[Bentwheelbob]

Originally Posted by Judge273

My GT -37 headliner was installed by two guys. Dan and Scott, and I wish I was there to witness that. I did not look at that invoice....

But, that's a great price and the guy came to you? Was that like 20 bucks and hour?

It was more like $17 per hour - it took him about 12 hours. However, I also fed him BBQ pork. It was a deal, especially him coming to my place. One of the All Crane guys that salvaged my lift disaster told me about him. Turns out he only lives 5 minutes away. I've got him coming back to re-install some button caps on the Yellow Car's seats.

Originally Posted by njsteve

I think you'll have to wait quite a while for that Rustoleum to cure since it is an non-hardened enamel, before you can attempt sanding it.

BTW you can see where I used the propane torch to clear out all the brazing from the valance to lower quarter seam. The original installer of those NOS quarters thought the gap was not supposed to be there, and filled it full of brass after installing the quarters. One side was mostly body filler but the other was a brazed up solid. I gently heated the area with a propane torch and used a wire handbrush to brush it out. It made me real nervous when I originally saw it as I thought they used steel wire to fill it and that would have taken serious grinding to get it out.

....non-hardening enamel ...Hmm....I'm doing a baked on finish. It's sitting in the sun by the smoker. Smoking a lamb roast for Easter dinner. Hopefully it will harden up enough by the time I chase my family off this evening to take a whack at wet sanding. It really looks good though. There's just a few dust nibs...

Now that you mentioned the brazed area, I can see where you cleaned it up. Looks good.

[Bentwheelbob]

Well, the tail panel is done and so is the lamb. Now just waiting for for my family to arrive. I decided not to mess with perfection, or at least a reasonable facsimile thereof. The paint has hardened up nicely and I'm sure that I could wet sand it given enough water and 400 grit paper, but man it looks so good already. If everything went right with the sanding and final paint coat, I could make a modest improvement, however, it would be just my luck that I would get a run, sag or dry spot. I know when to stop...Hah, hah. I just hope it doesn't make the rest of the paint on the Black Car look too bad. How many cans of Rustoleum does it take to paint a car.....

I can't wait to get the new letters. This thing looks 100% better than it did, and I like the low rent nature of it.

[The Boss]

Originally Posted by Bentwheelbob

.....and I like the low rent nature of it.

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[Bentwheelbob]

One last accomplishment for the weekend before the reality of work and travel rears it's head. Along with the tail panel came the license holder/fuel door. It was in crusty shape. Interestingly. it looked like it had been dip painted as there was a clear no paint line at the top. I bead blasted it and repainted with semi-gloss black. Not sure what the correct level of gloss should be. I also replicated the no paint areas as best I could.

I hope everyone had a Happy Easter. He's a few pictures.