 Creamsicle resto thread- A little sad tonight, Sold & loaded on a trailer! Headed to Florida to Tommy |
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| JRust |
 Jul 19 2009, 07:42 PM
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914 Guru  Group: Members Posts: 6,310 Joined: 10-January 03 From: Corvallis Oregon Member No.: 129 Region Association: Pacific Northwest 
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Went to see the LE today in the shop. Here are some pictures. Only 2 weeks away from paint (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) . I picked up the Mahles today & put riv's on there for rollers. Getting the tires off them this week. Drop them back off for Pheonix red in 2 weeks. Things are loking good even though the route has been slow (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
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| computers4kids |
Jul 20 2009, 09:33 AM
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Love these little cars! Group: Members Posts: 2,443 Joined: 11-June 05 From: Port Townsend, WA Member No.: 4,253 Region Association: None |
Jamie, your car looks great...I bet you're getting excited to get it back.
I'm sure your paint guy is going to.... but, be sure he pulls the headlight lids, eyebrows, and the carpet on the wall in the the front trunk to get a better paint job. It looks like he might not be planning on it. I've always pulled the headlight assemblies as well to better detail those units and below, but that's just me. Looks great! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) |
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| JRust |
Sep 27 2009, 10:40 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 6,310 Joined: 10-January 03 From: Corvallis Oregon Member No.: 129 Region Association: Pacific Northwest
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Got a call tonight! My LE is painted & I get to go pick it up saturday (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) He still has to add the silver lip to my wheels. I'll grab them later next week as he has a few silvers I've got to look at to make sure it's the right one. I will post plenty of pics the second I get them (IMG:style_emoticons/default/aktion035.gif)
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| Daiberl |
Sep 27 2009, 10:54 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 574 Joined: 22-June 09 From: Seattle, WA Member No.: 10,497 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
Congrats, looking forward to the pictures. Jerry Mahoney is painting my Bumblebee at the moment and he will be finished around October 3/4 so I will get it probably in 2 weeks.
- Juergen |
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| JRust |
Oct 3 2009, 06:24 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 6,310 Joined: 10-January 03 From: Corvallis Oregon Member No.: 129 Region Association: Pacific Northwest
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Finally home (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
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| JRust |
Oct 3 2009, 06:34 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 6,310 Joined: 10-January 03 From: Corvallis Oregon Member No.: 129 Region Association: Pacific Northwest
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Overall it looks very good. A few issues that pissed me off. The biggest being the rear trunk. Has some rust below the headlights. While he did treat it & paint it. That was all he did. He didn't fill & sand the depression from it. So it is obvious where the rust was. Also my new battery tray he put in & did an okay job on. He burnt though in one section & didn't fill the small hole left. Hardly noticable but why not fill it (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif) . Overall I not 100% happy (more like 90%). Then again I did not pay for a perfect job either. I doubt I will use him in the future knowing how things came out. I did learn I need to be completely specific about everything & put it all in writing. That way there is no misunderstanding after. All in all the rest of the car look very nice. A perfect concours car it is not. Still I think when I am done it would do well.
He still has to paint the silver lips on the mahles. They look great though. So it is on my roller Riviera's for another week. I'm hoping to throw it together enough for the falling leaf tour. I may have a little work party next weekend to do the motor install. I'll keep posting pics as I install each piece. I am so happy to have it home after so long being away. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/piratenanner.gif) Attached thumbnail(s)  Attached image(s)    
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| JeffBowlsby |
Oct 3 2009, 08:31 PM
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914 Wiring Harnesses Group: Members Posts: 8,739 Joined: 7-January 03 From: San Ramon CA Member No.: 104 Region Association: None
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Yeah Baby...thats what I'm talkin' about...(IMG:style_emoticons/default/thumb3d.gif)
Way To Go Jamie. |
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| JRust |
Oct 4 2009, 11:33 AM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 6,310 Joined: 10-January 03 From: Corvallis Oregon Member No.: 129 Region Association: Pacific Northwest
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QUOTE(Jeff Bowlsby @ Oct 3 2009, 07:31 PM)  Yeah Baby...thats what I'm talkin' about...(IMG:style_emoticons/default/thumb3d.gif) Way To Go Jamie. Hey Jeff, Whats the trick to putting on the side stripe? How high does it sit about the bottom? I've done a few vinyl letters before but never on a car. Before I ran tape accross the top getting it n the right place. Then cut in a few sections. Then fold it up & pull the backing off. Only a piece at a time. Not sure with the sidestripe where the breaks are. Then adhering each piece getting all the air out from top to bottom. That sound right or even make sense (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif) |
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| scotty b |
Oct 4 2009, 08:48 PM
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rust free you say ? Group: Members Posts: 16,375 Joined: 7-January 05 From: richmond, Va. Member No.: 3,419 Region Association: None |
QUOTE(JRust @ Oct 3 2009, 04:34 PM) Overall it looks very good. A few issues that pissed me off. The biggest being the rear trunk. Has some rust below the headlights. While he did treat it & paint it. That was all he did. He didn't fill & sand the depression from it. So it is obvious where the rust was. Also my new battery tray he put in & did an okay job on. He burnt though in one section & didn't fill the small hole left. Hardly noticable but why not fill it (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif) . Overall I not 100% happy (more like 90%). Then again I did not pay for a perfect job either. I doubt I will use him in the future knowing how things came out. I did learn I need to be completely specific about everything & put it all in writing. That way there is no misunderstanding after. Not trying to bust your balls Jamie, but you answerd the question to your own dissatisfaction. a: You didn't want, nor expect a perfect job. b:You didn't pay for a perfect job c: you weren't specific as to what you did expect. Quite honestly the only thing I see that you have a right to be pissed about is the burn through hole on the battery tray. Being on the other end of this situation I know VERY WELL how these things go. I do my best to be completely upfront as to what a customer will get and wil not get for a specified amount of money. Most of the cars I have posted pics of are in the $15-$20,000 range. I consider them to be better than original bare metal restorations, but NOT "perfect". The " PERFECT " jobs I do are STRICTLY time and materials. For example I reworked a 356 carerra speedster hood last year for a local customer. NOT stripped bare and completely redone just fixed some flaws from the previous " restorer " and repainted and finished it out. He had almost 1000.00 just in the hood. Time and materials. He also told me the hood make the rest of the car look awful. It's a piece of black glass (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) I have said before and I will say again, in this line of work you get what you pay for. YES there are a lot of shady body men out there, but there are also a lot of shady lawyers, preists, and god knows, shady politicians. For some reason though the mechanics and body men are the scourge of society from the start. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif) |
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| JRust |
Oct 4 2009, 09:25 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 6,310 Joined: 10-January 03 From: Corvallis Oregon Member No.: 129 Region Association: Pacific Northwest
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QUOTE(scotty b @ Oct 4 2009, 07:48 PM) Not trying to bust your balls Jamie, but you answerd the question to your own dissatisfaction. a: You didn't want, nor expect a perfect job. b:You didn't pay for a perfect job c: you weren't specific as to what you did expect Quite honestly the only thing I see that you have a right to be pissed about is the burn through hole on the battery tray. I realize I answered my question. I guess pissed was a little strong. Disapointed is probably better. We did talk about the rear trunk & the bit of rust there. So I guess in talking with him I made an assumption that it would at least blend. I expected more than what was done. In him saying he could take care of it no problem. I took that to mean it would look good when done. I should know better than to make assumptions though. I did get what I paid for & overall it is looks good. I did not expect perfection. This area is covered anyway so it is not a huge catastrophy. I did manage to spend a few minutes on it today. Here is what I got put on. Front bumper, LE Valance & drivers side rocker Attached image(s)  
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| Lou W |
Oct 4 2009, 09:33 PM
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"Here Kitty Kitty" my ass...... Group: Members Posts: 4,109 Joined: 9-May 04 From: Roseburg, OR. Member No.: 2,039 Region Association: Spain |
Looking Good Jaime. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)
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| flippa |
Oct 4 2009, 09:46 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 3,178 Joined: 7-May 07 From: Boston, MA Member No.: 7,720 Region Association: North East States |
Looking good!
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| RonD |
Oct 5 2009, 05:20 PM
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Ron Diederichsen Group: Members Posts: 102 Joined: 2-July 04 From: Boulder, CO Member No.: 2,286 Region Association: None |
Glad to see another coming back to original.
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| zymurgist |
Oct 5 2009, 05:31 PM
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"Ace" Mechanic Group: Members Posts: 7,411 Joined: 9-June 05 From: Hagerstown, MD Member No.: 4,238 Region Association: None |
There's such a thing as too perfect. Too perfect is when you don't want to take it out and drive it hard because the perfect paint job will get chips or scratches.
From your photos, I think your car looks awesome (coming from a guy who has a pair of 10/10 aka 10 feet or 10 mph cars). |
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| UberElectricEagle |
Oct 6 2009, 02:01 AM
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atomic Group: Members Posts: 43 Joined: 10-August 09 Member No.: 10,659 Region Association: None |
NICE!
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| JRust |
Oct 10 2009, 09:52 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 6,310 Joined: 10-January 03 From: Corvallis Oregon Member No.: 129 Region Association: Pacific Northwest
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SO I got some work done today. I took out my old dash & got my new dash in. I did find cracks in my supposed uncracked dash. They really are small & can't be seen. Especially once in my car. I was happy to see that. I also spent more time on my interior. I've got about half my carpet in. I will be finishing my interior tommorow. Oh & I need to put my rear window back in.
I added a picture of the LE with it's new side stripe (thanks Jeff Bowlsby (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) ). Overall they went on pretty well. I did get a few air bubbles but got them ou for the most part. I can't wait to pick up my Mahles this week. Then it will really pop. My engine is pretty close to ready. My wrench is wrapping it up this weekend. I should have it back on monday & can put my nice powdercoated tin on it (IMG:style_emoticons/default/drooley.gif) . There are a few pics of my motor. He was working on it when I stopped by. I took a quick few to add. It looks very nice & just screams add my tin Attached image(s)    
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| JRust |
Oct 10 2009, 09:53 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 6,310 Joined: 10-January 03 From: Corvallis Oregon Member No.: 129 Region Association: Pacific Northwest
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More pics
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| markb |
Oct 10 2009, 10:14 PM
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914less :( Group: Members Posts: 5,449 Joined: 22-January 03 From: Nipomo, CA Member No.: 180 Region Association: Central California
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Wow! Nice. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/drooley.gif)
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| schreiber |
Oct 10 2009, 10:48 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 137 Joined: 26-June 07 From: Huntsville, AL Member No.: 7,843 Region Association: South East States |
lookin GOOD!
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| montoya 73 2.0 |
Oct 11 2009, 12:00 AM
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Lack of consideration to others, and Selfish! Group: Members Posts: 1,791 Joined: 27-October 04 From: Paso Robles, Ca. Member No.: 3,016 Region Association: Central California |
Looking good! How was the game Jamie? Beavers whooped on Stanford. Even though I like Stanford (grew up 20 miles from there). I always choose Beav's over Ducks in the civil war!
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