69 gts restoration

Well Just talked to the Shop that is going to do the work.

Good news and possible bad news. First the good.

The issue with the tail lights can be fixed. They are not sure yet how much surgery it will need just yet. They might be able to just replace the bucket but might need to replace the complete tail assembly. The reason for this is the 67 bucket is smaller in shape than a 69 and might not be able to use what is there.

So believe it or not that is the good news.

The bad news is that at the minimum the whole back half of the car will need to be repainted. If they replace the bucket maybe not but if the tail panel needs to be replaced then it is a definite. Well I guess the bleeding will stop at some point. Either way I will have more information tomorow after they look at the job and see if they can find a donor for me.

There is another issue that they brought up as well (seeing as they have not actually seen the car yet) about the paint depth. They asked how deep the paint was and of course I couldn't answer because I didn't paint the car. I guess the problem with B5 paint is that it needs to be layed down on the car as if it were white pearl rather than a non metalic paint. If it isn't applied correctly you will actually see the primer under the paint. I haven't noticed that the paint looks thin but if it is they will need to repaint the whole car. Does that seem reasonable to anyone? Has anyone heard of such a thing? Thinking about it, it does make some sense but I am no body guy.

I am glad that this forum is here though. I can vent here and get all the information and advice that anyone could ever want, besides my wife is sick of me wining about the whole situation.#-o

I will update tomorow after the restoration shop is done mulling it over.

Saw an original 71 Hemi cuda in process of a rotisary resoration there so that makes me feel a bit better having them do the work. What a beautifull car.=P~