Oops. Back from the shop after some delays, attributed entirely to bad communications between me and Maaco. We had been talking about bodywork in and around the trunk and I said none needed
inside, the mangled trunk floor would be covered by carpet. Maaco heard that as no paint needed, and took more time to repaint. I neglected to mention I would be repositioning the driver's mirror rearward on the door (view was blocked by wing window frame), and the two extra holes (five total) from PO work needed to be filled as well - door had to be patched and painted a second time. Picked the car up and was very impressed how smooth 40 years of wrinkles and dings and dents came out. The tail panels replaced were very well done and no doubt I would have wasted money repainting the bondo'd ones above. Love the color (brighter than the photo indicates) and pleased with the quality of the body work. That said, surprised with the lack of consistency on some hard to reach places. One of two door jambs with some red showing. Underside of hood with much red in a seam. Since the trunk was off, the brackets dropped out of sight under the rear cowl and were not painted. Two dings that clearly happened after painting and were touched up and not properly prepared. And last, since I had removed the front cowl and it was painted on a saw horse and returned to the cockpit for me to reinstall later (always my plan), neither I nor Maaco realized the cowl does not cover all the area that I had POR-15'd, and so some very visible red showing. Gonna be a problem as the POR-15 has to be removed and the fenders sprayed again. Maaco guy is very customer oriented and assures me it will all be made right, and he will even fix chips I create when I put it back together. I'm pretty sure it will be made right to my eye, but for almost $5000, much of it bodywork, I would have expected a little more attention to detail. We will see when it's all back together, and I show up (hopefully) at Carlisle in two weeks. The looks on the DCFiats crew will tell me whether I've been had (although they are all gentlemen and will suggest if I like it it was worth it!). Thanks for asking!
