Not a build thread, but a REFURB thread.....

[youther]

Well to make an even longer story short, steve sprayed the spots and then cleared them. Low and behold they stuck out like a sore thumb and there were several on the car. So now comes plan B. He has me go to the local decal shop and buy a roll of decal tape. You know, the white tape that they place on decals so that you can place them on things then pull it off after the sticker is smoothed on. It's semi-transparent.

It's vacation time for me and my family At this point I am at my whitts end and had already made my mind up that I was calling it quits with the paint if this didn't work. So I leave for Forida while he agrees to work on the car while I'm gone.


He takes semi-transparent tape and covers the flames and cuts around the flames wth a razor. When he was done all of the flames were covered. He sanded the entire silver part of the car and repainted the silver.

When he took off the tape he had left a gap between the flames and the silver and it was obvious. What was left was a line of the old silver around all of the flames and the new silver. Also not to mention that in several areas he cut too deep with the razor and it cut al the way to the metal in areas.

So I come back from Florida two weeks later and go and look at the car. And for above reasons I decide to put the brakes on the project. I have spent almost $3,000 in paint and supplies and have nothing worthy of showing. I figure cut my loses now because everytime he does something he needs more supplies to fix problems.

So I take the car home and put it in the garage for a few weeks and weigh my options and try to regain the 10 years or so that I have lost off of my life over this whole ordeal.

Below is what it looked like. It's a 20/20 car.....LOL! It doesn't look too bad from a distance. I even post a pic of it on here just to see what people think about. People post that they like it but I figure everyone is just being nice as usual......LOL!

[bluestang67]

Below is what it looked like. It's a 20/20 car.....LOL! It doesn't look too bad from a distance. I even post a pic of it on here just to see what people think about. People post that they like it but I figure everyone is just being nice as usual......LOL

Is this a test lol.

[youther]

Below is what it looked like. It's a 20/20 car.....LOL! It doesn't look too bad from a distance. I even post a pic of it on here just to see what people think about. People post that they like it but I figure everyone is just being nice as usual......LOL

Is this a test lol.

Yeah.....LOL! You know 20mph and 20 feet away the car looked great.

[youther]

Yeah here is the thread bluestang. You were the first to reply to it.....LOL!

http://www.clubhotrod.com/forums/sho...hlight=youther

I just wanted to see what people thought about it, knowing that people wouldn't be able to see the damage in the picture.

[bluestang67]

I will be honest and say i like the second set a whole lot better .

[youther]

I will be honest and say i like the second set a whole lot better .

I agree 100%. There is no comparison.

Just a few notes about Steve.

He has talent. It just needs refined. I honestly believe that if it had not been for the untimely death of the instructor things would have been different. Mr S would have gave steve direction and kept him on track. I just think that steve got in over his head.

[bluestang67]

He does have talent maybe a few more years with HRP would bring him inline . I would even like to apprentice with him .

[youther]

So the story continues..................

After all of this I have my heart set on the red, white, and blue flames. I take the car to several autobody people that I know to get estimates for painting the car. I also was looking for someone that could do flames and that had a good reputation for custom painting. I am told of a guy named Chris and he does custom painting. I call him and he comes by to look at the car. I tell him my horor story and how the car got to where it is.

Chris tells me that he would prefer to just do the flame work and let someone else prep the car and put the base back on it. I tell him that that is fine. Chris then proceeds to advise me of something that is just plain freaky. He tells me that he has been hired to be the new vo-tech teacher when the new school year starts. I'm like....OMG What are the chances?! I've never met this guy before and he tells me that he is going to be the next vo-tech teacher. I immediately have concerns about letting Chris do the flames. He assures me that he will do the work and the kids will not touch the car.

So now I have to find someone to get the car back to primer and then paint the base. I find a guy to paint the base and take him the car. It's August 07 and I tell him that there is no major hurry, but I do want to have the car on the road by spring 08. He tells me that no problem he will have the car done in a month or two. I reply SUPER!