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You probably won't be painting today, Len. What a difference a day makes. Who doesn't love peanut butter? I'm serious about the sandwich bag, though.

Well....on second thought, peanut butter is a healthier choice, Len. 💩

If you do that, your furry little rodents may eat it. Tamiya clear yellow followed by semi-gloss clear.

No question is a stupid question, Bob. Hopefully one of our esteemed colleagues can answer it. Look at the "Cliff Inman inspired custom" build elsewhere in WIP. The builder used a modified '57 Chevy hood to obtain the look of a Windsor/New Yorker.

Use a sandwich bag. I've done that. 🤓 maybe make it cloudy and yellowed 🙂 and a busted zipper 🤣

There's plenty of acorns here to keep 'em busy. 😕

Don't listen to him, Bil. Lenny as those tree rats on retainer.

Yup. I'll second that. that yellow looks right on that car. I'm kinda partial to it and it would look good on my '64. Did i hear you say "black up-top"?

You nailed it, Bil. Stance is righteous. Flippers or Sombreros. That's the tough question now. They're both in era; it's just a personal choice. The wrecked Cad you got the engine from had a nice set of full wheel covers, right? 🥴

I might have the IMC skirts. I built that convertible. I know, I know....no skirts....but...but... oh look, a squirrel!

Did a bit more tonight. Roughed in the front pan and got a few layers of a Bondo on it. That's it for now. Thanks for driving by. I think I need to get wheels under it now. 😕 Gotta work on that.

Hey, Greg. I'm going to make "Greg handles" for the uh.....Galaxie?....umm...no, the Chevy.?......oh,.... I dunno. One of 'em. Yup. All is well. 🤯 I worked on two hot rods and I cleaned up my workspace and replaced the cutting mat. I got Cricut mats at Ollie's for under $8 each. I just might get my new septic system before Christmas! Things are looking up!

Yes, Bill, it certainly is, isn't it?! 😁 Don't blame the skirts for that, Bill. This car has a pretty big ass. 🥴 No worries. I recall we had a conversation about my Mopar days. My blowing an opportunity for a '56 Fury for 50 bucks? Yup. I took the free '56 Royal Lancer for a parts car for my '55 Coronet. The guy had and '56 Plymouth Fury, off white with some gold trim. It was in the garage and I kinda knew what I was passing on. I just didn't have the room in front with two there already. Anyway, here's some shots of my very limited work on the 300. I added a strip of .040 half round to the two .040 square strips added earlier at the base of the windshield. I needed to have something to foil later on. I chased some panel lines too. Squared off the trunk for a better look since I know for a fact I can't do a tight radius. I cleaned up the parting lines and body work continues. Next is the front sheet metal. The roll pan is easy enough but then I will need to do something with the lower front corners. I want things smooth. And I wonder how I'm going to deal with the side trim. I still have some cleaning up to do on the panel lines and tomorrow may reach safe painting temperature. I need a coat of primer on this. As always, comments encouraged.

I wonder if an aquarium heater would help.

Hey, I'm cool with the FORD covers, Len 🥴. Oooooo....that's a juicy one! I like the vent windows. I've never seen that ! 🤣. It's gonna be in the pond for a while, may as well get 'er in there now, Len. At least I caused you to find that rare gem. Sorry about the frostbite 🥶.

Yeah, that can happen, Bob. 😕. Don't I know it.

It's just fun in a boring life. Thanks for the tip, Bob. I was going to shave 'em. 🙂

Yeah, Wifey gets off on organizing. She buys all this stuff just so she can spend twice as much on acrylic boxes and furniture to house paper. Paper! Good thing I'm on a slab.

Well my squirrels say your squirrels don't know 💩 ! Or snow. 😉 We got about 3 inches of powder last night. On top of frozen stuff from earlier. Bodywork is a happy task, ya know....my bodywork could be better, if I planned better, but this build is actually going the way I planned ( for a change 🤪.) The roll pans were on the short list from inception but not beyond checking that box. Now I need to make it work out front. The cowl will still need minor surgery but it's scheduled.

I don't, Bob, but I tried to document my adventure into roof swapping. If it helps anyone planning to do a similar roof swap, great. A lot of my stuff end up back in the box. I can't compete with the pros out there. It's this and then on to the next. The squirrels keep me busy. 🥴

It was time to tackle the front attachment areas. Because of the way the alien roof/cowl mated with the body, there was some filling to be done here at the cowl. Of course the wipers on both had to be ground off. There is no longer any way to get fresh air to the A/C vents but I did leave the little windows because somebody reminded me about that. 😉 This is me adding a 40x40 to the bottom of the windshield to complete the frame. Another one was added to the first one, inboard. After the glue set I filed an angle on the inside to get a proper fit to the glass. The arrows indicate the added material that gets filed down to match the angle of the adjacent surface. Here you can see the scraps added to the new roof to fair it up with the body. Still got filling and sanding to do. It may be a while before it's warm enough to paint but there's plenty to do while I'm waiting to get primer on this. Like chasing panel lines 😩 Thanks for stopping in. Got snow? 🥶

This is going to stress me out, Len. 😓

Well....I think it looks massive due to the smooth slab sides and big fins. If I get it low enough, the skirts can find another house to haunt. I will never install "cruiser" skirts on anything. Flush types look good with big fat white walls, which will be the case here. Thanks for your input, Rudolf, it helps me take these life-altering decisions. 🤓

Oh....yeah.....I see it now....😉

Thanks, Topher, I'm torn about the vents. I'll be working on the cowl area next and if I can, I will leave the vents. I like the skirts but it may depend on how it looks with the wheels.