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Originally Posted by DFRESH
Wow!! Just saw this tonight! Sorry to hear about all of this---
I've lived through this once with the Green 69--it sucked. The good part was exactly what you are getting to do now--address some of the things you wanted to. Take care of the motor and frame stuff---you don't get too many opportunities to have both out of the car at the same time--you can always put suspension under it later (Control arms, spindles, etc). I would take the chance and rewire the front half of the car since you have it apart---upgrade wire diameter where necessary, relays, etc. Make it safe from an electrical standpoint as well. Just watch out--like Greg mentioned--otherwise you can end up with a complete tear down and a couple of years of downtime. Keep scope creep under control---funds usually force this upon us--however credit cards scream their loudest in moments like these. Keep us posted on progress---
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Thanks Doug,
Currently waiting on State Farm's adjuster to inspect, when that happens we'll be able to act vs speculate.
The two front wire looms need to be replaced IMO, I've figured OEM from Classic Ind. or equivalent. All new front and dash looms from American would be nice but I don't have huge electrical demands with a Gen 1 motor, no AC, manual windows, and no radio. Any advice on looms would be appreciated.
If I can get the new frame under it that would be nice, but it's an outside chance at this point. The front of the car was hit at some point in it's life and the sheet metal alignment isn't good. A new core support would be a good starting point as I think it's high on the driver's side........back to that scope creep issue.
No CC charging on this project, last time a ran a credit card up (thanks to a friend's inspiration) was my first and last and that was in '79.