Back from paint!
12-24-2008, 08:56 PM
#12
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Location: Central Illinois
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Basically, I can work on it forever, but now it will look good and I can drive it and enjoy it while I continue. I made sure anything which could affect the body was done.
12-26-2008, 12:52 PM
#18
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The dice were not there when I looked at the car, but were there the day I picked it up. They are new. The guy that owned this car for 43 years really liked it and I think he liked the fact I was going to keep it original and bring it back to looking like new. He went out and bought the dice for me so I have left them there, and probably will continue to do so as a kind of remembrance of him. He is nearing 80 years of age and Alzheimer's is quickly robbing him of his abilities. I plan to show him the car when it is reassembled if his wife says it is OK to do so.
12-26-2008, 02:08 PM
#19
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Location: OREGON
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The dice were not there when I looked at the car, but were there the day I picked it up. They are new. The guy that owned this car for 43 years really liked it and I think he liked the fact I was going to keep it original and bring it back to looking like new. He went out and bought the dice for me so I have left them there, and probably will continue to do so as a kind of remembrance of him. He is nearing 80 years of age and Alzheimer's is quickly robbing him of his abilities. I plan to show him the car when it is reassembled if his wife says it is OK to do so.
That's very cool man,Now the dice are worth as much as the car.....
Be careful when putting her back together,the need to just take her for a spin without completing reassembly can be overwhelming.
12-26-2008, 05:41 PM
#20
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Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Santa Monica, Calif.
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The dice were not there when I looked at the car, but were there the day I picked it up. They are new. The guy that owned this car for 43 years really liked it and I think he liked the fact I was going to keep it original and bring it back to looking like new. He went out and bought the dice for me so I have left them there, and probably will continue to do so as a kind of remembrance of him. He is nearing 80 years of age and Alzheimer's is quickly robbing him of his abilities. I plan to show him the car when it is reassembled if his wife says it is OK to do so.
Find one of your favorite outside places and shoot the car on a nice day. Get a shot of it driving, if you can (requires a friend).
CP