You two have done a fantastic job in a short time. I spent my first year of retirement putting my son' Stude back together. We both worked on it after school and weekends. When we left in it to head for college in Texas we went to Reno to have windows put in. We worked on it along the way and I stayed a week in Lubbock finishing things up while he started school. Christmas is no big deal. Better than making a mess. That fishing trip is important. Going off to college will be a big step for you and this time with your grandfather will be with you forever. Stay calm the car will get done. As I say this my son's Stude in sitting out in the weather with the engine out where it has been for several years now. He lives in California now and doesn't have space there or time to get here.

"I wonder if God created man because he was disappointed in the monkey?" Mark Twain