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Ok the paint job! It still hasn't been shot yet. He did get it assembled and aligned. Now he's blocking it again.

Ready for some white letters and numbers.

Ready for primer and paint.

I soaked the plate on vinegar overnight and have it a wire brushing and sanding to remove all the rust and old paint on the front. Left the old color on the back. This is rinsed off before a good scrubbing.

I'm restoring a 1950 New Mexico plate for the car. MVD requires the plate to be readable original or restored to close but doesn't have to be the exact colors. The plates I have needed to nice to go on the painted car. If I ever get it back! It was blue background with white letters and numbers.

My semi-traditional build or partially period correct hot rods.

1984 Caprice. Just like my mom's living room.

Caravan third row seat in 31 Model A Pickup

Headlights and Taillights!

The "Nose"!

In anticipation of having a car soon !??! I started cleaning parts since I'm not working on some other project. Polished the 74 year old interior handles. Polished the trunk handle and added vinyl letters.

Some more progress on the worlds longest paint job. Door jambs, firewall and trunk painted. I didn't get pictures of it last week but it's assembled ready to be blocked and shot. White pearl top blue body and clear coat.

Kelsey hasn't been here for years. Shame he was an awesome artist and pinstriper!

We usually get a couple good storms a year. We are in Central NM at 6800 feet high. Albuquerque is over a mile like Denver. So snow is common in the winter. We can have snow anytime between September to May and have. Southern NM is lower and warmer.

We had a 2 day snow storm in New Mexico Nov 7-8. It was wet heavy snow and we lost a lot of branches on the trees. 12"-24" of snow. I -40 and I-25 were closed in areas with truckers and motorists stranded for hours.

Sucess!

Sweet car!

I've been type II for over 20 years now. You will have to make adjustments to your lifestyle I won't lie to you! Your diet should change mainly limit the carbs and sugar you eat. I did lose 70 pounds since I retired too, so my a1c has been good for 6 years. I am still on insulin but have cut way...

Edgewood, NM