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I took the body work as far as I could and dropped it off for paint six weeks ago.

The plan was four weeks in the shop while I was travelling for work, but the

schedule slipped.  I hope to pick it up by the end of this week.

 

The shop agreed to create new rocker panels to blend the front and rear

fenders, and to clean up my tail light pods.  They also will be etching and

painting black all the polished trim and door handles. 

 

I negotiated colors with the missus and we agreed on Ferrari Pozzi Blue.

I wanted to downplay the Ferrari connection, but that is one sweet color.

Near black in low light and shifting shades of blue in sunlight, which should

look good with blacked out trim.

 

If the shop does not finish up as planned I will be al least doing a progress

inspection and grabbing photos at that time.

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I've made a couple trips to check progress.  The first was not picture worthy but today's was.

I am still a week away from picking it up, and I suspect I will need at least one more visit to

check the small parts to confirm all the polished bits get painted black.

 

I asked them to build up the rockers to blend the tub, door skins and the cheek panels, which

I think they nailed:

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I went over the spoiler and tub looking for seams and uneven transitions, and was pleased

I could not tell where metal meet glass...

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After a couple weeks of 'it will be ready tomorrow', she finally came home.

I had hoped to take delivery on Saturday to make the BBQ on Sunday, but that

did not happen.  It was finally ready yesterday, and I only found a couple minor

tweaks that they agreed to tackle at a later date.  Sadly they had left the lights

on at some point and my 2 year old red top would not take a charge.  So I asked

them to address the small items and try an overnight charge.

 

The charge failed, and the O'Reillys next door could not find the warranty when

I called and when the paint guy tried to swap it.  Luckily they did find it when I

took the battery in, so I could actually use the car when I got home. 

 

Sadly I lost the light by time I got home, so these poorly light garage shots are the

best I can do for now-

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All exposed trim was painted matte black  While happy with how most of it looks,

I loved how the LeMans cap turned out.  

 

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After a couple weeks of 'it will be ready tomorrow', she finally came home.

I had hoped to take delivery on Saturday to make the BBQ on Sunday, but that

did not happen.  It was finally ready yesterday, and I only found a couple minor

tweaks that they agreed to tackle at a later date.  Sadly they had left the lights

on at some point and my 2 year old red top would not take a charge.  So I asked

them to address the small items and try an overnight charge.

 

The charge failed, and the O'Reillys next door could not find the warranty when

I called and when the paint guy tried to swap it.  Luckily they did find it when I

took the battery in, so I could actually use the car when I got home. 

 

Sadly I lost the light by time I got home, so these poorly light garage shots are the

best I can do for now-

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All exposed trim was painted matte black  While happy with how most of it looks,

I loved how the LeMans cap turned out.  

What type of mirrors are you using on your Vella Rossa

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Hi Dan,

           Great work and looking good. You have a lot more patience than I have got. It's good to see another car with the rear side windows left in. It does give better vision and I think it suits the lines of the car. Call it an optical allusion, but I think it makes the car look longer and leaner than having the fibreglass covering the side window. I did mine back in 2004.

Keep up the good work.

Regards

David

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The mirrors are Miata manual units.  The looked fairly good with the original body lines

and quite good on the VR.  I mounted them about an inch too far forward and did not

catch that until after all body work and paint was done.  That does not impact the drivers

but made the passenger side have limited usable range.  I would not hesitate to

install them again, especially if I could find a new pair at a good price.

 

I daily drive it and could not tolerate losing any visibility, so keeping the windows was

a purely practical decision, but I do like the way it looks with the blacked out window frames.

 

I catch people staring at it several times a week, usually with appreciating nods, thumbs-up and

a lot of 'what the heck is that?' 

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