Jim -
I think us "geezers" should get some kind of award for persistence; when we started restoring cars, all we knew was what we read in a magazine, what a buddy told us, or what we learned in our garage - amazing we ever got anything done right!
It's incredible what the Internet has done for the growth of our hobby - these days, people can start "cold" and learn how to do it, where to get the parts, ask questions and get instant answers, find out the mistakes not to make before they make them, all with a few mouse clicks and keystrokes; with this kind of information resource, folks fairly new to the hobby can turn out some pretty nice looking and good-running cars in half the time it used to take us.
An on-line friend from Texas (who I've never met) e-mailed me last Wednesday and asked me if I'd look at an unrestored/original '67 L79/C60 Coupe he found on-line that was located about 20 minutes from me. I called the owner, met him that afternoon, did my usual detailed checklist inspection, drove it, took digitals, and had a full report and photos back to my friend a couple of hours later via e-mail (the car was absolutely flawless, 32K miles, Top Flight '84, BGold '86, driven only occasionally since, and would Top Flight as it sits today). He bought the car that night, I had it on a Reliable truck Thursday afternoon, it was in his driveway in Texas Sunday morning, and he's happy as a clam (put 150 miles on it Sunday afternoon). Without this resource we have today, he never even would have known it was for sale. What a country!
