Hope they all got ya convinced to take on the restoration Frank, ya have a real nice starting point and it sounds like you have the right connections to get it done right. Do it right and you will have some fun with it, meet some real cool people and be able to get your cash out of it when you tire of it. Now the time you invest in the restoration, well that’s another thing entirely. Chances are that your going to domate that to the next owner, after all this usually ends up a labor of love. These old trucks are like the girl friend you had in high school, the more time you spend with them the deeper in love with them you fall and before you know it, you can’t live with out them in your life.
Mike, about that dog thing, it’s just fitting to have a mutt sitting up in the front seat when ya take her out on the road. I’m just worried about what she’s gonna do to my new upholstery and interior paint that I agonized over for six months.
And yes, we all have those plans to get them on the road that fizzle on us. I’ve completely rebuilt all of the running gear and all of the other mechanicals and thought I would be able to drive her to a few meets this summer even though cosmetically she taint the best looking gal. Ran into my “Brick Wall” and been held up now going on two months trying to get a carburetor that doesn’t dump fuel all over the engine. I made my mind up that I’m simply not driving this unless I can get in and drive it for the day with out having to stop along side the road and work on it to get it home. I scratch built my biplane (Pitts) and flew it from the first flight and for 250 hours more with out ever making any changes, repairs or adjustments to the rigging. Oil changes, Fuel and fun should be all that is necessary when you put a project on the road or in the air from the get go.
Denny Graham
Sandwich, IL
