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Jedi Knight
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I think I am on year 5 of owning my bugeye now, and its been quite fun, and of course frustrating. I bought my car from pics from a fellow some 9 hours away, and had it hauled down by someone who happened to be moving from here near the seller. About 2 years after owning it, I got sick of the panels not lining up and talked to a buddy who had a body shop. He put it on a rack and told me the car was quite twisted, and would take a lot of cutting of panels and pulling it back straight, then welding things back up to make it right. So being a stubborn person, I went and bought a roller bugeye. It's a retired racer from the 70's, and had been sitting in a barn since. It had surface rust, but no cancer. My goal has been to fix up that body and swap parts. Today I finally got the bugeye from a friends resto shop from being abrasive blasted and primed and got to see what had been under the paint. My heart sunk and right then and there I almost gave up. But its in the bed of the truck and I am thinking of projects I've seen on here and what amazing work has been done to save these cars. I am going to try and stick with the project, but the shell is much rougher than thought, though very little cancer was found which was great. The only welding needed are one full floor pan and a spot of another. Pillars, rocker, etc are all clean.
Anyhow, just thought I'd share some pics of what I've been doing, and what I am getting into. I included a pic of the color I think I am going with, Mexico Blue factory on Porsches. And did you know a bugeye fits in a shortbed Nissan Frontier?? Anyhow, I may be in need some emotional support, therapy, and beer in the very near future.
Anyhow, just thought I'd share some pics of what I've been doing, and what I am getting into. I included a pic of the color I think I am going with, Mexico Blue factory on Porsches. And did you know a bugeye fits in a shortbed Nissan Frontier?? Anyhow, I may be in need some emotional support, therapy, and beer in the very near future.