[ZeGermanHam]

Just checking in here again for a small update. No surprise, it is taking much longer to get this car painted than I had hoped. But with that said, I think the painter finally has some fire under him and is pushing to get the color sprayed in the next 2-3 weeks. I had a few in-person meetings with him last week, and snapped a few photos while I was there. He has spent countless hours block sanding, and it will undergo one additional round of major block sanding and then a final minor block sanding before spraying color. I was just excited to see the body as (mostly) all one color again. It has been a while since I've seen something like that!






He put the trunk lid on after these photos were taken and I couldn't believe how nicely it fit and lined up with the surrounding panels. It bodes well for how the rest of the car will turn out, which I am confident will be excellent. These photos above were taken just as he was beginning to refit the doors and front clip again to block sand them together. He still had lots of fitting/shimming to do, and of course they will come off the car again for paint. Current ETA is around March 10th. We shall see.

In the meantime, the long-delayed window felt kit finally arrived from Ames, and the equally delayed parking brake kit should be getting here on Tuesday.



Also bought a new "Tomahawk" valley pan from Butler, as I figured why not. The one on my engine currently is (I'm assuming) from 1970 and the engine hasn't been run much in the past 20+ years, so internal corrosion is a possibility I'd rather not risk.



And I posted this elsewhere a bit ago, but I also worked with Mike Noun to perform some detective work and finally figure out who the mysterious Zone 17 Dealer 079 is. We were able to do some cross-referencing and determine that Zone 17 Dealer 079 was a secondary lot for Colonial Pontiac in Miami, FL (Zone 17, Dealer 080). Very happy to have solved that mystery. Turns out the original dealer building is still standing, and is being used to sell classic and collector cars nowadays.




I also found a vintage Colonial Pontiac key chain on eBay that I will use with my keys, which I think is kind of neat.