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#496226 - 03/21/08 10:11 PM Update on my 1960 Metropolitan
Skyking Long Time Member Registered: 08/23/00 Posts: 3389 Loc: Rhode Island	I finally shot some color on the car in February after completing the undercarriage. [img][IMG]http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b26/invicta62/IMG_0377.jpg[/img][/img] [img][IMG]http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b26/invicta62/IMG_0376.jpg[/img][/img] [img][IMG]http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b26/invicta62/IMG_0375.jpg[/img][/img] [img][IMG]http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b26/invicta62/IMG_0371.jpg[/img][/img] Last week I spent 60 + hours wet sanding & buffing the car..... [img][IMG]http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b26/invicta62/IMG_0384.jpg[/img][/img] [img][IMG]http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b26/invicta62/IMG_0386.jpg[/img][/img] [img][IMG]http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b26/invicta62/IMG_0385.jpg[/img][/img] Now the fun part.......re-assembling the car. [img][IMG]http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b26/invicta62/IMG_0394.jpg[/img][/img] [img][IMG]http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b26/invicta62/IMG_0393.jpg[/img][/img] [img][IMG]http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b26/invicta62/IMG_0391.jpg[/img][/img] I hope to have it finished by mid April......... _________________________ Bob 62 Invicta conv. 57 Nash Metropolitan Coupe 60 Nash Metropolitan Coupe 2000 Buick Century 2000 Dodge Ram MOCNA # 2527 "Rethink American" "If you don't read the newspaper you are uninformed, if you do read the newspaper you are misinformed" Mark Twain
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#496252 - 03/21/08 11:26 PM Re: Update on my 1960 Metropolitan [Re: Skyking]
Ron of Chicago Member Registered: 02/10/02 Posts: 259 Loc: Des Plaines	Very nice work Bob Ron _________________________ Ron Klewer AACA member 1969 W-31 1976 Harley If you want your dreams to come true, you mustn't oversleep..
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#496265 - 03/22/08 12:20 AM Re: Update on my 1960 Metropolitan [Re: Skyking]
Harry J. Member Registered: 08/08/04 Posts: 408 Loc: Atlanta, Ga.	Superior...really sharp! Can't stop admiring the work! Edited by Harry J. (03/22/08 12:27 AM)
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#496289 - 03/22/08 08:04 AM Re: Update on my 1960 Metropolitan [Re: Harry J.]
Skyking Long Time Member Registered: 08/23/00 Posts: 3389 Loc: Rhode Island	Thanks guys! _________________________ Bob 62 Invicta conv. 57 Nash Metropolitan Coupe 60 Nash Metropolitan Coupe 2000 Buick Century 2000 Dodge Ram MOCNA # 2527 "Rethink American" "If you don't read the newspaper you are uninformed, if you do read the newspaper you are misinformed" Mark Twain
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#496319 - 03/22/08 10:23 AM Re: Update on my 1960 Metropolitan [Re: Skyking]
ragtop65 Member Registered: 01/13/06 Posts: 22	Really looks great! Keep the photo's coming! Bob _________________________ AACA Life Member
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#496421 - 03/22/08 07:08 PM Re: Update on my 1960 Metropolitan [Re: ragtop65]
prof pat Member Registered: 10/22/07 Posts: 55	Bob, the quality of your work and time really shows. Kudos to a man that knows how, and is willing to take the time to do it right. Pat
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