ERIC CLONINGER
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Pandemic Projects
As you might’ve figured out from the other posts, my pandemic projects for 2020 have pretty much been the following…
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Prepping to Paint
Now that I’ve found a body shop, I worked to remove the parts that shouldn’t be there. The excess trim pieces, the convertible top connectors, the chrome badges around the body.
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Shopping for Body Shops
I took Pearline to a couple of body shops in the area. A couple flat refused to even consider the job because they only do insurance work. One of these people said my car isn’t in her software, so she would have no idea how to price it. I thought that was strange, but I didn’t argue.
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MGB Back Home
I got Pearline back from Mike at Glass Auto on a Saturday in early October. It was a cloudy, cool day, so not a great day for driving with the top down. My girlfriend dropped me off at the garage and then drove on to an appointment. I spent half and hour talking with the usual suspects that hang around the garage on a Saturday morning and drove home through a light mist.
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At the LBC Specialist
I dropped Pearline off at Glass Auto in OKC on in the middle of August. Two weeks later, I had a doctor appointment nearby, so I stopped by to get Mike’s estimate. I’m not going to lie, I was really apprehensive walking in the door because I didn’t know what I was going to hear.