front end rebuild, starting winter project Options

[nycchef]

hi all. getting ready to start rebuilding the sloppy front end on my 73 2.0. seems straight forward enough, so i figure it should only take 4 or 5 months to complete.
i am ordering lemfoerder turbo tie rods and ball joints, then a pair of rebuilt calipers from eric shea. what type of front shocks should i buy. kyb or bilstein? boge may be out of my budget. what are your thoughts.
also what bushings, nuts, spacers or other little crap should i get in house to avoid the weeks of waiting in shipping hell for a bolt or pin i may have missed?
this is a street car. no racing or auto cross.
thanks in advance for all the dumbass questions this project will no doubt create (IMG:style_emoticons/default/bye1.gif)

[r_towle]

whoa whoa whoa.
Hold up here.

Have you driven the car yet?
Do you have witnesses to the fact that you have actually driven it?
Did you make it to an event, or a show, or bbq this year in your car?

If not, you do not have the prerequisite seat time to be certified to remove any part of your car and start a new project....how do you even know how it handles?

Rich

[nycchef]

whoa whoa whoa.
Hold up here.

Have you driven the car yet?
Do you have witnesses to the fact that you have actually driven it?
Did you make it to an event, or a show, or bbq this year in your car?

If not, you do not have the prerequisite seat time to be certified to remove any part of your car and start a new project....how do you even know how it handles?

Rich

yes i have been driving it for a month now. just had it out on an old abandoned airport runway out here. topped out @ 105 mph, was shalking so bad i thought i was in L.A.
never made it to an event because they are all out in N.J. and i can't handle the prerequisite 2 hours of bumper to bumper traffic to get to one. anyone who has sat in traffic in the lincoln tunnel with the top off will bear me out. and the jersey guys NEVER come to NYC.
besides if i don,t take it apart again we will have no reason to talk to each other next spring.... unless you want to weld my longs (IMG:style_emoticons/default/w00t.gif)