[NeoNightmareX]

Blkcadi do you restore ye olde automobiles in your shop?

[NeoNightmareX]

Edit: Lag caused a double post.

[blkcadi]

Originally Posted by NeoNightmareX

Blkcadi do you restore ye olde automobiles in your shop?

We do a bit of everything, major customizations. Don't do restoring to original really. But we can build anything.

[Zwayne]

Nice shop!! I see a 70 camaro & a 67, 68 or 69?

[blkcadi]

Originally Posted by Zwayne

Nice shop!! I see a 70 camaro & a 67, 68 or 69?

The Black '69 Camaro is my baby, had it for a long time and has gone thru many upgrades and changes over the years.
The Gray primered '69 Camaro is a customers car that has gone thru final assembly and will break down this week for paint and interior.
The Blue '70 Camaro is also a customers car being redone, another shop in the area folded and we are completing it.
The Black '65 Vette as well as the '56 Chevy Pick-up are some of my Dad's cars.

[Zwayne]

Originally Posted by blkcadi

The Black '69 Camaro is my baby, had it for a long time and has gone thru many upgrades and changes over the years.
The Gray primered '69 Camaro is a customers car that has gone thru final assembly and will break down this week for paint and interior.
The Blue '70 Camaro is also a customers car being redone, another shop in the area folded and we are completing it.
The Black '65 Vette as well as the '56 Chevy Pick-up are some of my Dad's cars.

I couldn't see the Vette that well, but I knew it was mid 60' I use to own a 66 Chevy pick up....Plus I lost count of the Fords, Mopar that I have owned at one time or the other.....

[bhz1]

My youngest son will turn 15 in 2 weeks and he's 5'3" as is my oldest son who is 19. My middle son turns 18 in 2 weeks ( his birthday is the day after his brother's). That son is 5'10" like his dad. I'm barely 5'2". My 'baby'will probably grow a couple more inches yet but my oldest is so short. No telling how the genes get thrown together.

We bought the M5 10 years ago from a guy on Long Island, NY. It was actually my husband's daily driver for 8 years its pretty amazing in snow with a set of winter tires. It became my main ride when we bought a 2001 740i sport from a friend. My husband got tired of rush hour traffic with a clutch. But the old M5 has seen all kinds of weather but has been lovingly garage kept. Last summer we discovered hidden rust in the floorboards, trunk and rocketpanels and had it all cut out and restored. None was visible from the exterior. The paint work is all original though except for the hood and trunk. Several years ago our youngest son thought he was helping and slid ice chunks off the car after a storm. Left deep gashes in the paint. I actually did the repair and repaint myself in my garage with paint from Automotive touchup. Of bad for a 40+ year old stay at home mom armed with info found by searching on Google and some factory paint in aerosol spray cans.

[blkcadi]

Originally Posted by bhz1

I actually did the repair and repaint myself in my garage with paint from Automotive touchup. Of bad for a 40+ year old stay at home mom armed with info found by searching on Google and some factory paint in aerosol spray cans.

How cool, rattle cans can be your friend. I tried my hand at painting, don't like wearing the mask (screws up the make-up). I'm actually pretty handy with a pinstripe brush.
We,re bragging about kids. This is my boys latest project. A '49 Merc, says he's gonna leave it in primer. I love it. the interior is awesome with air-ride and a bangin' stereo too.

And since you commented on a clean shop, this is my "clean freak Fathers" work area in the shop. I just want to run over there and mess things up.

[NeoNightmareX]

Originally Posted by blkcadi

[soulthoughts]

Look what came in the mail for me! A fresh pair of 96 More Uptempos.

[bhz1]

Originally Posted by blkcadi

How cool, rattle cans can be your friend. I tried my hand at painting, don't like wearing the mask (screws up the make-up). I'm actually pretty handy with a pinstripe brush.
We,re bragging about kids. This is my boys latest project. A '49 Merc, says he's gonna leave it in primer. I love it. the interior is awesome with air-ride and a bangin' stereo too.

And since you commented on a clean shop, this is my "clean freak Fathers" work area in the shop. I just want to run over there and mess things up.

ooohhhh, nice! (both pics)

I never wore a mask for painting until my winter project a few months ago. My poor brain must be missing a few billion cells from some other projects Ive done without- always ended up with an awful migraine for several days afterwards. I broke down and bought a mask since this last time I was painting in the closed garage (it was March and I needed heat) It doesnt mess up makeup too much ,unless you wear foundation which I wear about 3 times a year, but it does make those ugly skin depressions like you get from elastics. My solution was to paint at night and not go out anywhere afterwards.

Heres a link to an album of pictures taken with my iPhone of painting I did on the race car before the vinyl graphics were done. I painted the front bumper, both front fenders and teh engine parts and brake calipers.

Here's some iphone pics i took when I repaired the bumper on my truck about a month ago. Some moron backed into it in the supermarket parking lot over the winter.

[thetoothfairy]

We have a repair shop as well and a in pound yard for the city and wrecker service.... the hubby has been doing this for a long time... he does everything.... old cars, new cars, cut them in half put them back together and he also taught it for 21 years as well.... he did retire from teaching a few years ago....

I don't like the in pounds because when people's cars get in pounded they take it out on us.... especially the drinkers... like its our fault they went out drinking and got a DUI and their car is in the in pound.... doh! We didn't pour the booze down their throats!

What a rat race!

[NeoNightmareX]

Originally Posted by thetoothfairy

cut them in half put them back together

That seems like a highly inefficient process.

That sucks that because the people made a stupid decision that they give you guys a hard time with it. It is the reason that I hate anything to do with customer care/people in general.

Anyway on the subject of cars, I was cruising in my car today and I saw a Volvo so ugly I had to take a picture of it (the light was red btw).

[bhz1]

I saw a '80's Alfa Romeo today spewing huge puffs of smoke. I got all set to snap a photo when the light turned green. Never got another chance.

[SharpieBandit]

This is from me being bored at a friends house. FYI, I hate country and it took extreme boredom and curiosity for me to try that hat on...