Exactly. I had Haggerty insurance on it while it was under construction and it would have been much more merciful had that $#%#$$#$ painter sold it from underneath me.

I talked to one of the lawyers back there who is involved in one of the other lawsuits. He said it would cost me only $500 and I would most likely get a judgement in only a month or two because of all the other cases. But he also said it would be a symbolic waste of money. I would be in line behind all the other judgements (NONE that have seen any $$$) and the lawyer is certain the painter will not be getting out of this latest foreclosure. The Sheriff's sale is set for 12/5. Because his shop is on that property, he will also be losing his place of business. Thus bankruptcy will be following right behind.

Passport will be delivering my Firebird this coming Tuesday. Besides many of you here, the Passport driver has been very encouraging as he owned a '68 Firebird at one time and so has my brother who has had a lot of struggles with his '64 Valiant convertible. I am also actively seeking part time employment to cover the costs of this renewed undertaking.

I have also decided to mentally start over. I have created a new spreadsheet and a new electronic journal. I am going to act, as best as I can, as thought I just picked up a new project car from a friend (thus my familiarity with the car) that has neglected it for a while. There are still some major "go/no go" gates. The part time job is probably the biggest because I just do not want to take the substantial new hit out of our investments to finish the car. Remember - my expectations were the car would arrive here DONE and I all had to do was install the interior. I am so far away from that now that is is truly heart breaking. But I am willing to take this challenge on under a few conditions.