Well, my painter buddy was over today and looked at my bodywork and gave me a B grade for my first time. He has like 10 yrs bodyshop exp. and is a awesome painter. He loaned me a really long sanding block and gave me some pointers. Long story short, I am doing pretty good but need a lot of block sanding by a keen eye and a small amount of bodywork in the quarters and doors (smoothing mostly). All the rust repair is done. I can drive down the road but it looks kind of funny with no fenders and hood, ha ha. I will try to get a hold of a couple of guys with birds and see what they are doing. The guy with the 68 is here close and the other guy is probably in the same boat as me, but he lives up by you somewhere. I can also call a couple of other buddies by and we can make it a BBQ or something... just try to have some fun.

I think I still have your phone number, I'll look around and give you a holler tomorrow or the next day.