Charlotte AutoFair

**imported_Page** · 04-01-2009, 09:17 AM

Just to let every one know that the Charlotte AutoFair is going on this weekend it the Lowes Speedway i will be there with the Thunderbird Club. If you come just LOOK for the old fat man with the gray & black T-bird this one.

And here is one of the old fat man

**michakaveli** · 04-01-2009, 10:07 AM

What else will be going on up there? Sat? Sun? Both? times....

**weekendwarrior** · 04-01-2009, 10:34 AM

I am going over there that Friday or Saturday. I`ll probably take my project car.
Started with this:

Now it looks like this:

**Old Pirate** · 04-01-2009, 11:11 AM

You guy`s enjoy yourselves this weekend, don`t forget some photo`s.

**Paul Sparks** · 04-01-2009, 12:03 PM

Been to the Auto Fair many times and never came away disappointed.Only problem with the infield and all the outer areas, you can`t see it all in three days.If your looking for parts or complete cars this is a good show and swap meet.

Paul

**imported_Page** · 04-01-2009, 12:22 PM

Man i love the Bug i will look for it and you.

**michakaveli** · 04-01-2009, 12:26 PM

Nice paint on the bug David, did you paint it yourself?

**weekendwarrior** · 04-01-2009, 05:20 PM

Originally Posted by michakaveli

Nice paint on the bug David, did you paint it yourself?

Nah, believe it or not, it was a very cheap paint job. There is a local shop that restores old VWs. These guys do all the work on the side - they all have full time jobs. They have a make shift paint booth set up in their garage that they paint the cars in. I didn`t want to dump a ton of money in mine, so the prep work before the paint was laid down isn`t as good as it could have been.

My plan is to sell this Bug, and buy another one (in similar condition to how this one started), and do a better job on it. The guys at the shop are teaching me how to prep a body for paint, and how to paint, and they will let me do the next one myself...so the price of labor won`t be an issue then.

I have been learning a lot from these guys. We made a deal...one of them is an ASE certified mechanic. I wetsand and polish all the cars they restore for free, and they work on my Bug, as well as my other 3 cars for no charge (I just supply parts). It`s a pretty good deal for both parties.

**michakaveli** · 04-01-2009, 07:57 PM

Originally Posted by weekendwarrior

Nah, believe it or not, it was a very cheap paint job. There is a local shop that restores old VWs. These guys do all the work on the side - they all have full time jobs. They have a make shift paint booth set up in their garage that they paint the cars in. I didn`t want to dump a ton of money in mine, so the prep work before the paint was laid down isn`t as good as it could have been.

My plan is to sell this Bug, and buy another one (in similar condition to how this one started), and do a better job on it. The guys at the shop are teaching me how to prep a body for paint, and how to paint, and they will let me do the next one myself...so the price of labor won`t be an issue then.

I have been learning a lot from these guys. We made a deal...one of them is an ASE certified mechanic. I wetsand and polish all the cars they restore for free, and they work on my Bug, as well as my other 3 cars for no charge (I just supply parts). It`s a pretty good deal for both parties.

That`s Awesome. I`ve only painted car parts with an HVLP spray gun powered by a 60 gallon compressor about 2-3 times and it`s a lot of fun, if you like that sort of thing.