Body Shop Update

Stopped by Maaco Auto Body in West Spring­field this after­noon to check on progress.  We’re mov­ing like a tur­tle on tran­quil­iz­ers, but that’s OK with me, I did not give them a dead­line and knew that they would use it as a fill-in, I’m just not a patient guy and look­ing for­ward to actu­ally putting parts back on her.  So far every­thing is going great and every­thing I have seen says to me that they are going above and beyond what I expected of them.  I am pleased and look for­ward to see­ing color on her.

Driver’s side is done and primed along with the trunk deck and roof.  Right front fender is done prepped and primed and there still is a lit­tle work to do on the pas­sen­ger side doors and rear quar­ter before they are primed too.  Then the body will be blocked and sanded before paint­ing begins.  Once started, door jambs and posts, along with the under­side of the hood and trunk deck will be done first and then we will move to the body.  Larry is only work­ing a half day tomor­row and off Fri­day and Mon­day so real­is­ti­cally we will prob­a­bly not fin­ish the prep until the end of next week at the earliest.

I bor­rowed a bench mounted buffer/polisher from a neigh­bor and have begun to buff and pol­ish all of the trim work that has not been sent out to be re-finished, it’s prob­a­bly going to take a cou­ple weeks to get through all of it.

Until next time.…

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