Well I titled this entry full of sarcasm.  I don’t like the bodywork side of the restoration process because it takes practice, patience, and a lot of filler material that you put on and take off. Then you put more on and take more off…..you get the picture.  I have met guys that make it look so easy and their result in straightness is unbelievable when they try to be that straight.  This is one area of the final product that will show up like a sore thumb if not done well.  I have already touched off on this but experience is the best teacher.  You have to screw some things up to get better at the process required for a decent job.  No, my goal is not to go to indoor car shows and hope to win ‘Best Paint and Body” award.  My goal is to make the vehicle I am doing look acceptable to anybody who cares and most importantly to make me happy with my effort.  Ninety nine percent of the people who attend a car event cannot tell fabulous from acceptable.  Here’s a fact that supplements this point.  Cars coming out from factory when new were not that straight.  A friend of mine had researched his 1970 Cougar and he found out that it was a car that was built for sending to different dealerships to show off the new model year.  That means that this car was done at the factory to be straighter than the general population of 1970 Cougars .  They took the time to make sure quarter panel extensions and fender extensions fit perfectly.  They did not want there to be any panel looking out of sorts when this vehicle was being showed off in the Ford showroom across several provinces.  That means extra body work was done to this vehicle to correct issues with the brand new metal panels put on this vehicle.  So when you go to a show and see a lazer straight vehicle with fabulous flawless paint remember that this is likely the best that this vehicle has ever looked!  After I painted my 1967 Econoline pick up truck with aerosol cans the vehicle looked acceptable to me.  I was happy with the result even though I could have made it better possibly spraying with a HVLP gun in a booth.  I am pretty sure the paint and bodywork on this truck was likely better than it was from new in 1967.  These vehicles look a whole lot better than they have for the last thirty years or longer.  They are back on the road again getting ‘thumbs up’ from passers-by.  Get your ride back on the road the best you can.  You can always improve on panels in the future if it didn’t work out the way you had envisioned.  Get it on the road first and remember that most of your critics likely don’t even own a K-car!  Below is a couple of photos of the ongoing body work and the inside of the quarter panel that was rocker coated after seam sealer.