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bjc 350 SEP 17, 12:19 AM
Richard came by today and we sanded most of the day. We fixed a few final details and fitted the hood which seems to be fine, but we have not reinstalled the rubber bumpers used on the hoods leading edge corners. Should be good.
Closer and closer to "good enough" for paint!
bjc 350 SEP 28, 02:05 PM
Update, but no pictures yet. Richard is back at it this morning. Cleaning and getting ready to single stage the door jambs. He is determined to get this project finished yet. I know you all, and I will be excited to see some color. Thanks for looking, once again.
bjc 350 OCT 07, 12:48 AM
Well, finally some color, even if it is just on the jambs and sill area. Richard cleaned the car and remasked the door openings so he could paint the jamb area. I asked when we would see color on the whole car, but he said he only lives one day at a time and won't commit to a time line. But, he and I are real excited to see the car off jack stands, at least temporarily. We will pull it out to clean the shop best we can before spraying the body. Shop cleaning scheduled for tomorrow. As you guys know, schedules are tentative at best!





And a little COLOR! Kirker's version of Inferno Red, Very similar to the color of the V8 car peeking out of the background of the first photo.


Rick Morehouse OCT 13, 04:29 PM
Hell-of-a-build!! Couldn't see if the 59 caddy lights are there, I sure hope they are. Just a kick-ass job. One sweet ride, no second place trophy's here. Press on ole man....
bjc 350 OCT 17, 01:23 AM
Thanks for the comments Rick. I've been wanting to do another update, but progress is slow and my friend/painter Richard has been doing final cleaning and still has some masking to do to try to keep dust to a minimum. He works under pretty tough conditions since the shop is several open bays with cars parked near this project. No paint booth, no fancy lighting, but he has done several repaints for me and they turn pretty darn nice. He started his first body shop when he was 19 and is now nearing mid sixties. Lots of experience. His six year battle with health issues slows him a lot, but he really likes helping with these projects. He works when he feels like it, so this has taken some time. Sealer tomorrow, maybe paint the next day. But, we take it as he feels like working. I'm darned excited to see a possible finish to this thing. And, I really appreciate those who have stuck with this idea of mine, and Richard's. Who would have thought it would take years! And, I'm running out of those!
bjc 350 OCT 18, 11:33 PM
Still no color, but the final step before color is sealer. And Richard got it applied today. Does that mean color tomorrow? Well, we will see.

I know, it is still gray, but a smoother ,slicker gray!
bjc 350 OCT 19, 11:31 PM
It has been a long wait, but we have color! Clear will happen tomorrow morning. Wasn't sure this would ever happen. Looks good.







Sage OCT 20, 12:12 PM
WOW! Pennocks needs it's own "like" button!

Looking good...

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bjc 350 OCT 21, 02:57 PM
Well, I'm going to blame the problem on poor lighting. Somehow we missed a couple problem areas and only discovered them once the color was on. So another setback, that will entail recoating the primed areas once finish sanded, sanding the entire car for adhesion, then recoating color to make sure all color is uniform. Who said it was easy. More delays.
Very minor blemish on the nose.


Bigger problem on fender, had a couple minor waves above wheel well, and minor scratches on scoop.
Rick Morehouse OCT 21, 08:53 PM
Front bumper blemish?? White racing stripes dude---wide white racing stripes man. Remember the good old days? Maskin' tape & rattle can that thing! O.K., fix the side screw up, but paint the whole damn car again? Dedicated!! Dedicated to a super clean machine. Cool. R.........