Re: Rescued

Posted by Bob J On 2023/1/3 11:25:05

I know the feeling! Restoring a 17' car in an 18' bay is tricky! I have made the most of vertical space too. I am fortunate to have about a 2' space above the door I could make a shelf for and store a lot of parts up there, as well as use wall space and a beam to hang parts that would not hit me in the head when twisting around the car. I also have a number of parts stored in the basement (read a very cooperative wife!) so that I can at least concentrate on completing sub-assemblies to stick back on the car in the proper order. I also have installed as many wall cabinets as possible so that the stored parts are out of the dust and pollution that working on the other parts creates. The motor is away at a machine shop so all the ancillary parts that go with it are in those cabinets awaiting its return. Hate doing things twice so at least when they are rebuilt they stay that way. Last year when she was broken in two with chassis in one bay and body in the other I invested in some Simonize car covers to allow my other cars to be stored outside in the drive and not be as affected by the elements. That helped a lot. Even this year I have the one car in but with the cover in place she is protected from any effluent given off by my work on the Packard.
I guess I should lose some weight too, that would likely help a lot, but then my wife is such a good cook and baker!
Bob J.