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OK, While you are at it$$$ - UPDATE

Posted: 8/20/07 7:07am Message 1 of 16

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71Shark

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Edmond, OK - USA

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Vette(s): 1971 Brands Hatch Green L48 Coupe Automatic Driver - restored 1995

I bought a used hood a few months ago to replace mine that has a crack in it. This one is an original salvage hood. Took it to the painter with the car on Sat. to check the fit and let him get a paint sample to match it. As we looked we thought "some of these little scratches and rock chips on the front end are going to really look bad with a brand new hood. And there is a place back here I would like you to look at". Long, expensive story, short - I should get it back in about a month with an entirely new paint job.

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Posted: 8/20/07 7:23am Message 2 of 16

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Okie Dude

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Vette(s): 1980 Black L48 T-Tops

It was an interesting process to watch

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Posted: 8/20/07 7:27am Message 3 of 16

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Vette(s): 1971 convertible,375 HP 350ci,Muncie 4-speed,Edelbrock aluminum heads and RPM air-gap manifold,HEI distrubiter - old school mechanical tach drive. LOUD side exhaust!

That's excatly why I don't check on having the scratch on the right rear fender of mine checked out. I knop I'd end up with a whole new paint job. At leaast the scratchscuff is on the other side - I almost never see it!

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Posted: 8/20/07 9:54am Message 4 of 16

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Vette(s): 1969 convertible L71 427/435 4-speed black interior

Sounds something like watching a train wreck in slow motion!

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Posted: 8/20/07 9:57am Message 5 of 16

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[QUOTE=71Shark] I should get it back in about a month with an entirely new paint job.

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Dennis...run over there and give ol' Tim a pinch...he's dreamin again!

Good luck with the timetable there, Tim

...but you know it will turn into one of them "Oh yeah, and while you're doing that..." thangs!
But then again...maybe not.

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Posted: 8/21/07 4:55am Message 6 of 16

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Until I met Donnie, our painter, I thought Tim was the most anal person I ever met. Donnie makes Tim look like my blonde ex-wife Rolling%20On%20The%20Floor%20Laughing

This guy is so anal, he clocked the screws on my side pipe covers!!!

As I said, this dance was one very interesting deal indeed Evil%20Smile

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Posted: 8/21/07 10:51am Message 7 of 16

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Vette(s): Previous: 1984 Silver / Charcoal Coupe, 1988 Maroon Coupe / 1989 Artic White Coupe / 2001 Speedway White Roadster / Present:1976 Stingray Black / Black, Auto, 350 slightly modified (355 hp) Luxor Wires Redline Tires. / 1989 Roadster Bright Red...

I shore wush y'all wouldn't talk about blondes and anal in the same sentance.... Kinda gives me a complex.....

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Posted: 9/24/07 3:37pm Message 8 of 16

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Vette(s): 1971 Brands Hatch Green L48 Coupe Automatic Driver - restored 1995

I got the car back this afternoon. The color is a little different than it was. The paint distributor's redition of the fuel door is quite a bit different. There is no way we could have just painted a part of it like that. It is more of a blue-gray green with more metalflake than I had. The paint job itself is great. I will just have to live with the color a while to see if I like it. I will start putting the insides back together tonight and just look at it for a while. My employees all came out and looked at it and like it better than before. I don't like change much.

I will try to take some pics and post them tomorrow.

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Posted: 9/24/07 5:28pm Message 9 of 16

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Vette(s): #1 -1969 Corvette Coupe Riverside Gold, black interior,MN,A/C,350/350,PS,PB,window cranks. #2 -2000 C5, black/black, 6 sp, Bose system & lots of buttons.

So, Tim since your Vette's gonna be in the shop, I guess your not takin' it to Eureka Springs? What a bummer!