So Tell Me What Went Wrong

My interest for working on cars is fading fast. My goal is to clean house in 12 to 18 months. I have twin cars stashed away (off site) that needs only hardcore exterior paint and bodywork. I may get some joy banging out some dents, sanding and spraying. They were supposed to be started on 4 years ago, completed by fall last year for the kids to have for their last year of high school and college but not a dam thing has advanced.
For most people, having indoor storage for a few cars and free would be a dream, but for me it just made me too lazy to get to it and being sick and hospitalized several times hasn’t helped at all. I’m way behind selling off 4 or 5 vehicles that I was wishing for this spring to happen. Only now is a little bit happening and that’s being hampered by the heat that moved in.

About 5 yrs back I squirreled away all the supplies needed for bodywork and painting 2 cars. I have 5 milk crates full of sandpaper packs and rolls, 4 gals of paint, cans of reducer, epoxy primer, a variety of materials and supplies for leading in, masking paper, plastic liner, tack cloths, compounds. Painters tape is the only thing I wanted fresh when ready.
 
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So this mess is at most 10% of what I have in products. Below are cases of everything you see on the shelves plus. Probably at least 10 different oil weights and over 100 quarts.

I’ve hoarded for years NOS Corvette parts people wish they could get like correct original rag joints, main seals, numbers and correct markings for hoses, filters, bolts, electrical parts, belts ect - ect.

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Rich, use a 1/4" ID hose to siphon the coolant out of the radiator.
Then you can avoid dealing with that petcock.
 
Good idea. But I picked up one of the only remaining truely good radiator flushes since I have no idea when it was done last or how old the coolant is. Guess I’ll have to replace the lower radiator hose.
 
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