Estimates for all
Drove to a couple more body shops closer to me today. Estimates and description of work sound the same. General consensus, I’ll need to pull the windshield. Now I guess I need to track down a glass guy.
From One Chevy Tri-Five Enthusiast To Another!
Drove to a couple more body shops closer to me today. Estimates and description of work sound the same. General consensus, I’ll need to pull the windshield. Now I guess I need to track down a glass guy.
I took a ride to Craig’s 56 gold to get the tail pan and other two parts needed to fix the back side of the car. He had all 3 pieces I needed but when he held them up to…
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I finally got last bit of stainless off the car. It figures that the last piece I pull off was covering the biggest hole. At least now I know what I’m working with and where I should probably start body…
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Have to prime some bare metal parts that are way overdue. I finally got my interior window trim back from being sand blasted. But they have been sitting in the garage for a couple days. To avoid having to take…
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It’s that time of year again! The Zephyrhills Winter Autofest has come to town. I always like to go on Thursday because the crowds seem to be a little smaller than the weekends. Not so today! When I arrived, the parking lot was…
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I called up a friend Phil today to ask the easiest way to remove the 56 year old trim with out ruining it and he told me to bring it on over and he would help. I grabbed a few tools and…
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Today I continued removing the crown trim from the doors. It was so nerve wracking, for me at least. The reason it stressed me was because the screws holding the trim to the doors are so rusty that they would…
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It was time I cleaned up the ’55 and went to another show. So today I went to the Dover Rod Run in Dover, Florida. This show is put on by the First Baptist Church of Dover 2-3 times a year and never…
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I’ve been watching the Mecum Auto Auctions on TV for about a year now. So when I heard the 2012 season was starting of in Kissimmee (a little over an hour away from me) I decided to take a road…
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With not much going on show-wise in my area, I decided to take a short road trip a little east of me to Lakeland. I heard of a good show going on there so I hopped in the ’55 and…
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