So close, yet so far

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spidernut
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Your car is a: 1979 Fiat Spider Automatic
Location: Lincoln, CA

So close, yet so far

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Finally, we had a break in the rain and it was warm enough to resume the bodywork on the 80 Spider. I was doing the final sanding and found three flaws in the bodywork that I missed. I got two fixed, but number three is pain to get it true. I was admiring how close I am to painting the car and decided to remove the plastic clips for the hood ornament since I hadn't done so. I took them out and decided to sand the indentation only to find it had 10 layers of paint and primer gunking up the indentation. So, I sanded it all off and re-primed everything. Now I have to wet sand some more to get it paint ready.

It was a GREAT day working on the car! :D
John G.
1979 Spider (Owned since 2000)
1971 124 Sport Spider (Owned since 2017)
1977 Spider (Sold 2017)
1979 Spider (Disposed of in 2017)
1979 Spider (Sold 2015)
1980 Spider (Sold in 2013)
1981 Spider (Sold in 1985)
2017 Spider (Owned since 2019)
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baltobernie
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Your car is a: 1973 Spider [sold]
Location: Baltimore, MD

Re: So close, yet so far

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You can drive yourself nuts doing "just one more" thing to do before painting. Get it done and enjoy the car!
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