The car left the paint shop on Friday and is now back home. Here is a picture of the car outside the paint shop before it left.

The painter wasn't really happy with the fasteners that I had been using on the car. So, we are trying to hunt down some chrome fasteners to use. We found some (but not enough) at the downtown Elliot's Hardware. Unfortunately, by the time I got to the Elliot's up by the house, it was closed. Tomorrow I'm going to see if I get all the stuff we need to finish installing the hood and body. Until then, here is another picture of the car I took today.

The car is turning out great! The stripes came out awesome. They are still wet sanding and buffing out the clear coat. So, sometime next week the car should be done and back home for final assembly.

I got a call from my paint guy and the car is done! He wants it to dry for at least 48 hours, and they still need to buff it and clean it up real good before they give it back. I'm going to try to stop by tomorrow and get a picture. I'll be out of town this weekend, so it looks like I won't get the car back home for final assembly until Monday.

Orange! (No clear coat yet, just washed down with water) Stripes are next!

Friday the car went into the paint booth to get a nice coat of House of Kolors Sunset Pearl. Today, they were supposed to lay out the stripes and shoot them. I won't be able to head back to the painters until Monday to see how it turned out. They said I should have the car back by Friday the 8th. Then final assembly will begin!