67.5 racecar

[2mAn]

very cool!

[Shamus980]

Excellent read Cole...

[cole455]

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So, the car has been blasted and ready for bodywork! I was a little concerned before starting, but aside from a few small holes, looks like I’m in pretty good shape!
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Also, quick plug for “Holmes customs” in Greensboro! Tons of fab work, body work and metal prep!

[notoptoy]

Good to know Cole. Why did you choose them, and would you send them another?
You can PM me if you prefer!

[cole455]

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Good to know Cole. Why did you choose them, and would you send them another?
You can PM me if you prefer!
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I missed this. You know as well as I, that finding a rust repair shop is tough. I try to do as much body repair as I can, but my job and family seem to say otherwise!

Hugh has a small shop in eastern Greensboro and ultimately seems to enjoy fab work the most. He also paints quite a few motorcycles with ridiculously fancy graphics. Since this car had uncommon graphics (that I wanted to duplicate) and he’s awesome at fabrication, he seemed the logical choice.

So far, I’m quite satisfied with everything he’s done. The only downside is the location. He has a fairly long dirt driveway that requires 4wd to access (hence the reason mine is always on a ragged trailer in pics!).

I may need to find another machine shop, though. I bug Kevin all the time and he always says “come by next week, I’ll have it ready!” It’s never ready. But, as you know, he does outstanding work!

[cole455]

Oh, and I definitely will use Hugh again. I have a 72z that needs attention and also bought Steve shores old 67.5 streetcar.

[notoptoy]

Cole:
I hear you on Kevin, it got so bad at one point on my H20 rebuild that I would "drop by the shop" every other day to "just see how things were going".
He got tired of seeing me and pretty quickly everything came together. I completely trust him and as you stated, his work is outstanding, and I even think reasonable in price as well.

[timurf]

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So, the car has been blasted and ready for bodywork! I was a little concerned before starting, but aside from a few small holes, looks like I’m in pretty good shape!

Make sure to restore the original rims and use them heedlessly in active competition. Safety is for WIMPS!

[cole455]

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So, the car has been blasted and ready for bodywork! I was a little concerned before starting, but aside from a few small holes, looks like I’m in pretty good shape!
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Make sure to restore the original rims and use them heedlessly in active competition. Safety is for WIMPS!
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Those wheels/tires are matched perfect, and staggered special!
-Harry Hogge-

I hear ya. These won't make the cut in the resto, unfortunately... I'm just going to leave them as/is and set aside in the garage as a conversation piece. I have a couple different options for 7" wide wheels already set aside; I'll probably grab a set of <gulp> panasports also (because everyone runs panasports!).

[RCMike]

Cole:
I hear you on Kevin, it got so bad at one point on my H20 rebuild that I would "drop by the shop" every other day to "just see how things were going".
He got tired of seeing me and pretty quickly everything came together. I completely trust him and as you stated, his work is outstanding, and I even think reasonable in price as well.

Was reading this and laughed about this.

When we were trying to fix the exhaust for the McDowell car, and we had 3 hours on a Saturday to get it done, they had this sign in the shop...

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