Due to a lot of different things including my back going our last friday
I cant finish the grill resto in time for the show this sunday. I could
rush it as my back is better but the quality of the finished job would
suffer. My back is getting better so I will be able to take the car to
the show, just without the finished grill installed. :-( After numerous
hours of masking I finally was able to paint the silver yesterday. Today
I cleaned up a small amount of over spray and started to paint the
individual grill ribs by hand with a brush today. This also will be a
long tedious job, 3-4 day's a few hours each day a most. I have an
appointment at my friend shop to clean and detail the car early tomorrow
morning. Late in the day and till saturday night it is going to rain. So
once the car is cleaned tomorrow it will be in the garage till sunday
morning for the show when the weather is supposed to be nice. In the
mean time I will still be plugging along on hand painting the ribs on
the grill so by the middle of next week it can be clear coated and
installed by the end of next week. The next project on this car should
be easy as I am just restoring the double black factory pin stripe on
both sides of the body. A little 3M Blue Fine Line masking tape and some
prep work and some One Shot sign painters paint an it will look factory
new again. Then to cutting the dark smoke tint letters by hand for the
windshield tint job. :-(
"Doc"
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