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I hope you and your dad are doing well. Looks like winter is on us to cold to be out be safe.

My dad had surgery and is now in rehab. He will probably be in rehab for another month.

It's cold here often high 20's to low 30's at night, 50 during the day if we are lucky. Glad the car is in my basement, I can work on it anytime.

Not much going on, one of the forum members send me a few sheets of 1500 grit and 3000 grit DA paper. It looks like the cut and buff will be hard. I have a difficult time getting rid of the previous scratch when going to a higher grit paper. I had sanded the orange peel with 1000 grit, then tried 1500DA followed by 3000 DA. The paint starts to shine after using the 3000 grit DA but close examination of the surface still shows lots of scratch. In any event I have not had much time to work on it. This is the first attempt at cut and buff, my previous paint jobs were not buffed.

Christmas presents. My girlfriend gave me carpet. This is ACC super plush Essex carpet with mass back and jute already attached.

Carpet is just slid into place so I could check for problems.


This is really thick carpet.


The black is the mass backing and jute is already attached. This is heavy carpet. This piece weighs about 30 LBS.

[nh68gto]

Everything you are doing looks amazing!!! Keep up the great work. You should be very proud of what you have done. Color looks like the Warwick blue. I know its not.

[cuz68]

How are things going MR Brown have you done any work to your 68? Hope you and your dad are doing ok, Your friend Randy.

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Thanks everyone for the kind comments on the project. It will be a while before I post again. My dad had a heart attack yesterday and has a poor chance of recovery.

[SA74SD]

Sorry to hear that. Family comes first. I wish you both well.

[Ponchofan]

Been through it. Prayers are with you and your dad.

[Greg Reid]

Very sorry to hear that Fred. Sympathy and prayers to you and yours.

[cuz68]

Same here Fred, This is very sad news

[2cdavis3]

Thoughts & prayers for you and your dad

Craig

[nh68gto]

Sorry to hear the news. Spend time with dad.

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I sad to say my dad passed away on Feb 15. He would have been 91 in April. He broke is hip in late November which set up a down hill decline from there. A blood clot formed that could not be treated due to his age and health.

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I had reported having difficulty sanding orange peel out and buffing. I was using Meguiar's Solo products and found they were not aggressive enough. Maybe they would have worked have the car been cut and buffed within a week of being painted, but after three months, they just didn't cut it (pun intended). I bought Meguiar's 105 and 205 cutting and polishing compounds which allowed a decent buffing job.



It looks like I will be repainting the hood. There are too many flaws, I have a run and too much trash in the paint. I knew about the run as I tried to repair it during the original painting, but was running out of time and rushed the repair. The repair didn't turn out so well.

[Greg Reid]

Originally Posted by fbrown

I sad to say my dad passed away on Feb 15. He would have been 91 in April. He broke is hip in late November which set up a down hill decline from there. A blood clot formed that could not be treated due to his age and health.

Sorry to hear that Frederic. My prayers and condolences to you and your family...On the other hand, sounds like he had a helluva run though...
Ironic that you posted today also. I was just reviewing this thread last night and your pms to me so I could order some things to get me ready to paint....I'm afraid the pollen may catch me though. In that case, it'll be a couple more months.

[pont3]

Sorry to hear about your father. Our prayers are with you. I'm sure he was a tenacious guy as you have demonstrated with your project. Best wishes.

[cuz68]

Sorry to here the sad news, Fred my prayers are with your family, Your friend Randy.

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A couple of pieces came in today. UPS delivered kick panels with cutouts for speakers. I going to use Infinity speakers. The headunit will be a RetroSound Model 1.



I have been working mostly on non news worthy items. Final adjust of windows. Installation of weather strip, door, window, trunk, etc and other boring jobs.

I ordered most of what I need to finish the interior. I say most, because I probably forget something and won't figure it out until I putting everything in.

[6 Grrrs]

Originally Posted by fbrown

I sad to say my dad passed away on Feb 15. He would have been 91 in April. He broke is hip in late November which set up a down hill decline from there. A blood clot formed that could not be treated due to his age and health.

Sorry to hear Fred. My condolences.

[cuz68]

Was the weather strip for the windows hard to put in? My 68 needs them bad Thank you.Randy

[ponjohn]

Originally Posted by fbrown

I sad to say my dad passed away on Feb 15. He would have been 91 in April. He broke is hip in late November which set up a down hill decline from there. A blood clot formed that could not be treated due to his age and health.

Very sorry to have read this.

My condolences.

[2cdavis3]

Hey Fred hows things going any progress?