It has begun...
After sitting in the dark cold garage since late 2003 stripped of all body panels and dignity, my car is being brought back to life. I originally tore it apart to add an updated roll cage from Rigid Race Cars so we could dip into the 9's the next season in NMRA Real Street. After seeing the beautiful job Bill and Rob did on my car, I wanted a nice paint job to go with the new beautiful cage. So I stripped all the body panels off and that was it. I didn't have 5 to 6 grand to give someone for the nice custom paint job I wanted my car to have, so it had to wait. Craig, Vinny, Kevin and all my good friends kept on me to get it out and to put it back together so we all could go race together, but I just didn't have the funds to do what I wanted. So it waited.
A few months back I'm walking through the grocery store and I see a Hot Rod issue on the magazine rack that caught my eye. An entire issue dedicated to paint & body! I flipped through it for a minute before heading to the check out lane. I have read that issue over and over the last couple months and I'm dead set on learning the trades of Auto Body and Painting! I few coworkers brought me in a few more issues like these to read, and I just cant put them down. I'm really fascinated with this stuff and I think I can do it!!!
I got my tax return money back and have been buying tools and materials.
I picked out the color I want a couple months ago after hanging out at the KOI paint store in Newport. After hours of flipping through books of paint chips I fell in love with the Tangelo color from House Of Kolor. Orange has been my favorite color since I was a kid and I always wanted an orange car. Heres my chance, I'm gonna do it! I ordered my House Of Kolor paint materials online (best prices) and they are coming from California so they should be here this week sometime.
We got the Stang back into the 2L Motorsports garage once again last night, and we got started sanding today.
Lots of pics to come guys!
There is three years of dirt and crap built up on this car. There was even a mouse nest in the cowl area. Its gonna take lots of hard work, but results will be seen soon.
Im working on covering the holes in the firewall because I wont be using heat or ac. But I think I need some thicker metal to work with.
Jennifer even got a sanding block in her hand and worked her butt off today.
Hot chicks working on cars...cant beat it!
Im on my last week of vacation this week So I'll be putting in 10-15 hours a day on this thing trying to get it ready for paint as soon as possible.
I'll post pics as I progress all week.
Matt J.
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And Keystone will do.
But it was actually a lot of fun working on the car, and I figure the more I help the faster that bitch is back on the road
Originally Posted by PonymanfiveO
