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How does a paint chip lead to this?

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Tr4dude

Tr4dude

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How does a few paint chips and recovering the seats take you down a road of no return, look what those paint chips did to a perfectly good Tr6 daily driver. <span style="text-decoration: underline">I think this disease is terminal</span> :smile:

found some rust so the fenders came off

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the engine and trans needed cleaning, engine was already rebuilt, tranny is making my skin crawl!!
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then i found some worn bushings and the frame and suspension was restored and of course a body sandblasting and respray was in order
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picked up a powdercoating gun then i needed a bigger compressor for beadblasting,=80gallon champion compressor


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the household type oven was to small so I had to build a bigger oven for powder coating.

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I don't know if I can stop this
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<span style="color: #3333FF"><span style="font-weight: bold">One day I think I will need professional help but for now I will depend you guys and gals for guidance and rehabilitaion if possible!! </span></span>
 
:lol: :lol: :lol: ...I'm laughing because I went through the same thing! It is an incurable disease...don't try to fight it. It's shaping up real nice though. :cheers:
 
sounds familier, A hood repaint turned into a complete paint job and my friend says so why do you have the engine rebuilt and sooped up, Not going there, at least not yet

Hondo
 
It is uncurable. I suffer from it also. For support, see the link below (half way down the page) and read up on TES (tool envy syndrome)

Tool Envy Syndrome
 
We're all "enablers" here!! you came thru th' wrong door if it's a cure you're lookin' for.

But since you're HERE, consider it like Hotel California and just GO WIFIT!!! :smile:
 
Wow, I was way closer to the mark with my todo list earlier! Looks great!
 
TR4nut said:
Wow, I was way closer to the mark with my todo list earlier! Looks great!
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I thought you were psychic at first hehe, but all our LBC's do this to us!!
Don't fight the temptation just do it!!!
 
DrEntropy said:
We're all "enablers" here!! you came thru th' wrong door if it's a cure you're lookin' for.

But since you're HERE, consider it like Hotel California and just GO WIFIT!!! :smile:
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Like Doc said, you can drive away any time you like, but you can never leave!!! :laugh:
 
I knew what I was getting into when I got the car. I knew that I wasnt going to be touching up some paint chips. I knew, forget it, the cars 42yo, its time for a full frame off restoration including engine overhaul, and well, everything
 
been there doing it.
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