Yellow and Sharp

We're back from the body shop. They worked their magic and it's impressive. These are some photos of the cancer that ate away at Mr. Bug.

Look at those gaping holes that should be solid metal!

The water that got in through those holes up above
caused a mighty bit of damage here as well.

And there was more, although these are the worst. Look at them now:

Holy cow! A few trips to the junk yard to cut off good metal off old cars (and some amazingly skilled work) and this bad boy is like new.

But I'm skipping to the end. Let's back up and a couple shots of work in progress:

Partially primed. If you look carefully in the luggage
compartment you can see some new metal welded in at the top.

All primed and ready to go

I even asked for an extra job and they threw it in for the same price. The new floor pan we welded in came with some lousy seat rails that were too narrow for the existing seats. I wanted to replace them with the original rails. They did a great job on that too - even sealed it nicely.

And now?

Yellow and sharp.

Back to the original color

They even painted the rims and buffed the hubcaps

Now the fun starts: putting it all back together! Now that I'm over the body shop hurdle there are no more excuses for ignoring this thing. Man, it's gonna be a lot of work. Let's do as much as possible before baby gets here!

Baby pumping his fist, saying "Go dad! Finish the car!"

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About 2 hours to pick it up from the shop. Time spent in the shop: just over two weeks. Quick!