Kadett Chronicles 14: Progress report (5/12)

The car is home! Check it out! We picked it up from the body shop last night and it’s gorgeous. They really did a super paint job. Then they buffed the heck out of it. We opted not to use single stage paint too…we went for the whole ball o’ wax which included a clear coat. I love the way it looks so shiny and new.

Now we get to put Humpty back together again. We’ll give the inside a good cleaning and while we’re doing that, contemplate whether or not we have the time to go for the gold on a few things. There’s something about the new paint that makes some of the other stuff in the car look a bit drab.

For example, the dash could probably use a coat of black paint before we put the newly upholstered black vinyl dash pads on (remember, no airbags back then so the dash has these foamed pads that run the length the of car in case you get into a crash). But I’m not sure we have enough time for those little things at this point. They might have to be post-show updates. And that wouldn’t be the end of the world really. There’s another show in September. It’s the same crowd so it might be nice to have something new to show them then too.

So beyond that conundrum, the plan is to lay the carpet down and go from there adding things in from the ground up. There will be lots of progress to report as we’re into the last week before the show and things will happen fast…you know, because they have to. There’s nothing like a bit of pressure to motivate you to get things done. Some of our best work gets done that way. I love it.