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Now that the truck is painted I'll take a brake for a week while the paint cures before putting it back together

Pulled the Truck out of the booth this morning after repainting it again and put the base for my slot machine in for a coat of red paint. Felt good to work on something small for a change

Here is the Zephyr

The discovery channel did a show on restoring my 1937 Lincoln Zephyr a few years ago The name of the series was rusted development and the show was named lord of the Zephyrs I heard that it can be found on netflix

They told me that the discovery channel paid $50K for the paint job on my Zephyr

Well the El Camino is painted again and it looks much better. I took no shortcuts this last time and I feel much better about the project. I started spraying it yesterday afternoon and finished it up this morning. I also went after the hood today. first I color sanded it with 1500 grit we sand...

Only when I don't find any flaws that can't be corrected And I feel that I've done my best

After a close inspection I have decided to paint the truck body one more time to remove a few minor flaws in the body work and paint work so tomorrow i should have color back on it. Then a good clear coat by Friday. Wiring up the truck took a tole on the interior so I'm painting it along with...

These guys broke away from a club with the name Tri5 but any 5-6 or 7 chevy is welcome to join as long as one agrees to participate in at least 1 function per month

It's the sanding that wares on me

Working on the 2nd round of clear so I pulled it out in the sun for a photo shot

Had the Chevy Belair club drop by for a photo shoot in my garage today 40+ cars lined up in front of the house before I could open the gate. then they filed into the garage one at a time for a quick photo. 4 hours later we were still shooting. I parked several of them in the rear of the building...

Pick up only cuts me out of the deal but I already have one

That was my hope but

Any paver company can find them for you

The fire dept made me put those open square pavers down in case there was a fire, the fire truck won't get stuck in the mud I put them in myself with the help of 2 laborers from H.D. With my tractor I scraped the dirt out of the driveway then added 1" of sand and set the pavers then took good...

Had our first car club visit this year. It was a Corvette club. About 30 members were here enjoying the place

Murphy is alive and well Had to stop in the middle of the 2nd coat of clear because of an overlooked paint flake that jumped into the paint on the left 1/4 rail and didnt get noticed until the second coat of clear was about to be sprayed there. Will fix in the morning then more clear to make...

Today's progress

We will know for sure soon. The truck got masked up over the past 2 days and today the sealer and base coats were sprayed and tomorrow the color and clear will be sprayed