Keeping busy during the search
Have to keep busy somehow, so I’m going to go back to stripping the paint off the rest of My 55 Chevy Bel Air. Unless I miraculously find a sand blaster someone put out for the trash man, I’ll continue…
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From One Chevy Tri-Five Enthusiast To Another!
Have to keep busy somehow, so I’m going to go back to stripping the paint off the rest of My 55 Chevy Bel Air. Unless I miraculously find a sand blaster someone put out for the trash man, I’ll continue…
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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 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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Working with a 56 year old vehicle, your bound to find worn or missing parts. Today, I found the latter. When I opened the hood, somethign landed at my feet. I looked around and discovered it was one of the…
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I started sanding the fender and doors on the passenger side of the car today. What I found was kind of surprising, sort of. While I did expect some Bondo near the bottom of the doors because of the shape they…
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I decided to take advantage of the time without my 55 Chevy at home and work on some cosmetic things. I finally got one of the Bel Air trunk emblems/handles from a friend and it was in pretty decent shape…
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Now that I’ve got the trim taken off one side, I spent some more time stripping the car down. Today was the rest of the rear door. Small steps towards the final paint job.
Well, with the big Chevy show in the rear view mirror, I started to get the stainless and chrome off yesterday to hopefully get one step close to the ultimate paint job. Small steps towards a big goal.
Well, after sanding on the hood all day, I’m starting to see flaws that were covered up that couldn’t be seen with paint over them. Man, these people do great jobs at making things smooth and shiny, but the flaws…
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I figured it was time to take some steps towards a new paint job. So I started to strip the paint from the hood. Before I started the hood though, there was a spot on the front bumper that I…
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