well, my Daughter had been having some health issues so they decided that she needed to come home, so she returned from Paraguay on the 12th of December exactly a year from the day she left. she is doing much better now, she had a great experience, but she is very glad to be home.
on another note, I found a fiberglass hood I like a lot better than the original.
I liked the way the stock hood looked on the outside, but underneath, it was ugly. the fiberglass hood will look just as good open as closed.
I ordered it on black friday and got it the day after christmas. I sold my other one, and bolted this one on. it looks great I think. I also mocked up the hood shocks and powdercoated the brackets. then took them back off because I am getting ready for paint.
oh, and I did a little more massaging of the fuel door area. after looking at the pictures I could see I needed to do some more work. I also trimmed up the inner fender and mocked up the rubber filler tube. I had a local welding company tig weld a vent tube to the fill tube and now it is all ready to go for when I get the body back from paint.
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body shop finally got back to me. man paint has gotten expensive. I can't believe how much it is estimated to cost to paint this body which should require very little in the way of body work. but I told him I want a show quality paint job so you get what you pay for. I still need to cut the holes for the hood pins I intend to use. I also decided that I want to paint the flares body color. I think i am pretty decided on Brittany blue for a color. now I just have to wait till march when I am supposed to bring it in. He estimated it should only take about a month to finish so then I can start the fun stuff.
