Horror stories/lessons learned

[Lionelgee]

G'day All,

Horror Stories and Lessons learnt - do not visit military restoration forums, prior to this I only had two cars in the family; one the long distance good car and the other my wife's nip around town car. Oh and I had a 1935 civilian truck.

I happened to buy a 1940 Chevrolet Holden built cabin truck which I was going to drop a big block Chevy motor into and customise. However, someone sent me an email to say look out for military markings on the truck. I looked and there were and before I knew it I became infected with a khaki paint disease. Now I have the Chevrolet truck and 3 ex military Land Rovers which I will make one good one out of. Oh and I have some civilian Land Rovers too of numbers I am not prepared to admit to.

So Horror Stories and Lessons Learnt - be very careful about visiting such friendly and really helpful sites as this one. Before you know it you are addicted to 74 to 68 year old pieces of rusty metal and the pursuit of trying to breath life back into them.

Kind Regards
Lionel