First, expect to spend more on a restoration than you originally thought.
#1 Take a lot of photos. (This helps greatly with reassembling)
#2 Label all parts
#3 Bag all nuts, bolts, screws and label.
#4 Eliminate any and all Bondo
#5 Avoid parts suppliers like JC Whitney.
#6 Check out a place called "YearOne" on the net.
#7 Join your local Chevy club.
Lots of other tips for the asking. I've restored 6 cars in the last ten years.
How does one "eliminate" Bondo?
Thanks! I am anxiously awaiting the weather to get better here, but in the meantime, I've been examining the interior.
The is some surface rust on the interior trim, which should be fairly easy to take care of. But if/when I do that, I will do it all at once.
Probably take it all out, clean it up good and take it to a good paint shop for a baked on enamel of some sort.
The trunk has alot of rust. Also, there are small holes in the fender in front of the rear wheels. I can do engine stuff but never did any body work.
I'm not looking to totally trick it out, just get it to look and drive fine. It's a warm-Sunday-afternoon-at-the-beach car.
Really, what politicalwit said.
Also, don’t get cute with it. Keep it 100% original.