Hi everyone -- In a fit of optimism I have started gathering the tools I will need to do the bodywork and still hopefully get the car into color by fall.
I came across a small start-up company making sanding blocks with adjustable flexibility. A lot of people remember (and still use) the similar AFS blocks - but since AFS closed there hasn't been anything similar around.
Anyway - I received this two-piece block kit yesterday. I haven't used them yet (obviously) but they feel like great quality. You adjust the flexibility and shape by adding or removing the steel rods that slide in or out of the block.
Pretty cool. I think having a flexible long block is really going to help in a few areas to get the curve but keep a light touch that doesn't flex the panel.
Lots more tools to collect up since I have never done the bodywork part of a restoration (just some teenage hack work years ago).
Gotta be ready when the car is done in metal work and the push is on. Thanks everyone for following along.