Haven't really done much, but I was chatting back and forth with a couple of guys on various Austin Healey forums and Facebook groups, and I thought I'd mention this here. I spent a bit of time working in a custom shop. There are a LOT of parts on a car. I don't know about anyone else, but there is no way that I would remember where everything went or how it went together. That's why there are so many photographs (not all of them are on this site, I assure you!). Often, I do a video describing how a part is attached prior to removing it. These will be used when I reassemble. Otherwise my Heirloom Austin will be about as close to the original as the frog/dinosaur hybrids in Jurassic Park. But it's not just about remembering how the parts go together. It's also about not losing them, or being able to find them in the pile. In order to keep things organized, I have a shit-ton of ziploc bags in varying sizes. Our local dollar store has some that are HUGE! Like, they'll fit several soccer balls huge! Those bags are used for larger stuff like the front suspension. I have the left side suspension in one bag, and the right side in another. Within each bag, each individual component has a gift tag on it (the kind with a string, not adhesive, so it doesn't fall off the greasy part). Each tag has the part, part number, and diagram number on it. This, combined with the inventory book and database, has made my wife think I am slightly insane. However, I would be much more insane if I had to hunt everywhere for that damn cotter pin or nut to fit on this or that part! So yeah... For the record, I do not have OCD. I may have CDO, which is like OCD, but with the letters in alphabetical order. LIKE THEY SHOULD BE!!! ;D
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