Introducing Project THANKS MOM!

[chaz75]

nice, very nice

[KUSI]

Finch continued to knock out the body work on my car which included quite a bit of work with the factory seams and cleaning up the spots where the new and old sheet metal came together. The firewall is looking slick, door and trunk gaps are great, undercoating was applied, and everything is getting a coat of primer. Brian's attention to prep detail is going to make for a great looking paint job. Heck, to me the car already looked great in its first coat of primer.









Undercoating

[dxgxmx]

Nice story
Thanks for keeping these cars alive
Nice progress

[Conrad283]

Looks great

[KUSI]

With the primer finally blocked out and ready, Brian started with the satin black paint on the firewall, engine bay and inside. This satin finish is a cool contrast to the gloss finish body color. Here are a few photos. I should be able to get photos of the main body painted up this weekend. Thanks again guys for the positive responses.

KUSI

[LV42DAY]

looking good, keep at it

[Andrew McBride]

Looks great! Great story.

[KUSI]

Well everyone if you took the time to read the story behind this car build then I guess you know how I had almost given up on this dream ever happening. But as of a few weeks ago, Finch laid down the final paint and the dream has finally become a reality! YES, my car is PAINTED! Tito pass me a tissue. The drive and talent from Brian just comes out in his work. Enough said! Here are some pictures he sent me. And as usual the car looks even better in person. And these photos are without the car having been color sanded yet.

KUSI













Remember that photo I told you about that Finch did with Mark Turner's car...well now I have my own. Schweeeet! So everyone raise em up if you have one and help me say cheers to Brian and to all the rest of the guys helping keep these cars and dreams alive.

[LV42DAY]

henry ford said it best. "you can have any color you want, as long as it's black"

[Pingar]

That's looking good. Love the story. Good to see your finishing it.

[hightower2011]

Great looking project! I love the back story too!

[senor_camaro]

nice build, keep the pics coming

[Finch]

Jeff, I could have built the car again in the amount of time since the last update, Where you at????

[KUSI]

Hello everyone. Thanks for the positive feedback. I know it has been a little over a month now but I did get the car back from Finch at the beginning of last month. The paint job turned out great as expected and only took a couple of months. I couldn't be happier. It is all money well spent with this guy.
Unfortunately for me though was that "life happened" just after I got the car back. The economy cutbacks in the defense industry are finally catching up at my work and we are all now just wondering day to day if we will still have a job. We all have been putting in hard hours but my department is now less than half of what it was and it isn't over yet. On top of that my wife ended up having health issues that scared the crap out of us both. A few ER visits, numerous Dr. visits, and an introduction into the practicing medicine world and we have finally got her back on track. I know millions of people suffer from blood pressure/high heart rate problems but this was a new one for us.
Okay, enough of that. Back to the good stuff. I have had a little time here and there where I have worked on fitting brakes, wheels (might be temporary), door handles, trim, & fender braces. Let me just say that things might be made for a particular car but they don't necessarily fit on the car. :(
I wish I was farther along but there is no way I can keep up with the pace of Finch in building a car. Here are a few pictures of how the car turned out. I am feeling blessed. Thanks Brian!

KUSI





Yeah, I know I need an engine but hey it is getting great gas mileage.



Check out the panel alignment. That is the stuff right there.


I spent some time cleaning the inside of the car out before the dynamat goes down. So out came the blue tape. I'm I still scared of scratches? You bet...just give me a little more time.


And finally a little before and after.

[deejai35]

Great history and great looking car! I love the black paint. I can't wait to see the finished product.

[Ron.in.SoCal]

Looks fabulous! Good luck w the 'life' stuff and keep going....

[Gitter Dun]

Great write up and the car looks great! Hope all goes well moving forward.

[craigs73]

wow that paint turned out great and i like the story my mom who has since passed found my nova during what else yard selling.she came home told me about it and make a long story short i got it and the car means so much to me!! so i can only imagine what this car means to you being owned and your moms first car cheers to our mothers

[CruizinKev]

wow that looks great!!!!

[Motown 454]

Awesome story and the paint looks beautiful. That shot from the back looks Sweet! What paint and gloss leve did Brian use on the dash? it looks great. Good luck with the rest of the build.