Finally, reunited at last.
The spring of 2010 was spent picking a cloor to paint the car. I spent many days looking through books of new car colors. I was looking for something similar to the dark green metallic color it had been in the 70's. I scoured every new car dealer in 35 miles looking to see what the new colors looked like in person. There were no new greens that grabbed me. Then I thought, hmm, the car was originally Milano Maroon. I always liked that color, so I changed the search to look for a modern maroon that would be a grabber. Once again, through the paint chip books and back to the car lots. It was frustrating, some had too much orange and looked weird in direct sunlight. Some too much blue and would lokk purple in subdued light. It turned out what I liked best was basically candy apple red
That one is a custom paint, Hous of Kolor. Finally I found what I wanted on a 2010 Corvette. It was called Crystal red Metallic Tintcoat. Paul agreed the color was perfect, but its a 3 stage paint and I needed to stay with a 2 stage so it could be repaired if ever necessary. Pau believed he could find a 2 stage that simulated the color. So that was where we were. there were lots of pictures taken of the car during the bodywork and piming, but alas, they were lost when Paul's computer did a death spiral on its hard drive.
At this point I have to give my apologies to all you Tiresmokers. By now you can tell that I did not end up finishing the car the way I had intended. I used a professional for body paint and interior. I can live with that, there is a limit to how much I will attempt in araes I am not experienced. And paint and full interior is beyond my capability, so having it professionally done does sit ok with me. But, I guess i "lazied out" at the end. It was just too appealing, and would get done so much sooner, if I let him do the reassembly that was still left to do. So, in the race to finish line, i became a spectator.
End of 2010.
) And on April 7 I picked it up. I did it the right way. I drove it home! That was the best 20 miles I have driven in years. The memories all came back. What a blast to drive! I love it.
