From: Gary Nafziger <naffy@netins.net>
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>any thoughts from the group about record keeping while doing a restoration?
>I am experimenting with a spreadsheet used to list all parts i will need.
>One could list the part and in various columns, enter prices from various
>suppliers.....then easily compare costs. totals ect.
Yes. I did that for my initial buy of part for the Europa. I expect that I
will do that for the TR4 real soon now, but the TR4 needs a lot less than
the Lotus needed...
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>Also am wondering about some kind of journal to keep track of experiences
>thoughts and happenings.
If you are truly masochistic, I can send you the compiled articles about my
Europa I did for several years for the autocross newsletter I edited for ten
years.
>Do people try to keep track of hours worked?? or
>is it too depressing to add up ALL the costs of a restoration??LOL
I'm crazy, but I am not THAT crazy.
>I have taken some photo's but sometimes find that I get going taking things
>off/apart without making adequate records.......ideas??
Shoot it.
Tag it.
Bag it.
In the span of over a year I had the body off the Europa, I only lost one
part. Brain fade at disassembly time.
I put parts in baggies with small pieces of paper written on with pencil. I
took photos at various times. Really helped at reassembly time.
Also, SAVE EVERYTHING. Including bolts you know you will not re-use. It is
easier to get new ones later if you save the old nasty ones. In one case, I
had two Europa rear-gearbox-mount bolts in a baggy with a note: "Get new
ones 1/2" longer". Worked very well.
Phil Ethier Saint Paul Minnesota USA
1970 Lotus Europa, 1992 Saturn SL2, 1986 Suburban, 1962 Triumph TR4 CT2846L
LOON, MAC pethier@isd.net http://www.mnautox.com/
"It makes a nice noise when it goes faster"
- 4-year-old Adam, upon seeing a bitmap of Grandma Susie's TR4.
> Gary, Frances Nafziger
> Wellman, Iowa
> naffy@netins.net
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