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Getting
Started -
The paint was badly chipped and
you can see the original black primer on the fender.
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The engine -
The engine with almost 45 years
of grime! It's amazing the car still ran!
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Woo
hoo!
Dad
and I celebrating the true "start" to the
restoration project on a cold February morning, 1999.
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Umm...
This looks like more work than I
was thinking.
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Pretty
firewall!
April
'99
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Pretty dash! |
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Pretty "new"
engine!
May
1999 - you can see some body work on the roof and door
has started.
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Wow! |
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Now
the real fun begins -
Wetsanding!
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Getting the fender
ready -
Almost time for primer.
Talk about a father - daughter project!
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The white paint is on!
I was beginning to believe we were
getting close to being done. Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha!
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It's Gorgeous!
(June '99)
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July
'99 -
First
piece of trim goes back on the car.
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At
the Run to the Roses Fun Run -
Portland,
Oregon. August 1999. Received "Top
5 1955 Stock" trophy - my first ever!
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We've
since replaced the carpet -
the
rest of the interior is next!
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Bowtie
Chevy Int'l Convention -
British
Columbia, August, 2002. We received a bronze certificate.
She still looks great and is driven as much as possible!
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