Book Description

This restoration journal is designed to include all the necessary forms you'll need to document the restoration of your 1968-72 Pontiac GTO! The first page is titled The Project. Enter in all of the details about the specific car you are restoring. Lines are included to enter the following info: owner's name, purchase date, purchase price, year make and model, VIN, odometer reading at time of purchase, engine, transmission, body paint code(s), interior code(s), wheel sizes, tire sizes, and other distinguishing features and options. Next is a paragraph sized section titled Brief Summary of Project Plans. The following 65 pages are blank lined pages titled Restoration Progress. Use these pages to detail and document stages of the restoration. Following is another 4 pages of dot grids, which are useful for hand-drawn diagrams. Section 2 is titled Parts, Materials and Expenses. This section is used to enter line-by-line all of the parts and materials purchased, along with their costs. Other expenses such as labor, towing, body work, painting, etc can be entered in this section. This section holds 29 pages ( 25 lines per page) for a total of 725 line entries. An expense entry is available for each line, making it easy to keep a tab on the money flow. A restoration journal is a great tool to add to your tool box. It's worth it's weight in gold at re-assembly time! Use it to take notes on body panel, fender, rocker panel and quarter panel alignments, windshield and back glass removal and installation, hood and trunk lid alignments, door glass installation, wiring harness installation, rally gauge cluster hookup, seat cover installation, shifter linkage connections, engine rebuild specs, carburetor adjustments, headlight adjustment and tail light connection instructions, and a million other things that may slip your mind later. Thank you, and enjoy your journey!