bigtankjones Posted November 17, 2015 Posted November 17, 2015 Well. It is finally happening. I trailered the 70 Monte over to my friends paint shop sunday morning for paint. My friend Dave has been in the auto body repair business for over 30 years. He currently works at Saginaw Valley FORD in Saginaw, Mi and operates a collision shop in Akron, Mi where I have taken the Monte. I will Post pictures here when he sends me them. He is going over my Work I have done to the car with a fine tooth comb, basically. Here is where he started last night with the upper left rear quarter. The doors will be coming off. He found some areas I missed. I told him last night that this is freaking me out cause it is going to be way to expensive for me. He in turn told me that this is a free Bee. He is not charging me for this work. Only for the clear coat and other materials. I am very Blessed to have a friend like Dave. If your on Facebook. Check out his Facebook page. Dave's Custom Paint and check out some of the work he has done. 1 Quote
Rock Posted November 17, 2015 Posted November 17, 2015 Painters are like artists.....they want the best possible outcome since that is the first thing everybody notices first. They want good reviews. 1 Quote
Steve70Carlo Posted November 18, 2015 Posted November 18, 2015 That's awesome Tony! I'm excited to see it! 1 Quote
Vaughn Posted November 18, 2015 Posted November 18, 2015 Great news for you Tony. Its been a long time coming, looking forward to seeing the finished pictures. 1 Quote
Rob Peters Posted November 18, 2015 Posted November 18, 2015 Tony, that is GREAT news!!!! Everyone should have a friend like that. Hey Tony D, want to be my best friend? All joking aside, you are truly lucky to have a friend like this and I, like others can't wait to see the end results. rob 1 Quote
7tonemonte Posted November 18, 2015 Posted November 18, 2015 can't wait to see the finished product, even if it is blue! and Rob, best friend may be a stretch, but we are pretty close! 1 Quote
footballubet Posted November 19, 2015 Posted November 19, 2015 Glad to see it's finally going to get some color. Hope you have her ready for the Eastern Meet next year. 1 Quote
Sam (Bones) Posted November 19, 2015 Posted November 19, 2015 and it's going to be BLUE!!!!!!!! 3 Quote
bigtankjones Posted November 19, 2015 Author Posted November 19, 2015 I should have it in Norwalk. It may not be completely done. Lol. Nothing to update on the car yet. My friends Dave had issues with other things he said, the past 2 days. I'm not going to pester him. Quote
bigtankjones Posted November 20, 2015 Author Posted November 20, 2015 Update on the Monte. Dave was out at his shop last night and pulled the doors and masked off the shell. Trying to post pictures for you. Quote
LostnFound Posted November 20, 2015 Posted November 20, 2015 Sweet! You have a great friend in Dave for sure. Kudos to him for helping you like he is. You've done a lot of work Tony. Looking forward to seeing it with finish coat too. Quote
bigtankjones Posted November 22, 2015 Author Posted November 22, 2015 I went out to Dave's Body shop this morning to help block the Shell. Dave has to spot prime a couple of little areas that are low. I'm suppose to go back out Tuesday or Wednesday night to prep the door jams. Then next weekend he is spraying color on the shell. 1 Quote
Boots Posted November 23, 2015 Posted November 23, 2015 I hope SANTA will bring him lots of beer and wings for his efforts 1 Quote
bigtankjones Posted November 24, 2015 Author Posted November 24, 2015 Heading over to the body shop this evening to bang out the door jams. Dave said he got the quarters looking good. Pictures to follow. Quote
bigtankjones Posted November 25, 2015 Author Posted November 25, 2015 Went out to the Shop last light for an hour and roughed up the door jams on the Monte. Pushed the car out of the garage and blew out the Shop. Next up masking and some color. Left quarter is all nice and smooth now. Quote
bigtankjones Posted November 28, 2015 Author Posted November 28, 2015 Shell is all sealed up. Waiting to dry. Quote
bigtankjones Posted November 28, 2015 Author Posted November 28, 2015 Pictures of the roof and right side. Quote
LostnFound Posted November 28, 2015 Posted November 28, 2015 Looking great Tony. Keep the pics coming......it is the next best thing to being there for us. Looking forward to the finish coats almost as much as you are. 1 Quote
bigtankjones Posted November 28, 2015 Author Posted November 28, 2015 Last coat of Fathom Blue on the body. I will keep the pictures coming. You bet. I can wait to get color on the rest of the pieces. 1 Quote
bigtankjones Posted November 28, 2015 Author Posted November 28, 2015 We are Blue Tony again. In posting pictures as I receive them. So excited. 3 Quote
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