Since this thread came back up I thought I would update on where we are. Yesterday Dan and I got the doors primed, and those are almost the last parts on the cab itself. It's nice not to have to worry about bare metal rusting any more........Dan has probably DA'd that cab 50 times in the couple years since we put it together.

The bed is next. He just has to make the openings a little wider where the axle tubes ride, then we can disassemble it and start priming that part. We took everyone's advice and have eliminated the etch primer step and are applying the DP90 right to bare metal. He DA'd it with 80 grit first and wiped it down a couple of times, and the primer seemed to grab on really well.

The clock is ticking as to whether he will make Turkey Run this November. The ONLY way that can happen is if he either puts the car together in primer or shoots a final coat of the Hot Rod Black I did on mine. I have been pushing him to simply get the d*** car on the road this year and enjoy it, then pull the body off next Spring and get it professionally sprayed. That would also allow him time to lick his financial wounds and recover a little in between. I think the fact this car has been absorbing so much money for the past 5 years is wearing on him as much as the physical work putting it together. It gets VERY old after a while, spending dollar after dollar and not seeing the end of the tunnel.

Nothing picture worthy this time, but pretty soon we should have some shots of the body hopefully going together.

Don