Chevelle updates

[SS427]

We are not going to be able to keep you on the ground once you get this car back and will have to tie you to heavy weights! Everyone, send your carbs to Eric for restoration so we can see this project finished soon!

[Xplantdad]

Agreed....looks great!

[66 L78 ragtop]

Very nice. Love the progress photos. Keep 'em comin' please!!

[VintageMusclecar]

Back again.

No real update from last weekend, bodyguy wound up having an issue with the clear on the cowl & jambs and had to sand and re-spray the color and clear again, but thankfully there weren't any snafu's the second time around.

Bodyguy #2 made a brief stop back in town yesterday and helped #1 get the (now painted) doors hung back on the car.







The color pops pretty well considering it hasn't been sanded & buffed yet. Yes, the hinge bolts are coming back off to be painted.



Tentative schedule for the upcoming week:

-The hood is supposed to be painted Monday

-The fenders are receiving their final details on the inside and should be painted sometime this week as well.

-If Bodyguy doesn't call me during the week for an extra set of hands, by next weekend the nose of the car *should* be ready to put back on (again barring any more snafu's).

More eventually.

[olredalert]

----Eric,,,Everything looks great! I have to ask, though, how will you take the hinge bolts off, paint them, and then reinstall them without damaging your paint-job??? Bill S

[VintageMusclecar]

Bill;

Thanks [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/beers.gif[/img]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> I have to ask, though, how will you take the hinge bolts off, paint them, and then reinstall them without damaging your paint-job??? </div></div>

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Bodyguy obviously has some sort of trick up his sleeve...after the magic he's already performed transforming this flatulent piece of roadkill back into a car again, I ain't gonn'a doubt him.

[VintageMusclecar]

Back again.

Bodyguy got the fenders and some firewall details wrapped up this week.

The drivers fender was in place when we arrived today.





Bodyguy did some touch-up work on the firewall paint and got everything in the cowl finished up as well.



(We had to scare up a plug for the antenna hole before we hung the passenger fender)

Notice the hinge bolts are all painted now [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/smile.gif[/img]



Pass. fender just before being reinstalled.



I can't wait to see what this thing looks like once it's been color sanded.



That's all for now, more later.

[SS427]

Looking awesome Eric. I would like to be there when you take delivery of your car to see your smile. Rachael might as well become a car widow now as she will never see you after you get the car home. LOL

[Xplantdad]

LOL @ Rick! Looks great Eric!

[kwhizz]

Look'in Good!!.......... [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img]