I have a few questions about where to start on a restoration for my 68 350 convertible. This car was my mother's and she bought the car in the mid 80's from the originally owner it has 82,000 miles. It was painted in the late 80's Autumn Bronze and the paint is starting to fade.
I am replacing the carpet, door panel and re-upholstering the seats this winter.
The car runs fairly well and I have been thinking about converting the drum brake to disc brakes and upgrading to 15" Crager SS wheels (currently have steel wheels with hubcaps). I would like to get the engine repainted, rebuild the carburetor, possible installing headers and a new exhaust, and updating the suspension.
My question is I will be selling my motorcycle in the spring and hopefully I will get around $5,000. Where should I start. The end goal is to have a nice daily driving car.
Restos come in many many ways, rolling resto's where you do some little things, and full on rotissery restos.. Sounds like you wanna take it slow, which is what I do!
I would start at the suspension & carb rebuild, as this will improve your ride. Then the headers & exhaust. Of you have money left, then perhaps painting the car or engine. But if you're gonna paint the engine properly, it should come out, and you wouldn't wanna take out an engine just for paint would you? You might wanna ask yourself why you need discs. That would be a bit lower on my list, unless your drums are in very poor shape, since it is quite expensive and in most not really necessairy. You can always convert to discs later.
