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Old November 8th 2010, 19:06
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Me too! Still some more to do before I can bolt her together. Almost there though.


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Old November 11th 2010, 13:14
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This picture may scare some of you, but have no fear. The car will come out with a mirror like finish. My mother in law didn't quite understand why I was sanding my nice shiny paint. LOL

I have finished wet sanding with 400 grit and got her nice and flat. I have about half of the car done with 600 grit. After sanding she'll get a good bath and a wipe down with surface wash.

I'm thinking I will have the final flow coat of clear done this coming Saturday morning, or Sunday.

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Old November 12th 2010, 11:00
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Got her all sanded down with 600 grit and I gave her a thorough bath. All's left to do is a wipe down with surface wash and spray another coat of clear.

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Old November 15th 2010, 11:13
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Got some work done.

I sprayed the final coat of clear Saturday morning. It came out pretty nice. There are a couple runs, but nothing that wont sand and buff out.

Sunday my buddy came over to help me start putting this thing back together. We got the trim on, weather striping, got the door handles functional, and we managed to get a few windows in. We were having quite a hard time getting the front window in, so we called it a day.

Almost there!!! More to come soon.












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Old November 15th 2010, 17:35
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Hi

Looking good. I always find that the doors are most tedious part of a rebuild to do.

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Old November 15th 2010, 23:25
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Old November 16th 2010, 10:33
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Absolute stunning!!!
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Old November 16th 2010, 11:39
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Thanks guys! LOL, yeah, they're a pain for sure.
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Old November 16th 2010, 12:56
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Absolute stunning!!!

I second that!! Fantastic job!
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Old November 16th 2010, 16:47
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Determination has definately paid off, great job.

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Old November 17th 2010, 18:29
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Thanks guys. It sure has been a long haul, but it's almost finished.
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Old November 22nd 2010, 12:19
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Well, it was a very production weekend.

Friday night, my buddy David, who details cars, came over to look and the amount of work that was needed to be done to the bug. He was quite impressed and it wasn't going to take as much work as he originally thought. So we decide to start color sanding and buffing the car on Sunday.

Saturday morning, my buddy Jason came over and we got the front window and the last quarter window installed. We also did an alignment.

Sunday, Dave came over and went to town on the bug color sanding and buffing. While he was sanding and buffing, it gave me a chance to work on other areas of the car. So I got the engine put back together and buttoned back up.

Here is the car before he worked on it. Looks good / decent. I call it a 5 foot paint job. Shiny and smooth, but it had a couple runs, some dry spray and dust through out the paint job.




Here you can see the dry spray that was in a few areas.






Oh yeah, while I was changing some jets in my carb, my 3 month daughter decided to grab my tools. She normally doesn't really grab and hold onto many things like she did this wrench. It was a proud moment.




Here's Dave, hard at work. He arrived at the house at about 10 am and worked all day, until about 10 pm perfecting the paint / detail job. Fantastic!








Madison and my wife came to check out the progress and get in on the picture taking. They were having all the fun. Dave was wiping the car down with a protectant that still allows the paint to fully cure.










And the drum roll.............................................. ...


I'll let the pictures do the talking.





















Dave did such a fantastic job!!! My paint went from a 5 foot to I wanna still my face in it. If any of you in the Houston area would like Dave to detail you car I can give you his contact information.

Thanks again, Dave!
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Old November 22nd 2010, 16:18
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Great! Lets see it in the light!

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Old November 22nd 2010, 17:52
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I'll have some pictures after the holidays of it out in the sun. It gets dark here by the time I get home. I can't wait!
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Old November 22nd 2010, 17:55
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Forgot a picture.

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