Pops Ride.

[califconstruct]

My son Cristian helping on his future ride.






Prepping for Vintage Air Gen IV Air Conditioning. -




DSE Steering 12:1 ratio, Ride Tech Tru Turn, Hotchkis



Most of my purchases have been thru Steve's Camaros and Matts Classic Bowties. - great to work with.

[califconstruct]

So the body shop, that is "painting" my car, has, for several months now, put my car in the back of the shop. Too many commercial accounts, and not enough time to give the custom jobs attention. So I decided to pick it up, iron out the details needed prior to paint, and have Rich, at Road Touring Customs give her the attention she deserves.





Underside was gone over with this stuff.. although the new DSE wheel wells, and frame rails were not prepped properly, and the coating did not take. I wonder what else was not properly prepped.... um.. possibly the whole underside???.



Didn't even use any primer!.. come on!.



how's that for seeing right thru the coating.




Time for me to coordinate completion details, prior to paint myself.




This poor car keeps getting mis treated!.


Looks like It'll be ready for paint after the hollidays!.

[GregWeld]

Time to maybe re-think how you choose shops??

[califconstruct]

Originally Posted by GregWeld

Time to maybe re-think how you choose shops??

yea, I hear you!.. I give people the benefit of the doubt, too much. This is supposed to be a "Qality" shop. No reason for that undercoat to get jacked up like that.

This is a buddy of mine's shop. As a friend he is giving me a "great deal" but, like a few other members, paid up front, and have been shuffled to the back. Granted some of the delays were because of me changing the direction of the build, but this car has been in and out of this shop since August of 2010. That's 3 years. Its really time to move it out. I have been working on fixing the cars issues since early 2007.. so its been a 6 yr project.

I should have a handle on it now tho. I trust that he'll make good, and address the car in the detail I expect it to be. It also helps out that he'll read this post, and know that when it's done, the work will be judged, and commented on. Right Kenny!...

Its scheduled for paint the first week of January.

[Ron in SoCal]

Man, sorry for your troubles. At least you know our boy Richie will do it right

Just keep the Bud Lite flowing, lol

[GregWeld]

I was being kind of flippant when I posted that… but it is true that many members here have made BAD choices on the shops. Some have even managed to make it even worse by moving from one bad shop to another even worse shop!

I have no clue for the reasons why - nor am I saying I could have done it better or different.

I do know that there are shops on here that seem to get a project - start to finish its done - and it's killer… So we know there are good choices out there.

Hey -- You know I made a bad decision and took my '32 to SAR - paid top dollar -- and then had to take it to another top shop to get it drivable. In the end it was a bad choice on my part -- but the car ended up DONE and pretty damn nice it just took me some effort. And it shouldn't have.

[califconstruct]

A little update..

Car was painted in April. even tho it took a long time, I'm pretty pleased with the paint job. after the initial primer coat, after the rough body work, they primered, sanded, primered, sanded primered, sanded and then painted. 4 meticulous layers of refining the body lines. It looks good.

a few blurbs tho.. while jamming it, they did manage to paint the interior door parts and the dash between the dash pad and the glass, that are a satin maroon, to the exterior color.. so that had to be re-painted, and my nice newly powder coated front frame has paint on one side.





















Bumble Bee nose striping..





Car is still there, getting put back together. Inner fender wells, adjustments, Oh.. painting the back spoiler wing.. as they misplaced the original, and had to order and paint a new one!.

It's been literally held hostage at this shop. Not a happy camper, but.. I'll be picking it up soon. Got a new 4 post lift for the shop, so I can keep it out of harms way, when I bring it home to finish up the interior, wiring ect.

[WSSix]

Looking good. I'm glad to hear it's coming home to you soon.

[waynieZ]

It looks nice, I hope the ruff journey is over for you.

[Vince@Meanstreets]

That looks great! Glad to see the project rolling again.