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    Quote Originally Posted by rspears View Post
    Yeah, warmer weather helps for sure! I got the grille shell mounted on the radiator, did some measuring and tightened everything down hoping that it's right for the hood if I ever get it painted.... Then I looked through the grille and read "Speedway Motors on the protective cardboard I taped to the radiator to not beat up the fins, now nicely protected by grille. So off comes the grille shell once again, 30 minutes to remove the 5 year old yellow painters tape and residue, then back on again. If I didn't do each task two or three times I might make some progress!
    I have a good friend that always laughs and says, "We do it twice, to make it nice."

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    Quote Originally Posted by rspears View Post
    Then I looked through the grille and read "Speedway Motors on the protective cardboard I taped to the radiator to not beat up the fins, now nicely protected by grille. So off comes the grille shell once again, 30 minutes to remove the 5 year old yellow painters tape and residue, then back on again. If I didn't do each task two or three times I might make some progress!
    If you were able to accomplish a complete build without repeating a task a time or two.. You'd be Superman!

    Quote Originally Posted by 40FordDeluxe View Post
    I have a good friend that always laughs and says, "We do it twice, to make it nice." .
    My favorite saying was, we "Put it together.... to take it apart..... to put it together... to take it apart... to put it together..."

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