The Calm Before the Storm

Here's the dash stripped of all components and primed over the original laquer with some primer I bought at the local auto body supply. I was so excited at this point. I looked so clean and fresh. Finally visual progress. Little did I know what was about to happen. OOOOhhhhh ... such wasted time!

AAARRRRRRGGGGHHHHHH!!!!!!!

You think these look OK?... Guess again. If you pay close attention you'll see what happens when two incompatible paints meet. Apparently, my original laquer dash didn't like being covered by my new epoxy auto primer... or maybe it was the fact that the primer was then covered by over the counter rattle can (spray) paint. See the wrinkles forming. By the time it was said and done the surface was as smooth as 20 grit sandpaper. So off I went to Home Depot at 10 pm for aircraft paint stripper. At least I experienced the thrill of fresh paint on the car for about 10 minutes. Live and learn. BUY THE RIGHT STUFF!!!!!!

Fresh Paint

Well... at least I now have a good idea of what it will look like when done.

Who's the Old Guy?

My wife decided to take this picture. She wanted to have a shot of what I'd look like in another 30 years. Seriously! I'm still finding filler dust in places I've never heard of before! Oh... and the little dust masks... don't waste you time. Use a full respirator or your lungs will be hurting for days. What a friggin' MESS!

Not Bad

It's finally starting to look like something! I love the fat look of the camaro rear end. You just don't see this kind of attention to design that much anymore. Thank goodness they're finally starting to realize this and these last few years have seen the resurection of the muscle car wars!

Countless Hours

I can't even begine to guess as to how many hours I've spent on this single quarter panel to get to this point. It doesn't look that bad in the pics but if you saw it in person you'd know... I have a LONG way to go!