Wife Rhoda went along to keep me from bouncing off the truck cab roof with excitement, and I was very happy once I had backed into my own driveway without incident.
Oh, did I mention I had the car painted black? Yeah, I know, black wasn't a color option on the TR6, but I've always had a "thing" for black cars. So, Tillie has gone from the original maple brown she left the factory with to "exotic red" that the previous owner had applied, to black...do I look pleased ?
John told me I'd need to clean up some of the dust / etc. from the final rubbing, so I put the car on jack stands so I could get into the wheel wells.
I mentioned in a earlier post that Lizard Skin was applied to the top and bottom of the tub floor, inside the wheel wells, and inside all four fender panels. I had John paint the Skin with single stage urethane paint to give those surfaces some shine...
I guess now it's no surprise why I painted the engine red...
Three coats of black base, followed by three coats of clear, followed by color sanding, and the final rubbing...all done by John, my body man / painter, craftsman, artist extraordinaire! Now it's up to me to make this beauty a runner.
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