No young buck.... it isn't the first and it's not thge last . I'm confused as to why you're confused ...
I'm out ....
I used to respect you Dave, unfortunetly I'm just tired of people who have nothing better to do then have opinions about everyone else's cars.
I'm sorry that it is your opinion that my efforts are not worthy of some special showcase, my cars aren't survivors, or even interesting really, they aren't special.
Luckily I'm not ego centric and don't need that ego constantly stroked.
Do whatever you like Dave, be miserable, be happy, have your little clique of special c bodies and c body people.
I've pretty much had enough of offering help to people on this forum and being completely ignored like I don't even exist.
I offer cars for parts and people expect me to either give the stuff away or give them the best of what I have, I'm sure if they just dropped 800 on two cars and spent 5 hours each direction for 2 trips through the city, they maybe would want to maybe keep a few nice parts for Thier own cars.
I work anywhere from 10-14 hours a day to get paid 6-10 hours average, I make sure my bills and my wife's bills are paid, this is a hobby and nothing else, it is meant to be pleasurable.
Unfortunately because I can't swing to get things to the standards of others you seem to take serious offense to anyone suggesting this car might be of special status.
I was quite proud of the fact I basically cut every single mountjbg point fir the stub off this car and managed to put them all back 100% square do the stub fit as intended.
I thought that was something to be proud of as an amateur whose been teaching himself as he goes.
I was never taught to fabricate, I was never taught to weld. Instead I bought the equipment and forced myself to make it work. Throughout this and my other cars I've had very limited help, I've done 95% of it by myself, like an idiot I've had to figure out how to lift hoods, fenders, doors, stubs, diffs, trans etc myself, how to hold things in place and square myself etc.
I don't post the photos and such for Atta boys, I instead am only chronicling my journey to prove that few cars are unrestorable, many are worthy of a second chance, and that you don't need a million dollar facility or endless funds to restore an old gold shitbox.
I guess. My time here is done.
Nick