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	This is a sad, but all too common story. An individual was hired to restore this car. After disassembly, the body was sent to California where a well known metal fabricator / restorer was hired to perform the body restoration. The car was then sent to another shop to prime, prep and paint it. The owner was dissatisfied and since we had done a 41 Cadillac for him, he brought the car back from California and requested we complete the body restoration. This photo shows when we first received the car.
	Our policy is to never paint over someone else's body work. We did agree to consider so on this car, mainly based on the metal man's reputation at the time. Read on and imagine our surprise. This picture shows block sanding in areas the paint shop had troubles with, doors that seemed to never line up.
	You can see many layers of primer and undesirable plastic body filler. One of the first indications of serious problems was the fit and alignment of the doors. The jambs had been sanded to incorrect shape on one side and as we continued to investigate it was obvious the coachwork was suffering from severe rot. It didn't help that the car body had been mounted to a rolling jig that was not stable nor supporting the car properly so every time the paint shop moved the jig, the body took on a slightly different shape then they added more filler trying to make the body panels appear to line up. I'm sure the intent was good but the shop was not experienced in this type of work.
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