Build Thread-85 Cutlass Brougham-New Pics Added!

[cutty88]

ive been reading over this and the advice i would have to give you is as much as everyone wants you to keep the car and everything it comes down to you being happy if you need a clean slate and just start over then do it, beating yourself up doesnt help. everything will find a way to work out they always do, just find something that makes you happy and do that. i got out of cars for 5 years i rode 4 wheelers and love it and when time and money was right i got back into it, my dads procharged camaro helped. good luck

 

[85 Cutlass Brougham]

Thursday this week is looking like the day it will finally get sprayed. Cross your fingers that I actually can pull it off. I will be re-scuffing it again with 600 grit tomorrow afternoon in preparation for the big day. I have someone who is coming with me to help, and can drive stick, so I can bring the truck with all the supplies and the parts to be painted off the car. He's 17, and doing autobody as his votec thing in High School, and I agreed to mentor him, so this is one of our projects. The other will be an engine swap that is to be done in two weeks. Next week I am getting people together to put a porch roof on my house. Wish me luck as I need to pull all of this off before Jan 12 when I go back to school.

 

[Blake442]

Good luck Bro! I can't wait to see how it turns out.

 

[78mali350]

sounds like you're headed in the right direction!!!!

 

[85 Cutlass Brougham]

Went to go reserve the booth today, and got denied because they would not be open New Year's day. Damnit! This POS is never gonna get painted!!!

 

[78mali350]

could the kid paint it in his class somehow? just a thought

 

[85 Cutlass Brougham]

could the kid paint it in his class somehow? just a thought

Well... With over $800 in paint, I really want to do it myself. He's gonna come with me when I do it, but it won't be for another 2 weeks. Unfortunately, that puts me at the first week back to school. I may have him spray some of the first coats though as I am having back and shoulder problems for the last few weeks and can barely move. I will have him do the first two color coats, and save the last for myself to avoid tiger striping and other issues present when metallics are sprayed by a novice. I'll also do all the clear myself. If I hadn't lost one of my days off this week, I would have loved to have swapped the engine out in my AMC so that I could get it ready to sell. I have a few people who want to learn how to fix cars and have volunteered to help, so I basically hold court in my driveway and teach them every so often.

 

[78mali350]

So how did your winter break go? get most of what you wanted to done?

 

[85 Cutlass Brougham]

I got nothing done, so I only signed up for one class, a retake of Calculus I, hoping I can get things squared away by the end of this semester. I managed to play with my RC car, and got a new center drag link installed in my truck (it was getting scary!), but schedules and weather would not allow me to do what I wanted. I was even going to try for today with the paint on the Olds, but the long range forecast did not work with painting a car, and it won't this Thursday either, so another week goes by with nothing done. It's driving me nuts, because I want to get the Olds put pretty much back together to free up space so I can change the engine and transmission in the other car and sell it. I also still need to find a good used steering box for the truck, as well as a alternator bracket, front crank seal and a A/C compressor to get it working 100% again. Everything is still in limbo and dependent on me getting paint on the Olds before anything else can really progress. I need the Olds as a delivery car backup before I can really take the truck apart in case something goes wrong or does not fit. I don't want to deliver in it, but can't afford to miss work either.

 

[jonnyslick]

Do you have a full pic of your car now ... or did I just miss the pics somewhere?