Primer and Such

Current Work: I managed to get back into the garage late last week after returning from vacation. I straightened out the rear spare tire cover and primed it plus the hood and both doors. Total time spent about 8 hours. Yesterday I started doing the prep on the 1957 hood for priming-realizing I waited a little too long between sandblasting and priming so some surface rust formed. Easy to remedy at this stage..

Overall Strategy:

A friend indicated I am probably a better planner than do-er and he is probably right. This observation fits my Meyers-Briggs personality profile..INTJ-I am a big picture kind of guy...details often mess me up....Talking about the "big picture", nothing gets my creative juices flowing more than an early morning planning session and the creation of a critical path to follow.... The problem comes with actually committing time during the day to get the work done that has been planned. I think this is a common issue with people restoring vehicles and one that is causing me a fair amount of grief with respect to making progress... but at least I am aware of the problem..now I am trying to address it...

1957: Hopefully I am going to be able to get the 1957 tub sandblasted along with a couple of the fenders next week. I have a friend who works for a sandblasting firm who has offered to do the work. I really need to get the tub primed and an assessment of the work needed to be done completed. I am uncertain how I am going to proceed but for now are considering a partial reconstruction of the car and subsequent marketing if all goes well..

1959: I need to be heads down on the bodywork while the weather is still good. I want to have the car painted by mid September and if I am going to do this there needs to be a focused systematic approach. Much of the major body work has been completed-it is mainly paint prep that needs to be done...