Boy, July, August and September have been non-productive months for the Tomato.
After getting her up in the air, I did roll under her for a look see and evaluate my next course of action and discovered the majority of the underside should clean up nicely as did the interior, trunk and front end.
I got both rear wheelhouses cleaned up after having some mud slung up into them during my short jaunts up and down the ramp while the alley was being worked on and need to do the inside of the front fenders next.
The only real work underneath will be knocking the primer overspray off the rear suspension pieces with a bit of rubbing/polishing compound and respraying the oversprayed areas on the chassis with another coat of Eastwood Chassis Black.
I had a couple local body shops come in to look at the car and hear how I wanted to apply the colors and neither shop thought my method of paint application was unorthodox, so not really sure what happened in the previous shop. As soon as I get the numbers back from the second shop, I'll request a tour of both facilities and ask to see some of their previous work so I can get a feel for which shop I feel most comfortable turning the Tomato over to.
I told both shops I would be ready to turn the vehicle over to them once I get the undercarriage, core support and front wheelhouses recleaned and repainted as necessary before the upcoming holiday season.
Fingers crossed I'm successful in finding a local shop to do the work!!
