I have performed some work on my project. I have the bed removed and the interior completely stripped down to metal. All was going well UNTIL...June 6, 2008. My Son and I restored a 1969 Olds Cutlass for his first car and he had been driving it for about a year when, on the last day of schoool, a guy backed into the left rear quarter panel..OUCH right?? Wait, I'm not done yet. Get this...2 days later!!! A hit and run victim on his way to work and gues where he got hit?? The RIGHT rear quarter panel. About now you're thinking wow! rotten luck right?? Wait my friends, I'm still not done with this unbelievable story. 4 freakin days later!!!!!!!!!!!! my Son turns a hairpin to find a crotch rocket barrelling toward him in his lane, swirved to avoid the blazing idiot and ran the Olds up an embankment trying not to kill the crazed biker. So, for the past 2 months I've been working a full time job, where I travel the US, be a father of three and try to be a good husband. I only get to tinker in the shop for a limited amount of time. I purchased my two new best friends....(1) Hobart 250ci Plasma Cutter and, (2) Hobart 140 MIG welder. Dude!!!! You gotta have these tools!!!!! I made a trip down to Yearone in Georgia to pick up (2) quarter skins. That set me back $500. I had to rebuild the front end as the "Dukes of Hazzard" stunt to avoid Evil Kenevil (forgive the spelling) which broke the upper ball joints and completely flattened the control arm bushings. Those parts cost another $300 ball joints, inner and outer tie rods, adjusting sleeves, and pitman arm. I installed all of these parts on the Olds now, even the rear quarters. I'm now grinding and prepping for the primer, filler, primer, and paint respectively. This will be my first total paint job on a vehicle. I've painted parts, panels, quarters, etc, but; this will be the entire car. I plan for this car to roll out of my shop by 18-August so I can, Once again! roll my 69 back into the surgical room. Sorry for the rambling but, it's been an entresting chronicle\sidebar in my project truck. All of that time and money could have been invested on my truck but, it's my Son, what would you guys have done.Thank God he wasn't injured in any of this and none of the incidents was his fault. Mom on the other hand, wants to put him in an Abrams Tank. I told her cool, let's do it!!! That would definitely require a much larger garage for Dear Ol' Dad!!!
Keep me in your prayers and I SWEAR!! my truck will roll one day. pics are soon to follow.