The last couple of months have been full.  Robin and I moved to Wichita, I started a new job and have been trying to find a house outside town.  I picked up a bigger truck to pull the car and am currently trying to find an enclosed trailer to put behind it.  We got the car back together for the first Div 5 race and did well with a 3rd round exit.  Not bad considering my hot rod was a shell 3 weeks before!  Thanks to everyone that came out and put up with the crazy weather!  There is still more to do.  I have new gauges to add along with a fuel system, water pump and contingency decals.  This next weekend is St Louis so I'll try to get an update out with some pics.

The paint actually polished out really well!  Let's just hope the clear won't do anything weird in the sunlight this summer.  We got most of the car assembled last weekend.  Still plenty to do but I wanted to send a quick update.

Well, the car got the final coat of clear last weekend.  It looked beautiful!  Every panel was stripped, reworked and block sanded a number of times from start to finish.  It really looked incredible.  Here are some pics from last Sunday.

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c396/troy5118/Before1.jpg
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c396/troy5118/Before2.jpg
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c396/troy5118/Before3.jpg
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c396/troy5118/Before4.jpg
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c396/troy5118/Before5.jpg
 

Unfortunately, the shop was broke into the very same evening.  The vandals stole a bunch of tools, spray painted on some trucks in the shop and dumped thinner all over the car and uncured clear.  Why someone would do something like that I'll never know.  There were several people that helped on this project during the winter and put their heart along with many hours in and it makes me sick.  With the season starting for us in just a few weeks there is no time to strip and repaint so we'll polish it and hope for the best.  Here are some pics from the next morning

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c396/troy5118/After1.jpg
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c396/troy5118/After2.jpg
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c396/troy5118/After3.jpg

To end on a good note though take a look at the new vid in the video section ;)