Hi Jim, Mike & everybody else. I have to admit I have been away from this forum for too long, but I have good reason. My middle son Aaron (16) and I have done a complete frame off restoration on a 78 corvette. I have posted about 700 photos on my personal website of the progress spanning almost 2 years. Literally every bolt and rivet has been removed and or replaced. 12 layers of previous paint jobs removed, the frame was acid dipped & epoxy painted. And we were just getting started. This car is going to be gifted to him when he finishes college. It is one of those father son things that we will never forget. So you can see that I have been very busy. Thank God that the benzes have held up and not needed much attention. Vette is done and now its time to catch up.
Check out the Vette:
http://www.davidpetryk.net/
I just acquired a 91 560sel with only 85k in beautiful condition. Literally show room condition inside and out. But it needs all the usual stuff. Weeping & leaking hydraulics, motor mounts, timing chain + plastic parts etc. The good thing is that I installed a 2 post lift and now I dont have to break my back working on these things. The transmission is the wrong one and is showing signs of sickness and So I will rebuild it. I have a spare ready to install that I rebuilt about 4 years ago.
I plan to post a thread named "follow allong as I rebuild the transmission myself" with lotsa pictures. Its easy to do and I think alot of the members would find it very interesting. Be watching for that one. I'm glad to be back.