Once again it's been a while since my last update, but things have been moving steadily!
She went up to Illinois for paint and came hope looking B-E-A-utiful!
The plan was to scuff the original paint and go from there, which failed miserably. The original paint was in such bad shape the shop manager and I
made the call to go full bore and remove every speck of original paint and start from scratch.
http://www.thegmcrv.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/13712.jpeg
http://www.thegmcrv.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/13714.jpeg
We had a LOT of hail damage on the roof. Looks like she sat through one hell of a storm.
I opted to repair the parts visible from the ground and not worry about the top, the only person ever to see it is me.
http://www.thegmcrv.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/14029.jpeg
http://www.thegmcrv.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/14030.jpeg
During reassembly:
http://www.thegmcrv.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/14669.jpeg
http://www.thegmcrv.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/14671.jpeg
A reminder of the before shape:
http://www.thegmcrv.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/IMG_20170617_220644.jpg
And the after:
http://www.thegmcrv.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/14862.jpeg

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Justin Brady
http://www.thegmcrv.com/
1976 Palm Beach 455
She went up to Illinois for paint and came hope looking B-E-A-utiful!
The plan was to scuff the original paint and go from there, which failed miserably. The original paint was in such bad shape the shop manager and I
made the call to go full bore and remove every speck of original paint and start from scratch.
http://www.thegmcrv.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/13712.jpeg
http://www.thegmcrv.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/13714.jpeg
We had a LOT of hail damage on the roof. Looks like she sat through one hell of a storm.
I opted to repair the parts visible from the ground and not worry about the top, the only person ever to see it is me.
http://www.thegmcrv.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/14029.jpeg
http://www.thegmcrv.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/14030.jpeg
During reassembly:
http://www.thegmcrv.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/14669.jpeg
http://www.thegmcrv.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/14671.jpeg
A reminder of the before shape:
http://www.thegmcrv.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/IMG_20170617_220644.jpg
And the after:
http://www.thegmcrv.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/14862.jpeg
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Justin Brady
http://www.thegmcrv.com/
1976 Palm Beach 455