Progress Thread 43 years later

Thank you @MustangIIMatt . I don't know about that. I worked in several car plants installing paint conveyors and it'd be hard to match what the robots can do.

extra_stout said:

Did you notice its black, not purple?!?

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It's not done yet.

Potomus Pete said:

You sure are patient.... it was dropped off around June 1. How long have you owned this car. How about a little background.

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Well when you're as old as we are...you learn a bit of patience. I've owned it since 78. It was all tore apart when I bought it for $1,000.00. It ran for 120,000 miles after I put it back together and then I put it in storage. It's survived 5 different garages and 2 wives. I always said I wanted to restore it and increase the HP as it should have been made from the beginning.
I looked around at several restoration places and the place I picked wasn't the cheapest but they sure do fine work. Besides it was one of the engine builders recommendations. The restoration shop is called "The Hot Rod Factory" and they had an opening in their line due to the pandemic as (at the time) there was quite a few people having work done who wanted to hold off for a while to see what was going to happen financially before they continued. But, I got stuck behind a Camaro which put me back about a month.
The two guys working on my car have said that this is the fastest they ever put one out. Most cars are there at least a year. I talked to the owner last week and he told me that has changed quite a bit since and he has at least two years of backlog.
@Potomus Pete what forum do you usually hang around it? I've looked but either I'm doing something wrong or I just can't find it. I see a fox body for your avatar. I'd like to see what you're working on.

Sweet Car! 5.0 HO Convertible. What more can you ask for?