Been there,done that,Jim. Us car & aircraft builders have a saying "The last 10% takes 90% of the work". Clint Hooper H&H Custom,owner LT5 Registry Director http://www.LT5Registry.net/ ACES #1650 http://dalesplace.com/misc/friends/clint_hooper.htm ----- Original Message ----- From: "J. Brady" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Well gang, > Tonite I thought I'd gripe about the bodywork I'm > absolutely [EMAIL PROTECTED](@$@([EMAIL PROTECTED])!)@!-ing sick of doing.. I > have owned my '66 for 7 years, and I'm close to the > finish line on the bodywork, so I guess that's why > it's getting to me so much. > In the time I've owned the car, I started w/bodywork > b/c I didn't have the money for the engine work just > yet, so I did as much bodywork as I could handle- > then, I got a motor and put it in the car from a parts > car, only to have it die about 6 mos after I installed > it, so I then took a 1-yr hiatus. From there, I > finally pulled enough funds together to get a 327 and > rebuild it for the car, and she now sounds great and > runs great- And now, I'm down to the final stretch of > stripping the last of the original > nauseating-puke-colored turquoise paint off of the > car, in hopes of having the bodywork completed and > ready for paint by April. Only thing is, I'm now > working on the roof, which appears to have gone > seriously neglected for about the first 10 years of > the car's life- And then, to make matters worse, the > next buyer simply shot another coat of paint right > over it for that "new car" look. I've been doing the > entire car with an orbital DA, and my God do I wish > I'd had the money to simply have the entire body > bead-blasted.. It's alot of work and I know it will > be worth it once I'm done and looking back, and I know > that had I not gotten the car in this condition, I > probably wouldn't have had one at all, so I really > need to clam up and just finish it.. But man, it's > been a rough road.. Anyone else had as much "fun" > with the bodywork on their classic?? > Jim
