Great Paint Job
I saw your thread earlier tonight and the body work and paint look GREAT! I can't wait to get to the stage where we can start spraying paint.
Staying excited about our project at this stage of the renovation is indeed a challenge. Progress is slow and rewards are small relative to the effort. We depend on sites like this and local car shows to keep us modivated.
Is my daughter excited....yes! You see her in some of the photos on the site. She's investing a little sweat equity in the car and I'm hopeful that this investment in the project will modivate her to drive the car with great care. There's always a story behind a project like this and this car is not exception.
My daughter "Sally" plays fast-pitch softball and one of her travel team member's father has a restored 65 fastback that Sally fell in love with. This father pointed Sally to the car we are restoring. The car belonged to a friend of his who bought the car in the late 70's and fixed it up and then drove it for about 15 years before parking it in his barn with plans to one day restore it. He agreed to sell it to us for a reasonable price ($1500) knowing that I was committed to doing a first class restoration and putting it back on the road.
I maintain a
website, (other than the photo server) on which we log the restoration progress, so the previous owner can watch the restoration and Sally can share progress with her friends. I literally have a stream of teenagers regularly dropping by to see the car and restoration progress first hand. Today along, I had two stop in for a look.
By the way, we call the project
Mustang Sally because, my daughter's name is Sally and her High School softball team is the Mustangs. On the website you will see pictures of the SEHS Lady Mustangs along with the pictures of the Mustang restoration.
We both look forward to following the progress of your mustang project. I can point to your progress when Sally's spirits are low and say....this is the goal we are working towards.