Restoring the Volga GAZ 24

This is the first time in my life I desited to write about my cars for readers how dont speak my language(Estonian). Since the interest has growne what I do with my Volga and other cars, I think the readers have the rigth to know it.

The previous writings about the GAZ 24 restoration can be found on this website:
http://www.volga.ee/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=409&start=0
The history of the model GAZ 24 in Estonian: http://www.volga.ee/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=6
Also in wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GAZ-24

A short history what I have been up to:
I bbought the Volga in 2005, Its is my very first car that was my own. I took the car because, it didnt wanted it to be smashed in to junk on a demo derby ore beeng send to the crusher to be shredded! Of course people aske me: so why the Volga? I say it was my choise at that time
and ispite some unpleasant things I later discovered, I still like it.
Maybe I would have gone for an American car, but the problem was I didnt had the money to afford it and maybe it was for the best, how knows?
Before desiding to take the GAZ 24, I wanted a GAZ 21 but since the owner wanted 1200$ for it and the car was in a really bad condition I desided to give up on that on!
Afther that, any attempts to buy a GAZ 21 have been some how, not gone that well. I dont know, is that faith ore what, but whit GAZ 21s I have had no luck at all since then.
I like the GAZ 24 because, its large like a American car, confortable and smooth, compared to other Soviet cars. And working with the Volga has taught me a lot, from things I never would have knowne.

In 2008 november I started with the real have work out on the Volga, taking off seven layers of paint and fillers, removing tar like material from the floor.
PS! That work took a month to complete!

2009 spirng, I did some large scale works with the sand blaster on the car, got some rather unexpected finds, Im not happy about.Car needs some rewelding new!
But one unusual thing about this Volga is, that no rewelding has been done before! A miracle considering that this vehicle was owned by a former stats company! Some original parts are still there but they need to be repaintend some repaired, others must be replaced with new once!

To be continued...