John same, save money where ever I can, we have not had cable vision for
over 2 yrs. I even dropped my internet down to basic :)
I have access to a BMW body man and I'm still thinking of painting her
myself. 1 for the cost and 2 for the honour.
It would be interesting.
Thanks for the tips and encouragement.
A.
> I hole hardely agree with Terry! I'm one of the cheapest Son's of a
> Bi%$^( I know. I don't spend any change except a penny. At the end
> of the day, all my change goes into a set of coin holders that holds a
> roll each of pennys, nickels, dimes, and quarters. I end up with
> about $100 every 3 months this way. When I do the laundry (instead of
> my wife doing it) and I find any money in the pockets of any of the
> clothes, IT'S MINE! That goes into a box with my rolled coins.
>
> Unfortunately, I don't have a real clothes budget. But when I wear out
> a "good" pair of pants (jeans, slacks, shorts, etc) - the pockets get
> frayed, or I get a hole in them, they become shop pants. Especially
> the jeans. Then when I blow out the knees in them, I cut them off and
> have shop shorts for the hot weather. Same for T shirts and shirts.
> I even recycle my paper towels. After I use them, I through them into a
> bucket in the shop. Then when I need to clean out a greasy, oily pan
> I use my used paper towels vis new ones.
>
> Andre Rousseau, you didn't say weither you had a compressor or not. If
> not, start saving your money and buy one - a good one - nothing less than
> a 5hp (220V) 30 gal. accumulator. Then you can practice you painting on
> all your parts and body. A paint job is labor intensive and a good one
> on a car that is being totally restored will cost in the neighbor hood of
> $5,000 US. You can do it yourself, if you learn to do the body work for
> about $1,000, excluding the compressor and paint gun.
>
> BTW, if anyone is interested, I've been working on an article on media
> plasting and I cover purchasing a compressor. If anyone is interested in
> a PDF (adobie acrobat reader required) version, let me know and I'll email
> you a copy of the article.
>
> I buy my tools against a job. It took me 2 years to save $1,000 for my
> MIG welder, but it would have cost me at least that much to have the
> welding done and now I have a welder!
>
> Good luck with you project, and don't let it get you down. Take your time,
> and as you pointed out, take everything apart and rehad it.
>
> John
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Andre Rousseau - Ottawa Canada
1968 Triumph GT6 MK I
http://www.justdrive.ca/
andrer@mac.com
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