If you live in the Sunshine and Humidity State, post here along with where you are. I live in Tampa Bay, specifically New Port Richey.
So, who's from Florida and what part?
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hey is your car show ready? cause my club is trying to host a show up here if your interested, its probally 3-4 hours away. its going to benefit teen driving saftey and anti-drinking and driving. It wont be for a long while, but im trying to get 200+ cars and some atv's and cycles... but yeah if your interested Ill let you know more as I figure out when and where.
My car is not even ready to leave the driveway. I just started blocking it out today, and it needs at least one more priming and blocking session before I can paint it. It's just a gutted shell right now, but it does move under it's own power. It just has nowhere to sit but the floor...
Maybe. I am hoping to have it prepped and painted by the middle of June at the latest, preferably by the end of May. Then I will have to sand and buff the paint, and at least get the weatherstripping in before it gets too hot. At that point I can poke at it from time to time when I have the money to buy the remaining parts and such that I need. I should be able to drive it by the end of June, but probably won't want to because I want to leave the interior out until I can put the sound deadening, stereo wiring, window tint, cruise control, headliner, speakers, etc. in. I still have to buy most of that stuff, so it could take a while. This is how it looks today. There are more pics about 5 or 6 threads down, and also on my Myspace.
Well, I have owned it since 1993, and it was used as a pizza delivery car for almost 200k miles, so it has a little wear and tear...
Thing is, it is very straight, bodywise, and all of the exterior rust has been patched with steel. My main areas of work this time around ( I have painted it 2 other times) were the hood, trunk lid and roof--all of which had to be stripped due to peeling clear. The roof was stripped with a flapper disc, then sanded in 80 grit, then 220, then primed. I am sanding that primer now, and will be priming and blocking it again shortly. All of the interior is in beautiful condition except for the headliner and visors, which I will be seeking as soon as the car is painted. By the end of summer, it should be a cosmetically complete car, lacking only in some details. I have ways of doing things on a tight budget, but even I can only go so far when I am not making much more than I need to pay for the basic bills.
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