Can I bring it home now?
So I called the body shop at noon and he told me to call back in a couple hours. Three hours later, I called and he said they were finishing up vacuuming out the sand from when they sand blasted…
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From One Chevy Tri-Five Enthusiast To Another!
So I called the body shop at noon and he told me to call back in a couple hours. Three hours later, I called and he said they were finishing up vacuuming out the sand from when they sand blasted…
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Called the body shop again to see if it was ready. The guy there told me they had just a little more smoothing of the metal to do near where the stainless trim would go. Also, since the windshield drain…
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I was told windshield is back in My ’55 Chevy Bel Air and all that was needed was to finish smoothing out the last rough spots, vacuum out the sand and I should be able to pick the car up tomorrow. So…
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When I stopped by today, both sides had the fabricated A-Pillar pieces welded on and the holes in the cowl were patched up too. they also had a been coated front and back with epoxy primer, I was told, and…
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With the majority of the rusty spots cut out, it was time to blast the stubborn rusty parts underneath to give the new metal something to hold on to. It was strange not seeing the rusty part of the car…
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I called the body shop today to let them know I have all the parts needed to get the A-Pillar skins welded on. He told me to bring it on down, so I dropped My 55 Chevy Bel Air off at the…
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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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