1966 Dodge Dart
Well its time for an update. Last Friday night I came home from work and Ray says "how long would it take to get this to the body shop". I told him I could get it there over the weekend and he says no I mean tonight. So I move everything in the shed to get the car out, hook the trailer to the truck and load the car up and head to the body shop. He blocks the car down on Saturday and Sunday and tells me he can get it into the booth on Tuesday. His plan is to have the Base white done by the time I get off work, but when I get there at 5:30 that night its still not in the booth yet. The shop owner is spraying something for a customer but finishes around 6. Until we get it in the booth, tape it up and wipe it down and spray the first coat of white its 11 PM. 3 coats of white, layout stripes, tape off all the white and spray the blue stripes, then untape and clear the car, I dont get home until 6 AM wednesday morning. What a long night! But its now in color and Im off to work. He calls me at 10 AM that morning to tell me the car is sitting outside and I should bring the trailer up and take it home. So by Wednesday the car is back in my shed. Heres what it looks like after the paint
It really feels good to have that part of this done. Now im in the process of wet sanding so I can polish and buff it out. Then I will take the car and put it in the house garage so I can start to rework and polish all the trim. Once I get the car wet sanded and polished I will get some better pics and post them. Its been a long week but im very happy with the results.
Rod
Well its time for an update. Last Friday night I came home from work and Ray says "how long would it take to get this to the body shop". I told him I could get it there over the weekend and he says no I mean tonight. So I move everything in the shed to get the car out, hook the trailer to the truck and load the car up and head to the body shop. He blocks the car down on Saturday and Sunday and tells me he can get it into the booth on Tuesday. His plan is to have the Base white done by the time I get off work, but when I get there at 5:30 that night its still not in the booth yet. The shop owner is spraying something for a customer but finishes around 6. Until we get it in the booth, tape it up and wipe it down and spray the first coat of white its 11 PM. 3 coats of white, layout stripes, tape off all the white and spray the blue stripes, then untape and clear the car, I dont get home until 6 AM wednesday morning. What a long night! But its now in color and Im off to work. He calls me at 10 AM that morning to tell me the car is sitting outside and I should bring the trailer up and take it home. So by Wednesday the car is back in my shed. Heres what it looks like after the paint
It really feels good to have that part of this done. Now im in the process of wet sanding so I can polish and buff it out. Then I will take the car and put it in the house garage so I can start to rework and polish all the trim. Once I get the car wet sanded and polished I will get some better pics and post them. Its been a long week but im very happy with the results.
Rod
