so what should be on my list...

[Foreman72]

so i'm trying to assemble a list of reasonably priced tools that i should buy in order to be in the best shape to begin myresto...what should be on my list and how much might it cost?  thanks

[resq302]

First and foremost, you need a decent quality tool set.  Something like Craftsman, Husky, Kobalt, SK, etc. 
Secondly, I would get a decent torque wrench so you know the things are tightned to the propper torque.
If you already don't have one, get yourself a factory service manual..... they are worth their weight in gold!
Get a buddy to help and have plenty of beer on hand.

[Foreman72]

First and foremost, you need a decent quality tool set.  Something like Craftsman, Husky, Kobalt, SK, etc. 
Secondly, I would get a decent torque wrench so you know the things are tightned to the propper torque.
If you already don't have one, get yourself a factory service manual..... they are worth their weight in gold!
Get a buddy to help and have plenty of beer on hand.

solid craftsman set...check
factory body/service manuals...check...
torque wrench...possible...

[A383Wing]

What happened to the BEER?

[G-man]

What happened to the BEER?

He does want to do the job propperly 

[resq302]

I've done plenty a job properly with some beer around.  Besides, it made it less painful if I smashed my knuckles into something.

[Rolling_Thunder]

- Complete Wrench Set (2 sets sometimes needed)
- Complete ratchet and socket set
- Complete Allen wrench set (I perfer T handle set)
- Screwdriver set (flat and philips)
- Torque Wrench
- Drill Motor & bits
- Small pick set

It really depends on what kind of build you are doing - but these are about what you need for basic rebuilding and work on your car.

- MultiMeter!!!!
- Soldering Iron and Solder

[vancamp]

welder, plasma cutter, a good D.A., inline sander,spray gun,body hammers, wrenches,ratchet wrenches,ratchet,sockets,philips screwdriver,flat screw driver, alan head sockets, die grinder,torch and bottles,pliers,vise grips, panel clamps, body dollys, a rotisserie,torque wrench, blasting cabinet, parts washer, wiggle sockets,duct tape and BEER

[Rolling_Thunder]

dont forget band-aids

[carolina charger]

 I'd like to add to the list- a very good high CFM air compressor, and a sand blaster of some sorts.

[mauve66]

a flexible long reach magnet to get back the parts you dropped from being slightly inebriated ............................
a section of panty hose to find the metal slivers that will get stuck in your skin
i can' believe no one said safety glasses and small magnetic dish to hold small parts so you can keep the mganet in the package and maybe return it

[69bronzeT5]

A good jack and creeper...surprised nobody has said it yet?

[john.v]

  what about a Camara and a note book to record everything you going to remove
and dont forget to post some of them photo's

[mauve66]

and some baggies to keep things seperated after you take them apart

[jb666]

Preparation H.



Hey, what can I say, it's what I needed for the past year, from my car.

[miller time]

torque wrench is like $40 shipped from jegs, got a case and like 10-150lbs its in the back buy the tires
gasket goop, a trunk load of rags, brake cleaner (cleans anything almost), the racheting wrenches (the ones with closed and open ends) they make so much stuff easier

[NHCharger]

a section of panty hose

I've had to much beer. I thought you said " a selection of pantyhose". I'm thinking, WTH are you doing out in your garage


Eric, it depends on how much you plan on doing yourself. For instance if your doing your own bodywork your going to need one of them big compressors to keep up with the air tools. The cheap ones run around $500.00 and your looking at another 500-1,000 in air tools depending on quantity and quality. Doesn't take long to have 5k in tools and still not have what you need.  

[Grim Jhaixus]

I'm new to Mopar, but have been a long time fan. I've done restos and mods and regular repairs and I promise you the best tools I've had the whole time have been a pair of separator forks, one for ball joints and one for tie-rods, $10 each at any part store. They have been the most useful things in my toolbox since before I had a toolbox. They help with leverage, tend to fit places a decent pry bar cannot, and they can separate almost anything. A bell housing is most recent in my mind.

[FLG]

IMO...go to sears and get Craftsman.

When you break a tool...like ehem putting a 3ft bar on a 1/4 drive set because its the only one that fit and still managed to work even though it broke. You can go to sears with the tool and you get a new one.

[Grim Jhaixus]

Definitely Craftsman. It's a classic car, you will be using your tools in ways that will cause them to brake. Expect to go through ratchets. Craftsman is not the highest quality tool you can buy, but you can take back the mangled remains for shiny new tools at any Sears and I think Kmart now too. It seems like it's $25 every time I need a set of deep-well sockets or a pack of wrenches. I say buy the tools as you need them. The big 115 piece "mechanic"s tool set" looks like a good deal but I've yet to find a use for 1/4 inch drive anything or all the weird little hex bits they give you for the very terrible screwdriver. buy a six-pack of good old fashioned solid non-interchangeable screwdrivers, prolly $20, Stanley brand from Wal-Mart will do you fine, but stay away from Black and Decker power tools.

[68X426]

Lighting, lighting, and more lighting. Do not go low or cheap on lighting.

Get a really good overhead shop light set up. Then two flexible clamp lights.

Then get the smallest brightest head lamp light you can find. They are worth their weight in gold. An example: http://www.rei.com/product/791312

Finally, lots of Guinness.

[resq302]

Now THATS something I wouldn't mind around my car OR garage!

[mauve66]

Now THATS something I wouldn't mind around my car OR garage!

YEAH, LOTS OF........................... did he say there was beer in that pic......................?

[miller time]

da-umn
Get the big black set of tools from Husky in Home Depot, I got mine a year or so ago and the 1/2 socket doubles as my hammer , untill I hit it on my truck's frame, and lost the switch for R/L but it still worked!, ook it back andgot a new one free, they weren't happy they had to cut open a brand new $150 (give or take) box for a single wrench, and I didn't have the recipte,

[Foreman72]

Eric, it depends on how much you plan on doing yourself. For instance if your doing your own bodywork your going to need one of them big compressors to keep up with the air tools. The cheap ones run around $500.00 and your looking at another 500-1,000 in air tools depending on quantity and quality. Doesn't take long to have 5k in tools and still not have what you need. 

exactly...hence the list...i mean you've seen the car and you know better than i do what its going to take to start tearing it down i'm actually basing some of this list off the stuff you brought with you...

thanks for the input everyone...let me put a few more caps on this list...this is my $100 and cheaper tool list...thinks i should get ahold of so that i can begin tear down...i already have a beefy socket set...i was thinking like a floor jack, torch etc...

i was also thinking torque wrench...and of course the cheap stuff like magnet trays and baggies, notebook etc...those are all gonna be needed...