A word of warning...

I started this blog as a way of documenting what I was doing and to provide helpful tips to anyone who might want to do the same. Today, I have two helpful tips.

Helpful tip #1: If you're thinking about disassembling a perfectly good Porsche, DON'T DO IT! Get a wife, a girlfriend, both, a dog, whatever... I give the 1974 911 a low rating on maintainability. It's as if the designers assumed that the owners would never want to disassemble the car using common household tools (an, on one occasion, a butter knife). There are better things for you to be doing with your time and your butter knives.

But, if you don't agree with that first tip,

Helpful tip #2: If you know you're going to replace various rusty screws and bolts, you'll find a zen-like calm fall over you when you come to the realization that a cutting wheel is as acceptable as a screwdriver and far more effective.