Build Thread 1978 Mercury Cyclone. The pig is in the pen.

[hoopty5.0]

Ive been absent a bunch lately, but I like where this is headed.


*edit - I still feel like reading your posts is an odd look into my life in exactly 30 years. I can disagree all I want that this is how I'll be, but deep, deep inside, I know you're in my garage living my life that I have a crystal ball's view of.

I like my car, btw.

 

[Boosted92LX]

@madmike1157 Bud, if you refuse to put yourself on camera that's understandable. I didn't film mine either because nobody wants to see Paul Blart mall cop paint a car... BUT, you being the camara man, commentating while filming Dave paint? What's not to love??? That's good stuff there!

 

[Davedacarpainter]

Some of us are good looking like George Clooney and some of us are talented like Michelangelo.
Almost none of us are both...
Be happy to be like Michelangelo...

Like Stanley Kubrick said "Roll them, take 1..."

What @jrichker is saying here Mike, is that you're one ugly dude.

 

[jrichker]

What @jrichker is saying here Mike, is that you're one ugly dude.

Not quite right....
Saying that madmike1157 is the Michelangelo of the custom car world would be a better interpretation.

 

[CarMichael Angelo]

Not quite right....
Saying that madmike1157 is the Michelangelo of the custom car world would be a better interpretation.

Pfft,...If Michaelangelo was anything like me, he'd still be painting that ceiling.....

After stripping the whole thing off and re-doing it three times.

 

[Davedacarpainter]

Not quite right....
Saying that madmike1157 is the Michelangelo of the custom car world would be a better interpretation.

Well.....I suppose you could take it that way as well.

 

[RaggedGT]

To much silence Mike..

 

[Davedacarpainter]

He's not silent, he's sweating hard right now.

 

[95BlueStallion]

Anyone else feel like this summer has been flying by??? I bet I know one guy.. @madmike1157

 

[Mstng93SSP]

It's always summer where I live

 

[Davedacarpainter]

It's always summer where I live

You suck.

 

[Mstng93SSP]

My east coast family really hates me around February.......

 

[A5literMan]

I kinda hate you every day
Nothing like 80* every day of your life lol

 

[Mstng93SSP]

Yeah, especially with a convertible!

 

[Noobz347]

This essentially proves that you're the Stanley Kubrick of custom car builders.

I love these little links. Fixt.

 

[CarMichael Angelo]

K,.......One day to go.

Anybody aware that SW airlines has a maintenance issue delaying flights currently?

Guess which airline our buddy Dave is gonna be flyin' on on Friday?

We need to watch flight status Dave, They are cancelling and delaying flights like mad.

Additionally,...we are in a heat wave, w/ " dangerous heat indexes", and rain typically in the PM every single day. (Perfect painting weather considering parts will be outside while the car is being painted, and the car will be outside while the parts get their turn)

I've got an inside place to stage the parts while the car gets painted if it looks like rain, so that's not a real problem, but if it's raining outside when the swap needs to happen, that will certainly be one.

Again,....why should I expect it to be any different?

I'm takin off early today (as early as I can at least) and will continue the late night regimen that's been the norm towards D day. Tomorrow morning, I should be in a position to seal the car in it's cocoon for the metamorphosis.

If any other thing can come from the mad thrash to get the garage ready to do all this, at least I've been able to say over, and over these last few days........

"There that damn thing is", or,....... "I knew it was around here someplace."

 

[Davedacarpainter]

I heard about the southwest problem.

It'll be fine by tomorrow morning though.

 

[02 281 GT]

I love these little links. Fixt.

I'm guessing that might not be something I would want to click while on a government computer?

 

[CarMichael Angelo]

I'm guessing that might not be something I would want to click while on a government computer?

I don't know. It worked exactly as you'd expect it to when I clicked it.

 

[rdharper02]

Right on! It's going into the home stretch Mike. Dave's going to crush the paint and I'm happy for you man, besides I'm....ugh.....still waiting for your car done to be done before finishing mine. Well, maybe I'm waiting on the return of the Twinkie (It's so much easier to lie in type).