Trip to the Doctor’s Office - 11/16/2022
I took Rosie to the shop up the street where the owner, Larry, is a big Mopar fan. He’s also the guy who’s not afraid to fix rusty old cars. I asked Larry to put Rosie up on the lift and do a mock inspection so I could prioritize a list of what needs to be fixed over the winter.
The list was incredibly minimal considering the age of the car:
Front upper and lower ball joints
Left rear parking brake cable
Right rear adjuster cable
Fix the rusted out, right rear wheel arch (no jagged metal allowed)
I was hoping Larry would let me slide on the rust repair. I asked him if I could just trim and sand away the jagged metal because I didn’t want the paint on the rear quarter to look different from the rest of the car until I could get the money together for a full and proper respray.
Larry assured me that if I could get some decent patch panels we can fix the rear quarter and blend the paint at the a body line and make it so no one would notice the repair.
And there goes another stack of Benjamin’s to Rock Auto….