Understand Priya Getting going again can be tough. But now that you've been out there and started something, it will start rolling again. Went through some of the same myself. Glad to see you are on it again though.

 

Thanks Andy. Its amazing how different I feel now after actually getting a little done. Maybe I'll lose that feeling Monday, but right now I feel like I can get back into the swing of it next week.

 

It's good to see your motivation coming back to work on your project again !

I finally reached the point that I had new brakes and the underside of mine cleaned and painted and now my schedule is keeping me from just going in and cleaning my shop !

Can't wait to see your progress!

 

Thanks SPCL FX. Hopefully I'll get back into a roll on it and make some good progress.

Good luck with your project!

 

I know the feeling, it happens to all of us at some point, don't beat yourself up.

I set a time to go do work on the project - even if it's an hour. I set times every other day.

Like 3 pm for 1 hour, Monday. Then 4 pm for an hour Wednesday - soon you want to finish the project.. it actually works... it's also a way to do things you don't want to like paint a closet / room or clean the gutters..

With the car I went to a car show and was talking to people in addition to setting a "work" time. It does change your mind into a positive outlook...


You have done a lot of great work and have learned a lot... good luck with the project - it will look great when finished..

 

Thanks Blue1972

 

I had similar issues back in 2017, and some other stuff. I only went to the doctor's after discussing my symptoms with a colleague, who suggested I might be suffering from diabetes. And guess what? I'm now a proud member of the "go easy on the sweet stuff" club.

Of course, there could be tons of reasons for feeling immensely tired at odd hours of the day. Just because my story ends in diabetes doesn't mean yours will too. But whatever it is, it's best to see a doctor. It may be nothing serious, and I hope it's just that. But best make sure.

ps: finally all caught up with this thread. Whoah, what a journey!

 

Diabetes runs in my family, I think I am going to ask my doctor about it.

I'm glad you enjoyed the thread

 

Speaking of rolling.

Have you considered a couple well timed hits on a exotic cheroot?

This definitely will help with the malaise.

 

Waiting for the law to pass this summer

 

So, I got a late start on the car since having it put away for the winter, its been pretty hard to get back into the routine of working on it regularly but I'm gradually getting there. I leveled the car to assist in re-establishing the mid quarter panel horizontal character line that is at a slightly different angle on a 79 compared to a 68-73. I've got both quarter panels to the point where I need to start using a straight edge and spray them with water to tell if I've got them smooth and the right shape. Here's where I left off last October and where I'm at now:

Before:


After:



Perhaps you can see the little black dots a few inches above the side marker light and the mid wheel well area, those are where I'm making the mid quarter panel horizontal character line. So, now unfortunately I'm back under the car in the gas tank area smoothing out the fiberglass laminations so the join isn't overly thick. This is really miserable work and I really hate it. The fiberglass dust concentrates and swirls around and gets to your skin all over. Plus, you can't wear eye protection as it fogs up quickly so the fiberglass grit gets in your eyes something terrible. And because you're sanding over head you have to look up and have the grit fall directly in your eyes. I find the trick is to stop sanding under there when your eyes first start getting significantly irritated, if you wait until you can't take it anymore its a real ordeal for the next couple of days until the grit works its way out of your eyes. I found that about 1&1/2 hours under there is all I can take. Once I get it leveled out inside there I'm going to check the thickness as I don't want any panel join to be more than 1/4 inch think and I'm pretty sure some areas are more than that. To assist my husband bought me this fancy ultrasonic thickness measurer:




We don't know if it will work well enough or not, but I'm sure hoping so! I went through the instruction manual and to my surprise and annoyance its pretty complicated to use but I'll figure it out eventually lol!

I worked it out with my master that I can leave my Corvette in the garage this winter which is a good thing. If I had to stop working in the winter it might take me another six years to finish this off. The problem with leaving the car in there during winter is that when hubby wants to work on a car we haven't been able to get my Corvette back into the garage once there's snow and ice on the ground. The entry to the garage slopes up a bit and then there's about a 1 foot ramp up onto the scissors lift. There just wasn't enough traction in winter to get the Corvette up all that and back onto the ramp thanks to these tires:



So, I bought a pair of winter snow tires to put on the back and said to hubby with the snow tires and a couple of bags of sand we can get the Corvette back up the ramps in the winter so we can remove my car whenever he wants to work on one of his. He reluctantly agreed to this.

 

I can imagine motivation being a bit elusive when it comes with a face and eyes full of bodywork fiberglass sanding fallout,

But you did get in there are whipped up on it,

My motivation, lack there of stem from the smuldering, stiffening heat,
So i go get in the upstairs semi closed up bathroom with no ac no fan and work on plumbing,

After a few hours dripping in sweat tina smiles and says, if you worked like that on the vette it would be done,

Its cool you dont have to stop come winter no subliminal dead line to have to stop work so i am betting you get back into a nice kick its butt swing very soon

 

Gotta love a caring & supportive partner, LOL!

 

Yes, that's one way I am lucky, even when its pretty warm outside the garage generally doesn't get above room temperature, It doesn't get above about 32 Centrigade too many days in the summer here (whatever that is in fahrenheit).

 

WOW Priya!

I know I can be a bit picky from time to time but I can say I am impressed that you are going to the lengths of seeing how thick your repairs are. I don't even do that. All I look at when I am doing something custom like what you are doing is that the transitions are smooth and no major obvious lumpy humps that stick out.

i do have a friend who does have a tool similar to what you have shown where he comes by and we check the thickness of the steel of a rusty frame.

Keep up the good work. I wish I could send you my positive pressure fresh air breathing system. I have a hood I can put on that blows air in so there is no way dust can get in my eyes and you can work away as long as you want in that regard.

DUB

 

You could also put a tie-down into the floor or back wall if sturdy enough and use a come-along or old boat trailer winch to help it, and any spousal unit projects up and in. They dknt even have to be running that way... Your tail light panel. That is an after-market repro of orig 68-73? Came complete to the side-marker lights?

 

Good going, Priya…..I'm jell-us

 

I never thought of that, that's a sure thing to get the car back in the garage and up the lift. If we have any trouble this winter I'll be ready to take that route.

It is an aftermarket 70-73 unit, the 68/69 rear section has smaller side marker lights. It did not come with the side marker lights but happy coincidence the ones from the 79 fit in there.

 

Thanks Dub. I'm hoping after I get the insides of the panels leveled out I'll be done underneath the car in the gas tank area. There's a place just where the deck panel curves up into the duck tail on the passenger side that I think I may not have thick enough but will see with the ultrasonic thickness gauged. I'm sooo looking forward to having this rear part of the car done. Hubby is insistent I better have it done and the factory gas tank back in by winter. I don't think that should be a problem, but who knows with the way things often seem to go

 

Didn't mean the lights themselves. I meant the mounting holes for the lights. As opposed to cutting them out and glassing back in lower to clear the bumper. Cuz I am thinking a little red bullet LED below the bumper to be an option. I have a tail panel and back deck from a 71. Cut off at the gas cap, but none of the rear quarters.