de coupe said:
I am in the process of restoring a coupe And I did want to take a survey on the work it takes, in the process and want to see want I can look forward too. So minus the cost of parts and the trouble finding some parts. Just the hands on effort I am speaking of which would you perfer Dis or reassembly. Would you suggest in sending to the pro's "Carl, Don, Peter, etc etc......
Taking the car apart can go rather quick..taking apart each component after that can be long ,unless your a pro and are very familiar with the mechanical components that make up coupe..you will need to exercise patience,lots of photo documentation, Ziploc bags, lots of lists, to buy list, to go lists, to study lists.how it all goes back etc..
If you know what your doing ..reassembling a vintage car with fresh parts is very rewarding BUT only can be fully appreciated if you got your hands dirty and fingernails full of grease in the disassembly.There's no pleasure without pain !
As far as you doing the restore yourself or sending it out..Well that can only be answered by you after asking yourself all the right questions "You need to know what the right questions are"
Have you done anything like this before?
If you decide to do it alone there's plenty of guys on this board that have done so as well, and can be very valuable source of information and insight,
All the Best
Giorgio