With the Christmas season now over, it's time to pick up the ratchets again. Today, I enjoyed strolling through the Car Expo with my cousin and his family. While popping in and out of new cars with my godson, and pretending to drive, I was scoping out car colors along the way to see which to go with for the Cougar. The expo had an abysmal showing in the classic car exhibit, so no luck there. With the interior of my car being shades of aqua, I was focusing on cars with white or blue paint jobs. Right now I'm liking a shiny pearl white paint job. 

I'm pretty sure I will not be putting a vinyl top back on the car, and would like to paint it. My cousin showed me some sketches he had colored in with markers to show me some striping options. I hadn't really thought about stripes too much, so now I've hit the internet for other inspiration. I'm liking a stripe on the hood, and along the bottom body line. But I can't quite picture it with the colors I'm looking at. This is going to be hard decision, especially since I can be very fickle with these sorts of things. It's a good thing I don't need to decide right now. Let me know what you think of the options I've found out there. 

So what's next? 

1. My car has been moved to my cousins house. He has a large barn/garage and all the tools, I can possible need. This is really a big help! I don't have a garage, and tools are really expensive. I'm lucky that he's allowing me to use them. 
2. Assess the body rot and any damage
   1. My cousin is going to help me identify any repair or patch panels I will need. He's let me know all of the material I will need to buy to strip the paint, patch, and prime. He will be performing a lot of the body work. Hopefully, I can help with some of the welding, but I really don't know what I'm doing there, and the flame scares me.
3. Remove all necessary parts and trim to prep for body work
4. Fixing and preparing the body will happen alongside mechanical work that is required.