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Have you ever removed parts off your
car to restore,taken a few weeks to reassemble and misplaced a part to complete the job? I have and on this restoration
there are going to be hundreds of parts. We need a plan!
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"Click on any picture for a larger view"
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After having parts spread over the shop,in boxes,bags and hanging on the wall in previous
restorations I decided a major overhaul was needed in the parts inventory department.It not only took days to find parts but
sometimes weeks and months going through boxes and bags.
Equipment I'm using for parts inventory include:Clipboard,Black
marker,Cardboard boxes,Plastic bags,Storage bins,Camera, and Computer program.
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If you have a camera and a computer I found the best solution to the parts problem is a program
called Inventory Manager. It was written by a friend specifically for tracking car parts during restorations,
but you could also use it for tracking any kind of inventory. It gives you a 30 day free trial before you pay the $30
purchase price. It is extremely simple to use and it gives you peace of mind knowing where the parts are and seeing a
picture of the condition there in. If your going to use the program, it is IMPORTANT to take pictures of your parts
and load them into the program. It takes some extra time, but it's definitely worth the effort and has saved me
hours of time being able to quickly find my parts.
Click HERE for more info on the Inventory Manager Software.
The bin I found at a scrap yard but it can also be accomplished with shelves and large cardboard boxes.The
peg board with the cups I purchased at a going out of business chain store.I know everyone can't always find this kind
of storage,use your imagination.Each compartment has a # and letter.
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As I take parts off the car or
buy new parts,I take a photo,bag or box the part and mark on the outside what it is.I than list on the clipboard a description
and location of the parts to enter into the computer.
In minutes I now can pull up in the computer the condition
and a picture of any part instead of hunting though bags and boxes and go right to it's location.
A photo of a part bagged,marked and ready for a bin location.
The plan is to restore
the car in stages.
Stage 1 is to pull the engine,rebuild and restore it and have it ready to install in the
frame.
Stage 2 is to remove the body from the frame and restore the body first.I plan to paint the body off the
frame and in doing this the paint will harden before putting it back on the frame.
Stage 3 is restoring the frame.
Stage 4 is reassembling starting with installing the engine back in the frame,than the body and so on.
This
is the plan but sometimes plans get changed.
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