Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Finally, Off to the Painters!!

Yesterday night we finally got the car dropped off at Gary's to be painted. It took a bit of work to get the car all ready to go.... and we didn't end up getting there till late, but it is exciting to be at this step in the restoration!

First they had to get the car off the rotisserie and onto the cart. This is Mike starting on that process.
The ended up putting the front end on an engine hoist and had to lower the back end by hand. Prior to taking the car off the rotisserie, they used tie downs to tie the cart onto the bottom of the car. So they just had to lower the already attached cart to the ground. So they held the car while I took the rotisserie arm off. I had to get a picture of them standing in the trunk afterwards with the towels they used to keep from gouging their arms.

This is the car on the trailer almost ready to go. Mike bolted the doors and fenders back on just to transport them easier.

Finally the car in it's new home-away-from-home (at least for the next 5 months).


It is very exciting to get it dropped off to be painted. It could take 5 months so we are looking end of January, beginning of February. Hopefully it will be done as soon as possible. We still have to be able to put the entire car back together come April for the show. Either way I am glad to at least have it officially to this stage. It can only look better from here on out.

Sunday, August 7, 2011

Long time, no post!

Just wanted to give a quick update. The car is pretty well ready to go to the painters. I haven't really kept track of days since all that has been done is welding and grinding for the last little while. Now it just needs to go to be painted. The person painting it has to clear up some room for it, so it wont go until the middle of August. It will be exciting when it goes off to the painters. At that point we can start working on other things. There is a lot going on in our personal life right now so it will be interesting getting the car done in the midst of everything else, but we are still aiming for April 2012... the Tuacahn show. So lets hope it times out well!