Red Convertible Resto

[dsags]

So glad that you and Angie are alright.

Dan

[GS66]

Scary, glad you guys were not hurt.

[elagache]

Dear Kevin, Dan, Jim, and mid-60s Buick community,

At ten o'clock Sunday morning one of those things cropped up. High winds brought down a tree, it came through the roof of our home into our bedroom, one hour earlier we were in that bed. 

WOW!  That's one difficult thing to deal with!  Indeed glad it happened before you two went to bed.  These days we have an arborist check the trees around our house every Autumn.  That's no guarantee either.  We have an Acacia tree that was pruned back last Autumn only to lose 2 large branches over the Winter and Spring.  Still with the weather getting weirder all the time, I'm inclined to take every reasonable precaution available.

Glad you'll back on the Buick soon! 

Cheers, Edouard   

[cwmcobra]

Wow Kevin....your life seems to be one adventure after another.  I share the view of others that you were blessed to not be in that room when the tree came down.  Speaking from experience, the car will still be there when you return to it.  And, if you're like me, you'll want a clean slate before resuming restoration.  Doing it in fits and starts never seems to work for me.  I hope you can recover soon from life's intrusions on your plans so that you can focus on the project. 

Stay safe and dry!

Chuck

[35chevcoupe]

Kevin , couldn't agree more with what everyone else said . Glad your ok .  Thats a pretty scary deal right there .

[Rollaround]

More dusting off required. 
While returning home from a family function just after sunset Friday I hit two deer, yep a real two for one deal. Actually four deer bolted out of a woods and across the road right in front of us, I was able to miss two but got the other two with right front corner of my Jeep.
I was able to reduce my speed from 55 to 30 or less prior to impact so, no airbag deployment and  minimal damage resulted.  Looks like a bumper, grill, light assembly and fender but no airbags and we are both ok.
I did spend some time on the red car resto this week but I need to spend time on my luck or lack of it lately.  Not sure if I should see a fortune teller try some New Orleans voodoo or just by a lottery ticket.
I’ll post my trophy pictures later, the State Trooper did ask if I wanted the deer but I wasn’t in the mood for venison.

[vinnie]

I don't know about the fortune teller, but some New Orleans voodoo may be in order. Followed by a night on Bourbon Street to break the spell.

[dsags]

Not sure about Bourbon Street but the bourbon part sounds right. Once again, so glad you two are OK.

Dan

[Loren At 65GS]

I’ll post my trophy pictures later, the State Trooper did ask if I wanted the deer but I wasn’t in the mood for venison.

  Venison on the grille is good,... but not the car's grille.  Geez Kevin, something has to change here, you've had a real run.

  Glad you and Angie are safe once again.  Your guardian angels are working overtime.

 Loren

[cwmcobra]

Hey Kevin, I've been there and done that except my venison ran away.  And on my last car I had two different deer run into the sides within a week.  Different sides of course. 

Just glad you and Angie are OK!  Maybe you can find a house repair contractor that has a body shop on the side and make a package deal [emoji6].

Keep the shiny side up; your luck is about to change....it simply has to!  We're all pulling for you.

Chuck



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[Rollaround]

I was able to break away from other tasking just long enough to spray the bottom of my project. Looks a little glossier in the pic than it really is. Still lot of things to do but the body can go back on the frame.

[dsags]

Very nice Kevin, especially with all you have going on. Congratulations !

Dan

[cwmcobra]

Nice Kevin.  Putting the body back on the frame is a major milestone.  Good progress!

 

Chuck

[mdkd]

Kevin

Really nice to see things in motion and heading in the right direction once again.

Milton

[35chevcoupe]

Nice work Kevin  !
 looks like I need to get motivated here , you and chuck will be driving your cars in 2019 and mine will still be sitting on the rotisserie .
Keep up the good work , life throws us curve balls once in awhile but hang in there bud . seems theres a few of us on here that are going thru some rough times this year , but hopefully next year we all get back out in full force .
It would be cool to see about 3 4 or even 5 more restored buicks on the road .