Lovely Rita
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  • Gallery
    • Hemmings Classic Car
    • The Start
    • On the Road
    • Back in the Day
    • Before and After
  • Restoration Part 1
    • Tear Down Day 1
    • Tear Down Day 2
    • Taking Stock
    • Interior
    • Engine and Transmission
    • Tailgate and AM/FM Radio - Nov 2009
    • Floor
    • Engine Compartment - Dec 2009
    • Engine Compartment - February 2010
  • Restoration Part 2
    • Update - August 2010
    • Sept. 2010 -THE ENGINE IS IN!!!!
    • Steering Column and Wheel - March 2010
    • Stripping and Console - December 2010
    • Stripping and Paint - Jan 2011
    • Feb 2011 - Paint and Upholstery
    • Badging - March 2011
    • Interior - April 2011
    • June 2011- DONE
    • New Roof 2012
  • Car Shows
    • Cactus Cruiser Show 2010
    • July 2011 - AMO International Convention
    • Nov 2011 - Las Vegas AMC Reunion
    • AMCRC National - June 2012
    • Flagstaff Route 66 Days Show
  • Other Cars
    • 1973 Ambassador
    • 1972 Wagoneer
    • 1966 Marlin "Arlin"
    • The New 1966 Marlin
  • Grand Canyon AMCRC Chapter
  • Thanks

LOTS of stuff happening. 

We have the car home and have been drving it a little. VERY LITTLE.  It has no seats...no windows, and each day, less paint. It sounds great and runs strong, so now we start on getting it to look as nice. The seats are at the upholstery shop.  They've finished the console and it looks really good.  We are also stripping the paint off ourselves to save some coin, and it's actually pretty fun. The front fenders, hood and tailgate are already stripped and repainted with the first layer of color. Right now, these things are in the guest bedroom - so I suppose this means no holiday visitors. When we get the body stripped, we'll trailer it down for it's paint, then it gets assembled and a final color spray goes over everything so it will all match.  A clear coat will go over it.

Here are some pictures taken since the last update.

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