Matthew Taylor's Journal

12-31-14
The going got a bit slow here. Jerry's expert inspections often began with "close, but...." Cole even got fired once. He took it well. While my technique improved, so did my ability to tell what wasn't going to fly. My own inspections started to begin with "close, but..." Cole kept the body filler sandings on the floor swept up - and that was becoming a full time job. However, the body WAS taking shape. It seamed everywhere I touched, there was a mountain or valley - or the contour wasn't quite right, but, we stayed on it, and eventually...Jerry fixed it in a minute or 2. Well, it seamed that way...

The body was exposed metal, and although blessed with dry weather, the days were dragging by, and rust was a real concern. We still had allot of work on the bonnet to do, but it was decided we would get the rest of the car under primer, before we had to deal with rust mixed in with our new body work. I learned the proper way to tape and paper, and did that correctly - on the second or third try. We were all set for primer.