Eddie Hansen

Kevin, I too just got caught upon your thread, I fully understand taking a step back, and how life gets in the way or probably better said takes priority. We put ourselves under so much pressure with imaginary timelines, yes I have been wanting to finish my own project for so damn long, it isnt funny, but I was stressing to get things done, then I needed to step back, so i could step up ,, if that makes sense, doing it the way I want it will take time, and there is no getting around it, as long as I get something done no matter how small and its done right I am cool, and it is becoming fun again.

Glad your chrome came out well, and when your ready we are all interested in your progress..
Hang in there

kjr442

kjr442

Thank you, I just updated with a few things that have been done in the last mounth.

1990 Touring Car

It’s a shame that what should have been a fun project for you turned into a knot in your stomach, It gives all restoration shops a bad name, Some refer to it as “Paint Jail” I just came across this thread and as I was looking through the pictures I saw problems about to happen when I saw the car covered with oxidation and they were doing the plastic work on it. Body filler is Hydroscopic and never should be done on bare metal. As soon as the paint was stripped off of it the car should have been cleaned and put in Epoxy primer “immediately” I guarantee people had there hands all over that car and that body filler absorbed moisture. Keep a close eye out for little bubbles that may appear in the paint down the road. I have been restoring cars for over 45 years and to this day I won’t give someone a firm price to restore their car, it is impossible to do. You never know what you have till you get the car stripped and take the chassis Measurements to make sure the car is still square. You would be amazed at what we find. We charge by the labor hour and keep the customer updated with our progress and pictures. No Surprises. If your hood was cracked (how the hell did that happen?) he is responsible and I would want it replaced. An OEM hood is BIG BUCKS if you can find a good one. A friend of mine who has a restoration shop not too far from me restores Oldsmobile 442’s exclusively and he also manufactures a perfect reproduction hood. His name is Jeff Thornton and they are located in Telford Pa, I am an Olds fan from way back even though most of my business is F body cars though I do have a 71 442 Vert in the shop now that was pulled from a Paint Jail… Hopefully the shop owner will make things right for you to ease the pain. Anyone who has had a car done knows it is extremely expensive to have the body and paint done correctly by a reputable shop. Without a doubt the biggest expense of doing a restoration. Good Luck and I hope everything works out for you, Don’t wait to long….
BTW, Nice Car and I love the color......
Mark

oldsmobiledave

Why is this posted here?

2blu442

Yes, I'll try to get that photo Sunday afternoon.

John

tru-blue 442

How goes the project Kev? Slow and steady wins the race, so they tell me.
My 70 project is slow as well. Looks like you will see the end soon though.
Good luck with her.