Quote Originally Posted by adam perth View Post
for sure, when doing a resto, grab the stuff as close as possible to your rebuild, and if a part better suited to your build comes along, grab that too and sell the other one if you have to.

one thing is 4 sure, i would rather spend my saturday night with a heap of blokes doing burnouts and running amuck and a heap of tossers in a shed with a car that never moves talking about numbers / rivits / screws in a with a 6 beer limit.
Bit harsh Adam. Part of a full on resto for me is the challenge of being able to do it to a high standard (pride in workmanship). I think sometimes it is inherent in some peoples nature to strive for perfection. I know when I did my resto I knew very well that I would be driving the car and things in it would be less than perfect after a few years or so. But I still wanted the satisfaction of turning the key on my car for the first time and knowing if I went back to 1971 and bought a brand new one this is how it would have been. I can tell you it was worth the effort I don't think anything can replace the feeling (well maybe one thing). It's not just about driving it but also people being gob smacked about the effort/attention to detail that has gone into it not so much the money for me the usual 4 kids and a mortgage. So I guess it's not about being anal with a resto. I enjoy the aspect of researching, talking to people about what they know, sharing what I know and have uncovered.

I don't like the word anal to describe people who are perfectionists. Can we change the name to something a little more befiiting like enthusiasts.

Cheers Dave

Ps Adam if you are ever up my way you will have to come up for beer one day preferably more than six. You can check out the HZ Sandy that you helped me identify. We spoke on the phone about it some years ago.