New Paint Job

Well the winter is over and spring is in the air.  It's time for fresh starts!  Soooooo, I thought I should get going again on Daniel's VW project.  Last year I tried my hand at body work.  That wasn't the smartest thing I've ever done.  It was a lot of hard work, and I wasn't that good at it.  I had repaired about 15 minor dents and dings and was very proud of my work, until I had a professional painter give me an estimate.  I showed him my work and he slowly ran his hands across the body to see how I had done.  He was very nice and polite and smiled as he slowly said, "That's pretty good for a first try."  When I heard "first try" I knew it was bad.  Any way, he gave me a good price on his work, since he was my best friend's cousin. 

I had it painted the original yellow, since we both liked that color.  The paint job turned out great.  I had told him that I wasn't looking for a show car paint job.  Just a nice "20 foot" job would be fine by me.  That means at 20 feet away it looks good.  Any closer and you could see the imperfections. Well, he gave me a great 2 foot job!  It actually looks good from any distance.

Now the fun begins - putting it all back together.  It's been so long since I took the doors apart, that I might need help remembering how to reassemble them.  I also need to take my time.  This project is going way too fast.  Daniel is still only 12, and he has a few years before he gets his license.  Oh well, if I finish too soon, it looks like I'll just have to drive it some first.  Yippee!