paint, he won't be able to do it. So now I have to bring it home, not much closer to being done than when I took it to Rick 18 months ago. I'm pretty bummed about it. TC was very apologetic about it, but just to big a project for him to work in.

I have some ideas on how to fix some things, and TC has offered to help me make a list of things to do, and ideas how to do them, so it's not the end of the world, but is sure is dissappointing. So that's the news on El Guapo. I'll get some pictures when I pick it up in 2-3 weeks, and get the thread going again.

Slowly, but surely. Very slowly.

 

That's a bummer. And I feel for you.

 

Sorry, Ron. That is sad!

 

Ron, I feel your pain! It seems like there is nothing quick or easy about auto restorations. All the plans at the beginning bear little resemblance to the course of things as they play out in time.

It takes a rare patience and determination (and pocketbook) to see these things through to the end. You'll get there someday! El Guapo is worth it.

We'll still be here munching popcorn in the meantime. (Nevermind, I guess FTE doesn't have the popcorn smiley...)

 

Thanks for the kind words and encouragement. Yes, it's disappointing, but it's not the end of the world. El Guapo wasn't treated badly while it was on this phase of its (mis)adventure, so not to much that I will have to redo. Kind of looking forward to getting it home and getting back to work on it.

 

Don't Give up! its gonna be up and running real soon, I have decided to start my build from the ground up so I hope I take this as a learning experience

 

Well at least it wasn't done shoddily. That would be much worse.

 

Thanks, guys. I'm really disappointed, but at the same time, excited to get it home and be able to get working on it again.

 

Well, after being gone 18 months, El Guapo has arrived home. I really disappointed that it's not anywhere close to done, but at least it's home.

El Guapo arrives home.


El Guapo is home.


So now I have a LOT of work to do.

 

Are you finding another body/paint man? Or doing it yourself?

 

Sucks it was gone for 18 months. Hope you aren't out of too much cash