But why so soon. I was loading my panel on the trailer today so I can take it to the glass shop and also get my exhaust put on. I have barn style doors on my shop. I propped them open and proceded to only to have the wind catch the door, knocking out the prop and slamming the door to the right side of my panel leaving 4 nice chips in a verticle row, 1 of them to bar metal. So I guess besides wiring it this winter I'll be doing some paint repairs as well.

 

Oh man! that's awful

Did it ding the body or just mess up the paint?

Sorry to hear about your setback
Bobby

 

i feel your pain, i've got acouple chips and truck has never been out of garage............

 

I feel your pain. Years ago when I was working on my F-2 I took it to a body shop I worked for. The owner left me use the paint booth over the weekend while he was closed. All went well and I loaded the truck up on a trailer. On the way home I didn't realize I didn't have the exhaust pipe completely secured and it must have been bouncing on the way home and cracked the exhaust pipe flange on the flat six engine. Those were hard to find even back then. I just happen to find a guy who gave me a complete engine with a good exhaust manifold. But man, same feeling.

Another time I backed my truck into the shed and got too close to the shelving and put a nice long scratch into the fend, this was the year after I got it on the road. Taped it off, sanded it down, primed and squirted it with paint. Still made me sick to see that scratch.

 

Ouch! I hate doing stuff like that - I would much rather have somebody else to blame! Long ago, before I knew better, I had a 55 Chevy PU. I was backing a trailer turned and looking out the back window. My door must not have latched and I didn't even realize it was open, of course there was a sign there that caught it and destroyed it and the hinges and dented the front fender. It wasn't anything great and I ended up junking it a few months later. This was the same truck that I had when I couldn't avoid a 4x4 about 30" long in the middle of the freeway. It somehow came through the rusty floorboard and through the passenger side of the seat. Sure am glad it was empty.

 

This was my first time using a base/clear and I've never done any chip repairs in my life unless they were coming out of a bag,lol. I've got myself some more learning to do. I got my glass installed yesterday as well as my exhaust so will be able to concentrate on the wiring and assembling the rest of the parts over the winter months and hopefully see some road time next spring/summer. Then the real stone chips will probably happenlol