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Originally Posted by stovens

Great project and welcome tho Club Hot Rod. The folks here can be a wealth of information. The body work looks fantastic, I think your off to a great start with a running driver, that needs the finish work. It's a great place to start, as most of the choices here on out with personalize the car to you! There is also alot of motivation when driving is not to far off from reality. Like a house, a hot rod can really drain the budget. Our house addition costs 80K for the last couple of months of finish carpentry. A hot rod is similar if your buying lights, gauges wiper motors, wheels, tires, exhaust, and last but not least PAINT! But it is also exciting as you see it all come together! Looking forward to seeing your project progress.

I feel fortunate to have found this car. A lot of the work and expense is done. It has tailights and headlights. Though when I put the headlights on they do not "sit" right. The guy at SRPM said it sounds like I have 2 of the same hand headlight mount. I think he's right, so I'm going to have to buy another set. The exhaust and gauges are already done. The power windows are installed but not wired up. Vintage air is partially installed. I will have to buy a compressor and I'm sure a few odds and ends to complete the air.

Questions I have are, should the glass and interior be done AFTER it's painted? The interior has been painted including door jambs and all. Is it alright to go ahead and put the weatherstripping around the doors and such before it's painted.

I'm thinking I can go ahead and do most everything and save the paint for last. Maybe leave the glass where it's easy to remove, have it painted and then put the glass in permanently and be done with it.

I just got a new gas tank cover panel. The old one was messed up when it got away from them unloading it from a trailer. I also bought the turn signal/parking lights I plan to use on the front. I've had 21 people here all weekend and haven't had a chance to see how the panel fits or how I'm going to mount the turn signals. They all just left, so I'm going to play with it some this afternoon.

In my case I plan on painting interior and window jams first, then install glass and tape over but this is my first rodeo too for this kind of stuff so lets here what the veterans have to say!