Whether this is your first vintage car restoration or your tenth, each car will present its own problems and challenges. Let’s looks at some ways to make the restoration of your vintage car as painless and enjoyable as possible. The first step in restoration is studying your vintage car. Find out the history of the make and model of your vintage automobile and find out the specifics to your car. Searching websites on vintage car restoration can provide you with instructions on how to perform different restorations on your car. Visiting and joining a local vintage car club can provide you with advice by people that share your love for vintage cars. Take a good look at your car and see what repairs are going to have to be made. Be honest with yourself about what needs to be done and then prioritize the repairs. By putting the repairs in the order that they need to be made will help get them done in a efficient manner. Some cars will need to be completely disassembled in order to restore the antique car to its former beauty. You will need a large sheltered area to protect your vintage car and its parts. A garage or shop works perfectly for this, just make sure that there is plenty of room to move around the car. The first thing you do before you start to disassemble the car is to lie down a large tarp. The tarp will help stop you from loosing any small parts such as nuts or bolts when you are taking the antique car apart. Then set up bins and shelves to put your parts on. The bins are great for putting small parts in and setting on the shelves next to the larger parts that they go with. This will make putting the antique car back together much easier without searching through a pile of parts and wondering where the part you need is. Make sure that you have the tools that you need to take the car apart. Basic hand tools will cover most of the parts that need to be taken apart, but for some parts such as the transmission, you will need specialized tools. The easiest way to take the antique car apart is to take the exterior of the car apart. Carefully take the doors, hood, bumpers, fenders, trunk lid, and grill off. Place the parts in an area where they will not get scratched or dented. Then take off all the lights and smaller car parts. Another way to keep the bolts and nuts that go to these parts is to put them in a zip-lock baggie and tape it to the Category:Home › Home • Will higher gasoline prices mean lower sales for new cars? — part 2 • Will higher gasoline prices mean lower sales for new cars? — part 1 • Should the crew of the Sea Shepherd board whaling ships? • Which makes a better pet: A dog or a cat? — part 13 • Grandparents: Can blogging chronicle your genealogy? • Which makes a better pet: A dog or a cat? — part 12 • Are teachers unions the cause of public school problems today? • Which makes a better pet: A dog or a cat? — part 11
