[Bob Carriere]

Hi Don

Sure a lot of traffic on this issue...... just a couple of observations on what you most recently wrote.....

You mentioned that your area of expertise was computers and not mechanics/body work..... well the thruth be know most of us are frustrated wanna be mechanics/welders/bodymen....... in fact I suspect that the majority of the MLU membership are not mechanics but rather earn our livelyhood doing something else...... and turn to MLU / CMP and all that is greasy/mechanics as a release from the frustration of life....

I for one is am a professional paper pusher for the Feds.... once out of the office I like to do work with my hands..... very little formal training in what is required to restore or repair a CMP......

Collectively the greatest attributes are....willingness to try... the stubborness to persist...... and be dumb enough not to know we can't do it......oh yes money!!! do not restore a CMP to sell for a profit...!!!!

Some of the greatest restorations have been done by members who presisted and turned to MLU, books, the web, EBay, etc. to find ways to make it work.

Another firm belief that I suscribe to..... you cannot restore a CMP with out have a couple of vehicles as a parts source.... or just as a model to look at when you can't remember how the parts fits...... the three Mousequeteers at the Hammond barn have in excess of 24 parts trucks to draw from.....

Get yourself some CMPs.... and go for it...... but..... you have to keep us posted of your progress or failures....... I know if no other places where such a wealth of information is so readily available.

Bob C