She’s Baaack.….
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The “Gray Lady” is finally back home with 
her new gray coat. Finish is pretty good, if I decide to take it a step further and wet sand and buff her she will be perfect. The color is just what I hoped for, I’d say it is within a half shade of the original. I opted to paint her with a standard color that was as close to original as possible because I intend to use her as a driver and I wanted to be able to just touch-up or patch any dings or scrapes that may appear down the road without having to repaint the whole car again. 
I could have opted for custom paint and matched it perfectly, but it would have presented a problem down the road if repair work was needed.
I would rate the body work at a solid 10, they did a great job and there are absolutely no issues that I can see. 
However, I was surprised with the overage on the final bill, I knew we were going over timewise but I wasn’t expecting it to be 35% over the original estimate, that kind of rained on my parade a little. Turns out we had to invest about 90 hours in bodywork and prep, but this far into it, it would make no sense to be cutting corners, so I just gripe about it for a while and move on. It turns out that the second coat of primer that we added at the last minute involved about an additional 2 hours in the paint booth and probably
about another 14 hours of sanding. Ah well, it is done and now we can move on.
The piping and buttons for the upholstery are due to arrive at the end of the week, and all of the new rubber parts should be here by Monday. So not much will happen for the rest of the week, but by next week we will be going full tilt again.
Until then.….….……
