At Last!!!  I got my letter from Tower Imaging yesterday that states that there is no evidence of cancer from my latest mammogram.  So it’s officially been 10 years now cancer-free and I am elated!!!

Now to get the car started and completed as I was  bit apprehensive on starting it and telling the WHOLE world if the results of the mammo came back anything less than clear. 

 I have my newest corset all cute and pink and now I will start planning a party for February, since surgery actually took place in Feb 2003…..

 this corset was purchased at Corset Story in England (www.corset-story.com).  They have the most beautiful both fashion and steel boned corsets.  The customer service is unparallelled and the quality of the corsets is amazing!!

Storage success!!

After entirely too much drama, (wrong parts, wrong sizes, missing pieces) with used shelving for the storage unit, we are finally ready to start deconstruction of the coronet!!!

Now we will have the space we need for "his & hers" car parts, as you can see, there are some "his" parts already living in the unit.

Looking forward to the Ocala Pumpkin Run this weekend, at the very least to get some ideas for the car and maybe some parts….  And we MAY get lucky enough to find something for the Fury!! LOL! The Fury is a whole different sage, but will occasionally cross over to this one.  My wonderful Hubby had purchased a 1965 Plymouth Sport Fury, but unfortunately for us, those models aren’t THAT desirable so no one makes reproduction parts for it and coming by anything usable is like finding a needle in a haystack! Luckily it is currently living in a body shop where they are used to fabrication and have made lower quarter panels from electrical box covers!  This body shop will do the work on my lovely when the time comes!

We are also planning on hitting Mopars with Big Daddy in Ocala in November.  If the Pumpkin Run doesn’t have anything for the Coronet, I’m sure we will find SOMETHING at Big Daddy’s!!  At this point, I’m not looking for anything in particular yet, still undecided about the interior (I know I definitely want buckets seats to replace the bench but beyond that….) 

Also the Sarasota Renaissance Festival is coming up.  Unlike the one here in Tampa, it is only open for two weekends.  Not sure if I will go in costume this year,  I haven’t gone to that particular Festival dressed yet, but it may be fun for a change!  Plus I can wear one of my “old” dresses and I doubt anyone will know it is not new! 

The Journey begins

Welcome to my blog!!

This blog is dedicated to my wonderful husband to chronicle the restoration of a 1970 Dodge Coronet that my husband arranged the purchase of, to commemorate my 10th anniversary of being breast cancer free.

Our idea is to take this muscle car and do a one-off resto-mod by hopefully converting a newer generation 5.7l Hemi as her power plant, but still keep that classic muscle car look.  The interior is still being discussed, I'd love white interior but am having a hard time finding newer interior that I can convert to white.

The exterior will be Plum crazy purple with the longitudinal "C" graphics from the same year Super Bee, but instead of the "bee", we are going to have the breast cancer awareness ribbon.  We already have someone who does the vinyl graphics "on board".

So these are the plans for the car... 

  When not creating crazy car creations, my other hobby is sewing; especially large Renaissance dresses, though I have made everything from curtains, seat cushion, everyday clothes, my "specialty" is full ball gown type dresses.  I made my wedding dress, the bridesmaids dresses and a new dress every year for our local Renaissance Festival.

   
I am a blogging newbie, so updates will be forth-coming, however, I can't guarantee they will be daily.