Weekend Fifteen

 

Finally the car is coming out of the paint shop. The rear fiberglass deack looks good, and once bolted back onto the car we rolled it back out into the sunlight. Several weekends have passed and I was beginning to wonder if the car would see the light of day ever again. If I didn't know better I would think George is sabotaging the car for not being an original restoration.
McLean and I do a final inspection. Of course inspection have been happening throughout the paint process, but this is pass or miss day. By now all the pick lists should have been taken care of. Thank goodness this is not a concours car, the attention to detail is not what I had expected.
The light ivory color looks great. The dash needs some clean up. It is not overspray, it is dust from bodywork and usual shop grime. New upper dash face along with the new dash we have planned should spruce this up nicely.
These hoodpins are the same as on our last six in the showroom/museum. You see both round and squre hood pin plates on the GT cars. I prefer the round, but there are those that like the square ones. Either way you'll note that some fabrication must be done to accomodate the lower pin.
The upper pin can be placed in the hood stop. If you chose the factory location, you may find that the area must be bent slightly to allow the pin to go through the hood in the optimum location.
Hood pins are a great addition to any fiberglass hood.