Well after years and years of saving and working I can finally make one of those 'progress threads'
To recap, this car use to belong to my father - he bought it in 77', cleaned it up, and drove it till 86. The car had started to develop rust and had other issues, so it sat parked for 14 years - until I started getting into cars. Around the year 2000 I started on my long quest to get it back on the road, which didnt take long. I drove the car a couple weeks but then decided that the engine compartment looked terrible, so I took it apart to replace the inner fenders and clean the engine. Being a teenager on limited funds, things took time...so around a year later I had it back together and drove it around till 2004 where I decided that I wanted it done right. So....I stripped the car, replaced the passenger 1/4 panel, replaced the drivers front floorpan, and patched in around the trunk and lower firewall. Between that time and now I also built a new engine and gathered all the parts I wanted for the car. However, when it came to the actually bodywork & paint on the car, I knew I didnt have the skill or patience so I had to find someone in my budget that did.....and that finally happened a couple months ago.
So, here I am 5 years later, hoping to have it done by next summer.
I have to do some digging to find the old pictures, but below are the pictures of the car from the day the body guy took it, to today.....where it has paint on the doors, firewall, and inner fenders. With any luck, I hope to have it back in my garage by Christmas.
Before anyone asks....the color is Go-mango with gold pearl in the clear. It is the color I wanted for the car since I was little. When my father had the car painted in 77', he used a gold pearl and I always loved it.
