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Old May 3, 2019 | 08:33 PM
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Well a little update. After 8 year in my venture to restore my 68 I finally drpped the body back on the chassis today. What a feeling. I hope to have the car in primer over the next couple weeks and than paint hopefully by the end of May. I will post some pictures when I'm on my laptop.
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Thats good news. Do you think you'll have it driving by JUne or july? That would leave you with a pretty good chunk of summer cruising left. Obviously arent missing any now with all this rain. I'm hoping to get mine out for a shake down cruise this afternoon to see if I got everything installed correctly this past winter
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It's been 10 years for me, and I just got back from paint.


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Looks great I know the pain. You are a bit ahead of me. I am priming in a week or so.
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I am hoping to drive around August. Still need to prime, paint, and assemle the interior. Always seem to have an never ending list.
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Someone once said that it's the journey that is important not the destination. I am coming up on year 4 in my journey. Have gotten lost a few times.
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