'78 paintjob - almost done!!!
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Le Mans Master
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From: Newark DE
'78 paintjob - almost done!!!
well, I got lucky, after studying the car my painter decided that he didn't need to sand off and respray the clearcoat after all as he thought last week he was probably going to have to.
The car is nor all wetsanded and buffed out and reassembly has begun.
There are still a few minor items to finish regarding actual paintwork - he is going to respray the rocker molding panels with black paint to freshen them up and also hit the wheel wells with black paint to freshen them up also.
There is still some reassembly required of course as you can see in the pics and the car needs a thorough cleaning as it's dirty from the wetsanding and buffing but I think she should be back home in my garage by the end of the week!
http://69.253.166.197/page1/page127/...9/page189.html
Almost done........ YAH!!!!
oh wait, it's almost done, now i have to pay for this...... NOT yay!!
The car is nor all wetsanded and buffed out and reassembly has begun.
There are still a few minor items to finish regarding actual paintwork - he is going to respray the rocker molding panels with black paint to freshen them up and also hit the wheel wells with black paint to freshen them up also.
There is still some reassembly required of course as you can see in the pics and the car needs a thorough cleaning as it's dirty from the wetsanding and buffing but I think she should be back home in my garage by the end of the week!
http://69.253.166.197/page1/page127/...9/page189.html
Almost done........ YAH!!!!
oh wait, it's almost done, now i have to pay for this...... NOT yay!!
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Le Mans Master
Joined: Apr 2004
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From: Newark DE
update: 8/2/06
well, I'm deliberately NOT going to visit the paint shop today. Just going to let the painter do what still nneeds to get done plus I know he has a small rush job on another car he was working on later yesterday that he probably needs to finish up today but when I was at the shop yesterday afternoon the car was almost completeld.
the door panels and rest of the interior were back together and most of the exterior moldings and emblems were reinstalled.
Still needed the front spoiler/airdam reintalled plus the front nose grills, side marker lights, and nose emblem plus he still needs to respray the rocker moldings and wheel wells to give them a fresh look.
so close though, so close!! After waiting 10 months on my '65 paint job, this car only being about a month is like nothing at all!!
I think we are still looking good to have the car home by the end of this week
well, I'm deliberately NOT going to visit the paint shop today. Just going to let the painter do what still nneeds to get done plus I know he has a small rush job on another car he was working on later yesterday that he probably needs to finish up today but when I was at the shop yesterday afternoon the car was almost completeld.
the door panels and rest of the interior were back together and most of the exterior moldings and emblems were reinstalled.
Still needed the front spoiler/airdam reintalled plus the front nose grills, side marker lights, and nose emblem plus he still needs to respray the rocker moldings and wheel wells to give them a fresh look.
so close though, so close!! After waiting 10 months on my '65 paint job, this car only being about a month is like nothing at all!!
I think we are still looking good to have the car home by the end of this week
Le Mans Master
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Good to see you didn't bug him ...lol. We were restoring a 65 a few years ago, and this customer would check on us almost every day, once in the morning and then on his way home from work. This went on for a while 'till my body shop manager took him out to the back of the building and had a few words with him.
Needless to say, all went smoothly from there on.
Needless to say, all went smoothly from there on.
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Le Mans Master
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From: Newark DE
aren't customers just a royal PITA??!! when my '65 was in the paint shop I usually stpped in about once a week. It was a two-fold reason - one was to check out progress and grab pics since I tend to photo-document EVERYTHING. The second reason was a bit more subtle: while that painter is EXCELLENT he tends to be slow and he is also byhimself but takes in a lot of jobs. What happens is he tends to get distracted and go onto other cars and let others just sit for a while if he can get away with it. By my stopping in each week he knew i'd expect to see at least a LITTLE progress from the previous week so this way he would always put some time in on my car every week.
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Melting Slicks
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From: Connecticut
Originally Posted by big_G
Good to see you didn't bug him ...lol. We were restoring a 65 a few years ago, and this customer would check on us almost every day, once in the morning and then on his way home from work. This went on for a while 'till my body shop manager took him out to the back of the building and had a few words with him. Needless to say, all went smoothly from there on.
Needless to say, all went smoothly from there on.I am somewhat impatient when it comes to having people do work on my cars, guitars, whatever... so it takes all I can gather to leave them to do their work without being bothered
Many times you come across a shop that gives you a rough idea of when your job will be finished and the wind up jerking you around for weeks or even months beyond the estimated projected finish date..... that is not good business.....and thats when it's time to do the daily check in