Worth saving?

[oldskoolcat]

I bet you did not need this forum, just your daughter's reaction to be glad you kept it all these years. Measure your success in the fun you have working on it, still lots of possiblities as noted above.

If the parts dealer is still around why not mail him a bunch of receipts from competitors when you get a little farther down the road, as a thank you for his encouragement when you were younger ? Too bad you let him color your thoughts for so long, but also shows how an ignorant comment can have impact. I might have felt the same getting feedback from an "expert" as a younger person but the older I get the more I reallize a lot of know-it-alls actually know very little.

You hit the nail on the head about how negative comments can have effects for a long time. He's still in business and I am sure anyone from western Canada would know who I am talking about.

And you are totally right too about not needing this forum to be glad I kept it! I have always known it was something I did not want to part with, and the reaction of my daughter was something that made me realize I needed to actually work on it, and the know-it-all parts guy was wrong!

Thanks for the info on the parts, norcalal, I'll touch base with you at some point in the future. Thanks!

 

[Steve_Mack_CT]

Excellent oldskoolcat! You will want this forum for your project though! I was away from the forum for 5 -6 years having been between Model As - but it is still the best tool in my tool set!!