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flamed34

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    Location:
    Raleigh, NC
    Occupation:
    Maintenance Engineer / Manager @ Cummins Diesel Co
    1934 Chevy Town Sedan (in the works), 1951 Ford custom convertible (done), 1921 Studebaker Touring (waiting for me to get to it - 19,122 miles, and I'm gonna rod it if I don't sell it!), 1928 Dodge Brothers sedan (waiting for me to decide to sell or
    Cars are too heavy to lift and swing. Big sticks make better clubs.
    At 8 years old, I was laying in a gravel driveway painting the underside of my father's '48 Ford coupe hot rod. By 13, I was building my first car - a 1960 Plymouth. I've had a wrench in my hand most of my life. After moving south in '95, I found myself without my hot rod network and was facing actually "paying" for a paint job - so I started sanding, and reading, and applying liberal amounts of bondo only to sand it back off....then spraying, and sanding, and re-spraying, and scratching my head, and sanding it all off again...I can now say I'm 100% self taught, and capable of body and paint work equal to 95% of what's out there. I absolutely love to lay flames! I'm still learning every time I tackle body work or start painting - there's always an "old-timer" trick to learn! (ex. a few drops of fiberglass resin hardener added to bondo eliminates air bubbles...) Another recent lesson: those guys who can pinstripe are gods. I am not a god. If I want nice pinstriping, I either need to tape them or track down a god.
    Looking forward to be a part of this community with other like minded people!

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    Wanted: Affordable grille, trim band, and headlight stands for a '34 Chevy Master.
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