Keeping a record
of the build.

A finished-car photo can show the result. We want our restoration record to explain the journey.

Start with what we actually know.

Our first records will establish the car’s starting condition, known history, and the questions that need an experienced eye. We’ll distinguish what we observe from what we suspect, and record where advice comes from.

A repeatable workshop note.

Each restoration update should answer a few useful questions:

1. When did we do the work, and what was the goal?
2. What did we observe before starting?
3. What work was completed, and who helped?
4. What problems or unexpected details did we find?
5. What did we learn, and what happens next?

Photographs that explain.

We plan to capture context as well as close-ups: where a part belongs, how an area looked before work, and what changed afterward. Labels and organized records will help us connect those images to the work.

Make the digital model useful.

Where it helps, updates will link to the relevant assembly in Corvair Anatomy. Readers will be able to move from a real workshop photograph to an interactive view of the surrounding structure.

Let the plan change with the evidence.

The restoration roadmap is a guide, not a claim that the work is complete or a fixed sequence of repair instructions. Inspection can change the scope. We’ll keep the record honest about progress, setbacks, and unanswered questions.