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17 months later, my restoration is done

Posted February 19, 201312 yr

Thanks for all the info on this site, it has been of great value and assistance through this project. I bought this car as a '73 with a suppsoed 24,000 original miles, and rapidly found out that was absolutely not the case, yes, I'm sure you're as shocked as I was. Anyway I could not leave it alone so I built the car I wanted to. I'm happy how it turned out.

Here is a shot when I bought the car. Pretty, eh?

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February 19, 201312 yr

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Hmmm..what's this? This is gonna be expsneive...

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February 19, 201312 yr

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Nothing that 17 months and a whole lot of money can't fix.

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February 19, 201312 yr

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Interior was nice...maybe it really did have 24,00 miles...sure wasn't the original motor.

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February 19, 201312 yr

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This only a few of the in process pics, obviously I have literally 100's more.

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February 19, 201312 yr

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That looks fantastic! 17 months is record time for these old cars.

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February 19, 201312 yr

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I would have been done at least six months earlier but for the engine shop dragging their heels. Grannyknot is literally setting a land speed record for his body work, and it is more involved than mine.

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February 19, 201312 yr

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Beautiful! The engine bay is stunning. You must feel pretty good.

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February 20, 201312 yr

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An outstanding effort and beautiful attention to detail. Congratulations.

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February 20, 201312 yr

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Jim you might not recall but when I was getting this off the ground you sent me your spreadsheet...to which I reviewed the numbers and promptly threw away along with all fiscal responsibility. I am very thrilled with the result...I also have a set of 200 mile original hub caps, the ones in the pics above are original to my car and quite beat. Everything works, I sourced every NOS part I could, the bumpers were redone locally here in Vancouver at great expense, basically I think I would recover about 50% of each dollar spent, and I did all the assembly myself, but had a restorer do the body work, and he did an amazing job. Engine was done through by a local shop, every suspension bit was blasted and power coated, basically I went way too far now I am scared to drive it! Time to find a driver...but the reality is I'm now looking for the ultimate sedan; an '88 BMW M5, Canadian version, with black interior. I found a US import but I'm holding out....