Documentation Question
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Drifting
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Documentation Question
I have owned my '69 Coupe about a year now. I'm in the process of documenting numbers. I've never owned a Vette. Have never had a reason to document numbers but I'm finding the process and education really interesting and fascinating.
So far, I've just been writing numbers down in a 1968-1969 NCRS Corvette Technical Information Manual & Judging Guide book. I put the numbers is the places that have sections in the book and have a bunch of post-it-notes that I'm not sure what to do with. As I clean under the car, I find more numbers under the dirt and write them down.
Could use some suggestions beside go to Staples and get more post-it notes.
So far, I've just been writing numbers down in a 1968-1969 NCRS Corvette Technical Information Manual & Judging Guide book. I put the numbers is the places that have sections in the book and have a bunch of post-it-notes that I'm not sure what to do with. As I clean under the car, I find more numbers under the dirt and write them down.
Could use some suggestions beside go to Staples and get more post-it notes.
Racer
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St. Jude Donor '10
Pictures seem like a fine idea to me...you know the saying...worth a thousand "post it notes"...or something like that.
Burning Brakes
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You might want to try something that I have been doing. I set up an excel spreadsheet using information from several sources and listed the parts and what the correct numbers and dates should be. Then as I work on the car and uncover parts and dates I post them to the spreadsheet and note whether they are correct or not. This gives me an idea of what are correct parts and what would have to be replaced in order to be factory correct. At this time I have no intention of getting the car NCRS judged but if I decide that I want to go that route I know what has to be done. My car is a 70 and it is suprising how many of the parts are original.
Team Owner
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You're headed in the right direction. You can consider transposing your post it notes into Microsoft Word; the Excel spreadhseet is also a good idea.
Pictures are priceless.
Pictures are priceless.
Team Owner
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If I was organized, which i am not, I would have a spreadsheet organized along the lines of, engine, engine compartment, transmission, body, etc....
and then I would name the part, write the part number, and date code if applicable.
Then sure, next to that I could also list the "correct" part number and date code.
Part number: Campbell's chunky chicken
Date code: August 1999
and then I would name the part, write the part number, and date code if applicable.
Then sure, next to that I could also list the "correct" part number and date code.
Part number: Campbell's chunky chicken
Date code: August 1999
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Drifting
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Good idea. Makes sense to take pictures as I go. Plus with digital cameras there's no excuse not to do that and it is easy enough to store the pictures on the PC for future reference just in case I ever lost the book.
Had a slight panic attack last weekend. We (my wife and I) went to a car show in Manassas, VA. I had the book I've been writing the part numbers in inside the '69 Coupe. My wife, thinking someone might steal the book if I wasn't babysitting the car, took my NCRS Judging Guide and hide it. Couldn't find the book for a couple of hours and thought someone did steal it along with all of the hard work and all of the numbers I had written down so far. Not good for your heart.
Thanks for the photo idea.
Had a slight panic attack last weekend. We (my wife and I) went to a car show in Manassas, VA. I had the book I've been writing the part numbers in inside the '69 Coupe. My wife, thinking someone might steal the book if I wasn't babysitting the car, took my NCRS Judging Guide and hide it. Couldn't find the book for a couple of hours and thought someone did steal it along with all of the hard work and all of the numbers I had written down so far. Not good for your heart.
Thanks for the photo idea.
