[farone]

There are no so called "bibles" as to the correct restoration procedures. There are some very knoledegable people that do restoration work out there. They have based their knowledge by examining original cars to determine how things were done. The problem is, some of the people, who critique these cars, at some of the larger events, have no outlines to go by. I have been knocked for things that were clearly done just like they were done by GM at the factory....like smears of adheasive around the trunk weatherstrip, blobs of seam sealer at quarter panel seams, stamping marks where the quarter panels meet the rear body panel. These were intentionly done to duplicate the factory procedure. Other cars are allowed to get by with speaker holes cut out of the rear deck, and the transmission tunnel butchered out, but that's o.k. I almost got nailed for my driveshaft, because the one judge thought that the yokes should be in line, not offset. We showed him other cars that were like mine, one was a low mile original, untouched, unmolested big block, and the other was an original Yenko car. His response was that he would have to accept both, because his Yenko had the yokes in line !!! Maybe his is wrong ??? I really think a manual needs to be published, like the ones for the Corvettes. It would take alot of work, but I think that there are a lot of people that know these cars, that would be willing to contribute to this undertaking.