Edit... Resto mod FIRST DRIVE

[azruss]

Yep, someone may have said that but honestly, you have to set goals even if you miss them and have to set new ones.

I've always taken on projects by diving head first and driving hard until completion. Many times forgoing sleep and working til the wee hours of the morning. I knew that such an approach with a grounds up would be frustrating as i would grow impatient with the progress and start rushing through things. So the only goal I made was to set a block of time each day to work on the car and not worry about hitting progress goal. It worked great because i could now focus on quality and not time spent. It took me 6 years, with each year taking about a month off for vacations or other non-car projects.

[SoFlaFiat]

Let's try with a high resolution....

Nice incentive Andy!
Of course, I wish I could get things done as fast as you but...
And how is it that I have heard nothing about the 69? Four now? Hmmm, it's an addiction!! Get help!! Haha

[toplessexpat]

Good point! Focus is swinging around to the 69 now.... Susie wants it Tiffany Blue!

[DieselSpider]

While goals are nice the overriding objective is to do all this safely and with quality of workmanship.

I work with volunteers and at the onset of every project it is made well known that Safety will be the only goal that will be pursued with 100% unwavering devotion and will not be compromised to meet a budget or time schedule.

Our work area and methods need to be safe along with any modifications we make to the vehicles especially in the steering, suspension, braking, lighting or passenger restraint systems.

[Ptoneill]

While goals are nice the overriding objective is to do all this safely and with quality of workmanship.

I work with volunteers and at the onset of every project it is made well known that Safety will be the only goal that will be pursued with 100% unwavering devotion and will not be compromised to meet a budget or time schedule.

Our work area and methods need to be safe along with any modifications we make to the vehicles especially in the steering, suspension, braking, lighting or passenger restraint systems.

I agree 100%. However it does not help that Mark and others come up with cool new products that make you go back and re-evaluate what you are doing!!! I have so many new parts that I will not need.........

[davery]

While goals are nice the overriding objective is to do all this safely and with quality of workmanship.

I work with volunteers and at the onset of every project it is made well known that Safety will be the only goal that will be pursued with 100% unwavering devotion and will not be compromised to meet a budget or time schedule.

Our work area and methods need to be safe along with any modifications we make to the vehicles especially in the steering, suspension, braking, lighting or passenger restraint systems.

I agree 100%. However it does not help that Mark and others come up with cool new products that make you go back and re-evaluate what you are doing!!! I have so many new parts that I will not need.........

This is true. I was all set to buy Mark's exhaust system and then he started working on a turbo system. Now I'm on hold. I made that mistake with my brakes a few years ago, I'm not making it again.

[SoFlaFiat]

With all this safety talk I removed all the shelving from my garage and everything is for sale! Haha, Not! I did get my two coats of dtm primer blocked out and started final body work. Put it on, sand it off...

[DieselSpider]

With all this safety talk I removed all the shelving from my garage and everything is for sale! Haha, Not! I did get my two coats of dtm primer blocked out and started final body work. Put it on, sand it off...

Just wear your respirator, gloves, goggles etc so you don't absorb or inhale stuff. Driving a Spider is much less fun when there is an oxygen tank in the car and your hosed up and breathing like Darth Vader or your liver is so pickled from absorbing solvents that you can barely work the gearshift.

Lost a good friend last year due to absorbing solvents. Solvents absorbed through the skin killed his liver and they could not find a donor in time. He died choking to death from reverse peristalsis which is a really miserable way to go.

[SoFlaFiat]

Sorry for your loss!

[So Cal Mark]

I spent some time at the Infinity booth today at SEMA, discussing your car. They remember it well and explained their system to me. It certainly looks worthwhile

[csi2000s]

This car is 'fully sick' as the natives in Australia would say. You have done such an amazing job. Your creative approach to the car has me very impressed! It's going to be a very bad ass unique spider when finished!

[SoFlaFiat]

This car is 'fully sick' as the natives in Australia would say. You have done such an amazing job. Your creative approach to the car has me very impressed! It's going to be a very bad ass unique spider when finished!

I like "fully sick" !! Thank you!!
I haven't had much to post but have been plugging away with the body work! I am all about doing this one myself but this will be the last. Next time, someone younger than me can crawl around for hours sanding and filling!! That said, I have it pretty straight and today sprayed the whole thing with urethane primer. Next is off with the hinged stuff and finish all the jambs!

[toplessexpat]

Really getting excited to see this, you're doing an awesome job! Spring Thing looking achievable for 2016?

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[SoFlaFiat]

Ahhh, Andy, I'm going to try my best!!

[SoFlaFiat]

Finally getting the jambs and backs primed. With any luck, I can sand and paint tomorrow!



Takes a lot of tape and paper...



But all the bits are primed...