Was out roamin around and anutter 1 jumped on the trailer.
New build with 0 (Zero) miles on it. Needs paint and guts
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Was out roamin around and anutter 1 jumped on the trailer.
New build with 0 (Zero) miles on it. Needs paint and guts
Nice! A great find. You're a rod magnet! P&J Frame? Whose body? More details, pls?
Very very nice Don, I quite like the colour of the frame and grille surround. Will you be changing the colour or can you live with the colour it is ?
Good eye, yep Pete & Jakes chassis, Kilborne body, nice new rumpity rump 355 SBCQuote:
Originally Posted by Henry Rifle
Really likin the maroon, just gotta shoot the body and hood, then stuff the guts with a Mediumn Tan dead cow like thisQuote:
Originally Posted by Whiplash23T
Another very nice find! Do you ever find steel abanded coupe bodies in your travels?
Sure do, they go for BIG BUCKSQuote:
Originally Posted by 40FordDeluxe
Yep, that dead cow colour will go extremely well with the paint colour and eventhe wheels suit the car. I can imagine a very quick turn around on this beauty. Which raises the question, how fast have you had one of your many cars come in and then exit your workshop ? Sorry if I have asked this question before too as I think I'm getting that forgetful disease.
Mark, had a 34 roadsterv last year I drove 400 miles r/t to pickup, got home late so left it on the trailer. Next morning as I'm unloading a guy pulls in and ask if he can look @ it. I say sure. Then he ask's how much as it is? I tell him and he says "Here's my card leave it loaded and bring it down to my storage building @ noon and I'll have the CASH. Owned it less than 18 hrs. Side note : he's bringing it in this winter for me to complete it. Another was just 2 months ago, drove up 200 miles to pickup a 1972 Chevy short bed, on the way home about 50 miles into the trip I stop for fuel, guy comes up and makes me an offer on the truck right there, he's got cash @ his office acrossmthe street, so I dropped it off and came home empty, the trailer that is pockets were full. Man I'm havin fun bein retired.Quote:
Originally Posted by Whiplash23T
It definitely sounds like you have the best kind of luck Don!
No luck involved, have a great network of friends and associate's.Quote:
Originally Posted by 40FordDeluxe
Also do alot of hunting. Nothing falls into your hands with out work.
My dad;s ole line.
"Ya can shit in 1 hand and wish in the other, but I can tell ya which 1 will fill first"
Given your background you might get a kick out of this...........Quote:
Originally Posted by DA34GUY
A 3M rep was touring the field with the local jobber rep one day. We're standing in the middle of the shop when he says "So and so down the road (another shop) isn't as lucky as you to have a nice down draft booth....." Apparently the look on my face was more expressive than I realized when my jobber rep looked like he wanted to shrink into the floor. I looked at the 3M guy and said something like "Luck has nothing to do with it! It takes a lot of effort to get to where you can afford one, and a lot of effort to make it pay for itself." The guy did show his back peddling ability pretty quickly though...........:LOL:
I love it Bob, Had an insurance adjuster years ago, when I owned my big collision shop, ask me how come I had all the gravy hi end collision work in the area. Told him cuz when a customer looks @ his car after a 10/20 K repair and say's it doesn't look like it was ever wrecked. I usually responed "It's not supposed too" Word of mouth advertising is priceless.
Yeah, I'm sure the network of good friends and people helps a lot. Word travels fast when deals come up. My Grandfather always said the same thing to us, and my Dad too. Another of their favorite sayings is, "Shit or get off the pot!" I miss hearing grandpa saying that with his wooden back scratcher in his hand as he shook it at ya. HahaQuote:
Originally Posted by DA34GUY
Got the hood, tail lights and deck lid painted.
Headlights are where they are supposed 2 B now.
More preppin on the body and blast it next week, then off to get the guts.
Had it 1 week now and it'll go in the booth 2morrow or Thursday.
Comin right along
Or maybe 2day
Bottom is already painted/ color sanded and buffed by og builder. I'll roll er in and bag the bottom.
You know what Don, it is the simplicity of your cars that make them so darn attractive and quick sellers. I like that colour more and more and once completed will look awesome out in the sun. I personally have always thought hot rods should have floor mounted shifters but I'm changing my mind as some of those column change shifters and complete columns look darn good and also allows extra seating space on the bench seat.
Thanx 4 the Kudos Mark, just buffed the deck lid and took it outside, the color explodes in the sun. re: the shifter, I've driven x country too many times with a floor shifter bangin my knee for 5/600 miles a
day. ain't no fun. Also more room on the floor to throw "STUFF"
Wow, you really get things done fast! Has a great look to it, and the color is perfect! Are you recovering that
seat, or replacing it? I have that same seat in my Coupe, and would be interested in seeing how it looks recovered.
I know what you mean about that shifter! LOL I can't live without a arm rest, and moved the factory one from the
side of the seat to the center where the belts came through. Keep the pics coming!
Rich
Had a caravan seat done for this 1 last year , doin the same color and style., I throw my small ice chest on the seat for an armrest.Quote:
Originally Posted by RichB
Regartding get stuff done, after ownin a Body shop for 45 + years all ya gotta do is work at it and not talk about it.
Don, that's a great comment - and exactly what my father always reminded me about getting things done.Quote:
Originally Posted by DA34GUY
Beautiful work as usual, by the way. I simply love that color.
2 1/2 hrs in the booth B4 sunrise. It don't need no stinkin buffer, wheels back on and out in the sun cookin right now.
Slap it 2 gether over the weekend and of to Tim Rein for another of his great Interiors.
Then For Sale. Cheeeeep 4 a brand new car.
What is the color? It looks much redder in the latest photos.
Amazing off the gun finish Don. I would think anybody who worked for you over those 45 years you ownered the Bodyshop would of been a fool if they didn't learn from you .
Thanx for the Kudo's. Have taught many to pull the trigger over the years. Best advice I can give to anyone is, mix your ratios properly, use the right temp reducer for conditions and don't be afraid to pour it on.Quote:
Originally Posted by Whiplash23T
Side note temp has a lot to do with it but humidity does also.
Had an ole painter years ago tell me that when he shot equiptment up in Alaska that he'd use slow reducer when it was freezing outside because there was zero humidity and the reducer was sucked out real fast.
When I lived in AZ I've shot cars when it was aver 110 degrees in the booth and used straight retarder. Ya talk about flow and shine !!!!!!!!
Al, it actually Cabernet Maroon off a 1971 Ford Truck, camera's and lighting in the booth do make it look red.Quote:
Originally Posted by Al G
Finally got a pic of the color that is more true, not red cast
That's a nice color.
The work bench looks like a typical car painters bench in need of a clean up but the worker is too busy doing the important stuff. And that observation is made from the reflection in the non cut'n polished off the gun gloss paint on the side of the car too. Oh, and I won't mention it is about time you shaved Don. LOL...
Have had a beard since I sold my shop and retired 18 years ago Mark, don't have to impress customers with the "clean shaven look" anymore. And yes, that's on the 2do list 2morrow morn. Clean the bench off. Usually doesn't get like that .Quote:
Originally Posted by Whiplash23T
Doors hung, just the hood and deck lid and it's ready to go get guts
Don, once again, nice work! You sure lay down great work! The coupe looks like a totally different ride now!
Thanx 40FordDeluxe.
After paintin for over 45 years I think I got it figured out. Finally changed from the long nappy rollers to the short 1's
It's all back 2gether now just gotta put the glass in then to the trim shop
You're not fooling' me any, you're using one of those new fangled foam rollers!Quote:
Originally Posted by DA34GUY
Beautiful!
Ya got me, and they are the throwaway type.Quote:
Originally Posted by 36 sedan
I was going to say you using Mum's new vacuum cleaner on blow instead of suck but the new foam rollers is doing a fine job. Amazing how a coat of paint can make a car look finished and ready for cruising.
Well, that 1 dindn't last long.
Guy I know in Kansas calls last night and asks "How's the 5 window comin along?"
Tell him it's in the trim shop gettin the guts done and will be done next week, I send him abouit 15 pics and he calls back and asks 'How much?" i TELL HIM AND HE SAYS "i'LL BUY IT IF YOU DELIVER IT TO ME" Money hit the bank 2day. Guess I'm goin to Kansas (300 Miles" in 2 weeks
You alway give me a smile!