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ls6monte 11-25-2011 11:58 PM

It's going to look awesome when it's done Matt!

BadBird505 11-26-2011 02:05 AM

that's going to be sweet when it's done

DavidS 12-21-2011 02:39 AM

Any updates Matt? You were making some huge progress on it!!!

bottledbird68 09-08-2012 06:28 PM

No real updates. Got too tied up working 100 hours a week. Downsized the shop though a couple months ago so that'll change now.
That and it took about 4 months for all of my new sheetmetal to come in.
However, I now have all new exterior sheetmetal, quarters, doors, nose, tail pan, roof, rockers, etc to go on. Hoping to catch up on shop work I the next couple months then get back to it. Really hoping to get the car out next year. Killing me watching it sit there in the corner under a pile of boxes lol.
Here it is sitting in the new shop looking all sad and lonely...
http://i641.photobucket.com/albums/u...16B36830DD.jpg

And us picking up all the sheetmetal. Saved myself almost $1,500 in shipping by ordering local and waiting for it.
http://i641.photobucket.com/albums/u...16BD031496.jpg

And that's about it for now. Damn real life getting in the way lol.

frankzlt1 09-08-2012 10:47 PM

Not a bad looking shop. Is the shelving staying and are putting in a lift.

bottledbird68 09-08-2012 11:27 PM

Shelving stays. That's where all my random parts are getting stored.

Lift maybe eventually. I'm in no particular rush though.

DavidS 09-08-2012 11:43 PM

The shop looks like it will be very nice! Hope you have a good location.

Are you cutting down to 90 hours per week?

bottledbird68 09-10-2012 01:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DavidS (Post 73342)
The shop looks like it will be very nice! Hope you have a good location.

Are you cutting down to 90 hours per week?

Thank you. Still got a few odds and ends to attend to but I'm up and running. Location is kinda out of the way but honestly I prefer it right now. The majority of my work will follow me wherever I go and the nice thing about here is it cuts our overhead into about a third of what it was so we don't have to stay busy just to break even.
And way less than 90 hours a week lol. More like 50ish lately. I feel much better and am in a far better mood! Much less stress this way too. The night job covers the house bills. The garage is basically to have a place to play with our own stuff ;)

smokinss 09-11-2012 01:16 AM

Good to see it. I know about real life now too. Have a 5 month old son now. I am lucky to drive my SS now. Keep at it man


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