I've come to the conclusion that Sadie's body has way too much rust and I don't have the right equipment, skill, or money to be able to fix it properly. Sure, I can just throw a patch over the holes in the frame rails & torque boxes, etc, but that's not really fixing the problem, nor is it doing any justice to Sadie. And it's gotten to the point where I don't even enjoy working on her because I really can't seen an end to all the rust & repairs that need to be done (the light at the end of the tunnel is a rust hole 
).
But have no fear, I haven't completely given up on her yet.
When I get back from a trip to California at the end of the month, I'll be able to look for a job and start saving some money. We also plan on moving out west (possibly Palmdale, CA) in 2 years.
It's going to be too much of a hassle to take all of Sadie with us and her body is shot anyway. So I'm going to pull the engine & tranny (all things considered, that's one heck of a good engine), and anything else that is good on her that I might need or want. I'll set all that back with all the new parts I still have and junk the body. When I get out west (home of low rust cars
), I'll start looking for a new body to transplant Sadie's engine, tranny, etc into. The engine, driveline, interior, etc doesn't matter; my main concern will be a solid body. It could even be a 6-cyl.
The way I see it, even if I were to do all the work and fix all the rust on her current body, very little would still be the original body anyway. So I'll just be getting her a new body w/o all the work and it's better than totally scrapping her. And to me, she'll still be Sadie.
-Chelle
).But have no fear, I haven't completely given up on her yet.
When I get back from a trip to California at the end of the month, I'll be able to look for a job and start saving some money. We also plan on moving out west (possibly Palmdale, CA) in 2 years.
It's going to be too much of a hassle to take all of Sadie with us and her body is shot anyway. So I'm going to pull the engine & tranny (all things considered, that's one heck of a good engine), and anything else that is good on her that I might need or want. I'll set all that back with all the new parts I still have and junk the body. When I get out west (home of low rust cars
), I'll start looking for a new body to transplant Sadie's engine, tranny, etc into. The engine, driveline, interior, etc doesn't matter; my main concern will be a solid body. It could even be a 6-cyl. The way I see it, even if I were to do all the work and fix all the rust on her current body, very little would still be the original body anyway. So I'll just be getting her a new body w/o all the work and it's better than totally scrapping her. And to me, she'll still be Sadie.
-Chelle
LOL
