[HardcoreZ28]

Untamed....I like the wayyou think. Reputation is EVERYTHING in a business like this. As far as databases that's no problem. I learned Access and Excel in High School and College and use Excel everyday at work. Computers are fairly easy for me. As far as tech manuals I'm not so knowledged on them. Everything I've done so far has been with a complete car as a starting point. I've found that my digital camera and video camera have been some of my most useful tools. The nice thing about old cars is the simplicity and lack of clutter under the hood. Manuals would be great though for wiring and under dash components. Once again though at only 2-3 cars a year (for a one man business) $40 a pop on manuals is a minor expense. Also the research of checking other cars of the same model at car shows in invaluable. You can see where other people's weak points and strong points are and use them to your advantage.