This was my "$400 restoration". We've all had at least one of these, admit it. A project you get so far into you'll never get out. I'm almost ashamed to say what I put into it total, suffice that it was very low five figures. Ouch. A "teachable moment" if there ever was one.
Note that the shop it is in in Sheboygan, WI, was the original building that belonged to the Krueger family. The old dude in the background is the son of the founder, who originally started out as a carriage builder and repair shop after the Civil War, which morphed into auto body repairs after the introduction of the horseless carriage. Electricity was an afterthought in this building. What you can't see is the big ramp on the outside of the building that they used to get carriages into the shop on the second floor..... If you look closely you can see the wooden floors. Sadly, when the old man passed the building was sold and razed. When I got it for $400. You can't see the Fred Flintstone front floors: https://www.dropbox.com/s/k3nr9pk04hsdorm/Scan-140407-0014.jpg In Krueger's shop, where it had over 300 hours of work done on it: https://www.dropbox.com/s/23q8bj1k7yx07xh/Scan-140407-0012.jpg https://www.dropbox.com/s/p4celq8crp5hf9q/Scan-140407-0010.jpg The finished product: https://www.dropbox.com/s/em1wrww5pm3q4fn/71vwvert.jpg Dan _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
