We attended a couple local car shows and seemed to draw attention everywhere we went.  Simple things like a quick run to the store took an extra twenty minutes so I could answer the inevitable questions no matter where I went.  Work on the car continued.  I finally got to wet sanding the clear coat and was disappointed that it didn’t come to life as I was led to believe.  Much of the cause was my less than perfect skills at spraying a 3 stage finish and that I should have sanded the body more.  I now fully believe that a good paint job is 90% preparation.  On a positive note my daughter and I attended the Kit Car Nationals in Carlisle, PA.  We met Bob Hess from Easy Rods and he invited us to move the car to his booth right in the middle of the show.  I must have answered 100’s of questions but most impressive was when I heard my daughter explaining to a couple of guys how the project was done.  Just visualize this... a thirteen year old girl answering questions about a custom car from two guys in motor cycle jackets, bandanas, etc.  She and I walked around the show, she has a liking for Cobras and several other kit cars.  She tells me she wants to build her own car... we found information on a Cobra kit that goes on a Miata donor... just maybe.

I have stated to call the car a ’57 Camaro.  No matter what show we go to it is always a challenge to define which class it should go in.  One weekend it gets placed with the Camaros and Firebirds the next in with the 55, 56, 57 Chevys.  Rarely does anyone know what it is so I have been having some fun by listing it as a ’57 Camaro and watching peoples reaction when the read the sheet on the windshield.  I overheard one guy telling his son that he had one just like that when he was in College...