The New Project: Part Deux!

[njsteve]

I drove the car over and dropped the hood off yesterday at the painter's shop. I then went home and bribed the wife and daughter into helping me reinstall the original hood back on the car since there is supposed to be a cruise night this weekend and maybe I'll take it out somewhere for the first time since I bought it. (I have been driving it - almost 600 miles so far, since the engine was finished, but with no particular place to go.)

[njsteve]

Hood in progress. The painter sent me these cell phone shots from earlier this week. He said the hood is much nicer than he thought and only needs minor surface work. (Fingers crossed). The main areas that need smoothing are the seams where the lower part of the scoop joins the upper part, along each side. There was a noticeable bonding seam.

[njsteve]

Hood in first coat of black primer today.

[Xplantdad]

Nice...I love Formulas!!

[StealthBird]

Best looking GM hood ever made. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img]

Steve, are you heading to the POCI show next month?

[njsteve]

There is something more than just vaguely feminine about the shape of the scoops on that hood. Maybe that's why guys like them so much. It's a great view from the driver's seat. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/naughty.gif[/img]

I am going to the Performance Years open house this saturday in PA. May go to the TA Nationals in August. Dont know schedule yet, with daughter getting ready to go off to college. That takes precedence.

I also have to teach her how to drive the manual trans in the Formula as I promised, before she heads off to college. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/grin.gif[/img]

....and then replace the clutch....

[njsteve]

She's painted! Now awaiting curing, color sanding and buffing.