[Spridgets] Holy Update

Linda Grunthaner grunthaner at gmail.com
Wed Oct 15 03:46:49 MDT 2008


Hey Frank,
Can I stop by and watch the spray painting this Saturday unless it is on
Friday please let me know? I'll help with assembly on 11/8 & 9.
Lin

On Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 9:54 PM, Frank Clarici <spritenut at comcast.net>wrote:

> The Holy Sprite is in it's 3rd coat of filler/primer which if you count the
> epoxy primer, it now is wearing 4 coats.
> The 3rd coat of filler/primer has been hand blocked to reveal just a couple
> of minor boo-boos and one high spot.
> They have been fixed and I should get to sanding them down tomorrow and
> maybe get the 4th and hopefully final coat of filler.primer on  it and block
> it down with 320 sand paper.
> I want to spend some time detailing under the bonnet and I still have to
> sand the slightly rusty floor boards.
> I hope to get to all that this coming week and also maybe Friday night
> paint the engine bay, inside of the doors, inside of the bonnet and jamb it
> out.
> If the weather is good my son will squirt the outside of the car Saturday
> or Sunday.
> The seats are at the upholsterer, everything else is here with the
> exception of a few minor goodies like motor mounts and what ever I might
> have forgot that we will  know as soon as it comes time to install it.
> The tentative assembly dates are November 8th & 9th. Any one coming from a
> distance is welcome to stay here.
> If you arrive Friday the 7th, that's OK too. If you are coming a GREAT
> distance and you book a flight or something like that
> the tentative date becomes etched in stone. ;)
> I see no reason why the car will not be painted and buffed out by then.
> For those who left the car on the spackle bucket in my garage, it has not,
> nor will it move until we assemble it where it sits and I want to see it
> DRIVE out of my garage 9/9/08 under it's own power.
> The assembly weekend will include installing the carpet (not a kit)
> installing the interior, wiring harness, dash, drive train, suspension,
> brakes, lights, and what ever else it takes to make a tub a complete car.
> A head count for who's coming would be nice so my wife knows how much food
> to get.
>
> --
> Frank Clarici
> Toms River, NJ
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