I'm loving these posts and trying to learn what I can from them. Hopefully by this time next year I'll have a house, a garage, and an '80s GM G-Body to join in on this. Though, I'll be learning from scratch and won't have near the tool collection you do. Thank God for Youtube how to vids and rental shops though.I'd like to see Shopski become more than just 'lm posts what he did in the garage today'!
Hey, when I got started on this about 6 years ago I didn't even have a toolbox--just a socket set and a canvas bag with a set of Autozone metric wrenches. I think it took me about 3 years before I got to the point where I stopped having to buy some tool before doing a project. I am stoked to hear about your project when you get there. Got any particular G-body in mind? I've got a soft spot for El Caminos myself.
My first choice is an El Camino actually. I had one, for a brief moment when I was younger, that I was hoping to learn cars on. Sadly one thing led to another and I had to sell it to make rent. I still regret that. I think either the Buick Regal or an Olds Cutlass would make a decent second choice. For some reason, people seem to ask a few grand extra for Monte Carlos around here and I don't see why I should pay a premium for one. Though I did see a near mint Aerocoupe going down the highway the other day. That was pretty cool.