Mystic Angel Update

[Damn True]

Taking off my moderator hat.

Before you start throwing my name, and copied PM's (PRIVATE messages) around let me make one thing abundantly clear to you.

I have a deep philosophical problem with you even remotely worried about your car when your CC is maxed and you have no job. You mention a girlfriend (and presumably a home that you own or at least rent) that is in your life. Your first responsibility is to your family and then to your financial obligations.

Concentrate on getting back to work.

I've been through what you are going through right now. I've been laid off three times (Silicon Valley is like that) in the time I have been on this board. I have been working on my car for 8 years and planing it for 30 years. It's nowhere near running. In that time I have also built a house for my wife and I. The house construction loan and the layoffs meant I couldn't work on the car. It meant I had to take jobs (sometimes 2 at a time) that weren't what I wanted to do. But in that time I never spent more than a week out of work never missed a payment, never bought anything I couldn't afford and never, ever, asked someone else to accept any of my burden. Thankfully it never came to it, but if it had I would have sold my car (I have a '68 Camaro as well) in a second.

I mean these are toys we are talking about. I understand that they are important to us, but they are just things. And just because we really want something does not mean we are entitled to it nor does it mean that it's a good idea at the time. Your focus should be on taking care of your family and on your financial obligations. If that means putting aside the car for a while or even selling it then that is what you have to do as a man.

Putting my Moderator Hat back on

Now I'm a pretty understanding guy, I feel for you. As I mentioned to you in one of the PM's we exchanged, I've given away the entire drivetrain from my car to people who needed them. I figured it was better to give them away then hassle with selling them for their rather meager worth. There are people on this board who I'm pretty sure would do the same.

I’ll tell you what I’ll do: I'll re-open your thread and move it to the "Wanted" section of the classified on the following conditions.

• You promise to keep your priorities centered around your responsibilities as a man, not the car.
• You reset your expectations on the parts you are looking for to a set of used, take-off glass and asking if someone can help you find a salvage quick-ratio box from a late model F-body.

If someone is willing to provide help beyond that then that is their decision, but I think it's in really poor taste to insult our vendors by requesting new parts for a driveway built car through the guise of your financial problems.



https://www.pro-touring.com/forum/sh...ad.php?t=52341

You have 24hrs to edit the post once I have put it in the "Wanted" section or I'll delete it.

[1BADRS]

2/20/09*
What a freakin mess.
Lol....I think I had trash in my clear.. Lots of cirlce rings that I can not get out, no
matter how hard I scratch it. Looks like water rings when you let water dry on a car...
They look to be underneath the clear..Not sure how it happened. All over the car....
O well.. Im going to cutt the car the best I can polish it out, and maybe do it again with
3500 this summer. If still got a few spots I messed but then again, I still got to go all
the way around the car.
So the tail panel and trunk lid is done for now, and the driver side quarter. Just gonna hit
it with some machine glaze and call it done..

[1BADRS]

3/16/09*
Well on my second time around this thing. I don't think I am ever gonna get done.
Im still seeing orange peel!
Maybe 3 times + will be the charm. Then I can start adding things like bumpers and tail
lights maybe this weekend.

[jy211]

why not just take it to Earl Schribe or USA paint and let them spray it.....or a tech school body shop?

[1BADRS]

Paint is done. First time to paint a car folks, and painted in my driveway without the aid of a garage or help from others.

[John510]

NICE! Is it blue or green?

[1BADRS]

NICE! Is it blue or green?

Both. Its Mystic Teal Poly. Some of the 05 escalades (They call it a different name) are this color. It looks dark blue until the sun gets right on it, then it changes to green in the bright sunlight. Its a factory GM color changing paint.

[1nkred1ble]

niccceeeeeee.......!!!!!! very purdy