You’re not kidding? I can take it home?
I called the body shop and I was told, YES I can go get my car. I called a friend Randy and he offered me a ride to pick the car up. When we got there, I was so excited to…
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Tag Archive: stainless steel trim
Getting closer to home…I hope
Glass guys did not make it out today as I was informed they would. I was told by the body shop guy they (glass shop) should have the windshield in Monday and I should be able to pick the car up by then….
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Another day, more polishing
With the stainless steel trim for over the windshield polished up I continued by polishing the pieces of trim that cover the a-pillars. The guy at the body shop said he would need them to make sure they fit properly over…
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More polishing from the top down
With the windshield out of the car, I brought home the stainless trim that goes over the top of the windshield and proceeded to clean it up. After getting all the dirt and crud off of it, I grabbed some…
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Shining me on
I talked to my friend Phil again today and he showed me how to get the stainless trim to shine like chrome. So I stopped by the store, grabbed some sandpaper and headed home. Since I already grabbed the buffing…
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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.
Bringing up the rear
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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Stainless off, Body work on
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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38th Annual Winter AutoFest in Zephyrhills
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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Just about stripped down
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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