[T3] Returning Member - 70 Square

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Jim, thanks for the advice. It's good to hear from you again!
Your assumption was correct. I have no time frame for completing this 
car. I just want to do it right. I have always thought that the 
Squareback looks best completely stock. And I have always liked the Elm 
Green or Pearl White color on them. And that's what I want to do with 
this one.  I have owned it now for 10 years, and it has been garage kept 
the entire time. I figured if it is garage kept most of the time, I 
shouldn't have any problems with fading...
I have all the correct manuals and most of the tools needed. I am just 
not sure I have enough confidence in myself (:->!) BTW, this Square has 
the original engine in it.  Right now I am going to begin collecting the 
parts I need.
Here is a funny story for you all. When we moved to our latest house, 
on nice clear and dry sunny days I used to put the Square out on the 
driveway and open the doors and bonnet to let it air out.  After doing 
this a few times, I received a letter from our homeowners association 
for having a "derelict automobile" on our property. They claimed it has 
sat there for months without moving. Actually it would go out on the 
drive in the morning and back in the garage at night. Sometimes I would 
have it facing the street, sometimes I would have it facing the house. I 
brought this to their attention that the Square is not a derelict auto, 
but it actually runs and drives. So I ended up going to the Homeowners 
associations meeting to plead my case as they were demanding that I junk 
the car!  What it boiled down to was that they thought my Squareback 
wasn't "an auto becoming to the neighborhood" and that if I had 
something else out there, they wouldn't complain. Well, I told them that 
as long as the auto runs and that the problem was that they just didn't 
look at it close enough to see it was actually only outside during the 
daytime, they would not be demanding this.  I then apologized to their 
HRH's that I am sorry that I don't have a Rolls or equivalent out on the 
drive to make them happy.
I have never heard another word from them concerning the Square!




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