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Currently it is at the customers home so he can have a new vintage air system installed along with new gauge cluster etc.. Then its back here for paint.
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Steves69LS3
hey BK fab yourself up a pair of these the next time you need to hang doors on a 69 camaro. automatically sets the door to rocker gaps. all you have to doo is slide the door forward or back to center it.
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Nice
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Camaro is back and in need of repairs before paint.. The customer kept adding more and more for the other shop to do.. Originally it was going to have vintage air and new wiring harness. Then it turned into pulling the drive train, re working portions of the engine, tranny, disk brakes in the rear, new fuel lines, brake lines, new gas tank, smoothed fire wall, etc etc etc.. My customer figured he would do everything he ever dreamed of.
The downside ( for me, not the car!! ), is they also painted the sub frame and all suspension components, removing them to clean and paint. They pulled the rad support which gave me fits getting it in place and correct when I replaced the bushings. Nothing lines up now.. Nothing!!!! Quarter panels, fenders and doors all have damage, plus now I have to pull everything apart, get out my tape measure and realign all the work I had done before. From what I can tell the front passengers side is further forward now than the drivers and rad support is pushed over to the right of the car instead of center..
All in all Im pretty down that I have to redo what i did before to align everything, however it should surely go much better this time around. My goal is to get it aligned this weekend and then fix the damaged panels and give it a nice coat of polyester again to make sure we are dead straight before I blow it apart for paint.. The customer said he had no idea they were going to completely take the car apart, but Im not upset with him for something someone else did.
Moral of this story?? Gee I dont think there is one lol
The downside ( for me, not the car!! ), is they also painted the sub frame and all suspension components, removing them to clean and paint. They pulled the rad support which gave me fits getting it in place and correct when I replaced the bushings. Nothing lines up now.. Nothing!!!! Quarter panels, fenders and doors all have damage, plus now I have to pull everything apart, get out my tape measure and realign all the work I had done before. From what I can tell the front passengers side is further forward now than the drivers and rad support is pushed over to the right of the car instead of center..
All in all Im pretty down that I have to redo what i did before to align everything, however it should surely go much better this time around. My goal is to get it aligned this weekend and then fix the damaged panels and give it a nice coat of polyester again to make sure we are dead straight before I blow it apart for paint.. The customer said he had no idea they were going to completely take the car apart, but Im not upset with him for something someone else did.
Moral of this story?? Gee I dont think there is one lol
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Bob Hollinshead
Redo work sucks, especially if it was a fight the first time around. Hours is hours, add them to the bill!
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Bondoskimmer
2X............
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Today was supposed to be a happy day, but has instead turned out to be sad.. I had began painting the car in pieces and the owner was coming over today to see a bunch of it shot and just hang out.. Pretty jolly older gentleman and was just excited as a teenager with their first car.. I called him this morning to find out that he had a heart attack last night and passed away.. Very sad for his wife.. He didnt have any kids and was only 64.. Im going to paint today in his memory....
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packin31
Bondo,
So sorry to here that. Life is so short as it is. Live it to it fullest while we are here.
So sorry to here that. Life is so short as it is. Live it to it fullest while we are here.
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Oldtimer
Sad news for sure. Hang in there Bro.
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5wndwcpe
Wow, that sucks he didn't even get to see it finished let alone drive it. My condolences.
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Bob Hollinshead
That's terrible Life isn't fair sometimes for sure, hopefully the Camaro finds future owners that appreciate your work as much as he did.
Life isn't fair sometimes for sure, hopefully the Camaro finds future owners that appreciate your work as much as he did.
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I really wish I hadn't let him take it now. If I'd kept it my part would have been done , no money to squabble over and he would have seen it all painted instead of just part if it painted.
One positive thing, this was the second time in 15 years he was completely re doing the car and he was living his dream. If he's with the good Lord now, this ole car don't mean a thing ;-)
One positive thing, this was the second time in 15 years he was completely re doing the car and he was living his dream. If he's with the good Lord now, this ole car don't mean a thing ;-)