[asrassoc]

Good morning all.

Spent the past few days getting transport and LTL shipping ready for my new baby. Flying up to meet the seller next week and do paperwork on the purchase and supervise loading.

Looking for some guidance on restoration shops. Would love to fined one close to central Florida. But open to most anywhere.

Definitely want to do right by my new baby.

 

[Israel]

Congratulations, post pics when you can!

 

[awhtx]

Rusty Gillis is in your area. He has posted several threads here showing his restorations. His user name here is rusty428cj as I recall.

 

[subpar63]

AWHTX beat me to it - here's a link to the website

Gillis Performance Restorations (gillisrestorations.com)

John

 

[Israel]

He’s Very respected here,……^^^^^^^

 

[asrassoc]

THANKS for the input all!

 

[WFB470]

As someone else who has a '69 428 CJ car - give plenty of thought to exactly what you want done - and your final vision of where you want to car to end up. It's all too easy to get caught up in the cycle of restoration "correct-ness" and you can easily spend 1000's on tracking down parts with specific date codes... Not saying this is wrong (if it's what you want), but if you're looking for something similiar - you should known that and give instructions accordingily if others are going to do the work on your car.

 

[J_Speegle]

Before you consider a shop consider where your going. Define a goal, be it a specific class, organization, award or what you want to do with the car in its finished form. Use that to help you choose the shop you choose after narrowing the field and talking to some of their customers. Continue to keep your goal in mind as you make your chooses and are faced with challenges during the process. You will have your share. Babysit the car and the progress closely no matter where you take it. Good shops won't mind and will respect your interest.

Good luck with your choices

 

[Israel]

Agreed, after getting quotes you may decide to downscale the restoration and move towards a sunny day, weekend Driver.

 

[asrassoc]

Thanks all.

Completed the purchase yesterday in OH. She's on a transport bound for Tampa. Hopefully late Friday. 🤞

 

[subpar63]

Thanks all.

Completed the purchase yesterday in OH. She's on a transport bound for Tampa. Hopefully late Friday. 🤞

Congratulations!!! Looking forward to pictures of your new car!

John

 

[asrassoc]

She made it to Florida!

Hopefully disassembly starts next week.

 

[subpar63]

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She made it to Florida!

Hopefully disassembly starts next week.
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Indian Fire Red?

That's going to be one fantastic car when you have it all done (pretty nice as it sits now)

Enjoy the hell out of it.

John

 

[asrassoc]

Not sure what the color is on it now. But she will be candyapple red when she's done. Just as she was off of the assembly line.

 

[asrassoc]

Some pics from yesterday's 'discovery session'.

 

[rpm]

Nice. Is your 69 a Q code CJ with an add on shaker, or an R code SCJ?

 

[asrassoc]

R code built for dealer shows. Have some hole in its history i need to fill. Along with the restoration should be fun.

1969 Ford Mustang Mach 1 SportsRoof - Fast Company

 

[subpar63]

R code built for dealer shows. Have some hole in its history i need to fill. Along with the restoration should be fun.

1969 Ford Mustang Mach 1 SportsRoof - Fast Company

What history!! Thanks for sharing that article.

John

 

[asrassoc]

Couple of more pics from todays discoveries.

Driver's side floor pan needs replaced.

 

[J_Speegle]

Couple of more pics from todays discoveries.

Driver's side floor pan needs replaced.

Possibly again since it appears that someone has been in there before given the pop rivets