Congrats! Sixball is right your Dad would be proud!  Very cool Vette!

The fenders, aprons and running board moldings were transported to the local
paint shop today.  Felt good to  finally have them done and to get them away
from the garage.

After some cleaning up after the disaster body work is, the doors were removed
from the car to get the door jambs and openings painted.
The dash also came out along with the steering column.
Epoxy again. I think this should be the last body work now, other than
sanding the body for paint
I covered the car itself with plastic and some parts were sprayed with epoxy.
Oh, and the head buckets too, they were forgotten when the fenders were
epoxied the other day.
The last pic shows the dash before primer.

Yes, sammons, It's been a chore, with a few high lights when results have
shown up after long hours of fighting sheet metal, shapes and experimenting with
ways to get things to fit and look half decent.
I covered the outsides of the fenders and aprons with the thin plasic sheet paintshops
use to cover a car that has to get for example one door painted. Then painted the
rubber coating with industrial 2K paint, same kind that I've used on the frame and also
the door jambs and dash, come that time.
I removed the coverings this morning, aired out the garage to be able to breathe there.
Then took a few hours to go get some supplies and to have coffee with a rod builder,
taking a look at his project in the process.
I spent maybe 5 hours sanding and prepping the fenders, and they'll go to the paint
shop tomorrow even if it's sunday. Finally done!
I'm bracing for he comments I'll get. I've worked there for almost a year before, and
I always get an earful of critical comments, all fun, he's probably the funnest boss I've had.
I had missed a tiny dent on the tailgate on a '68 Chevy wagon I painted there in 2019,
before I bought the Buick, I still get comments about it 

Essex your looking good. Glad you made it through the tuff parts, thats where so many bail from frustration or burn out.  It's a great feeling when you push thru and all of a sudden the shapes right/smooth and that last sand/prime all those little imperfections and sand scratches disapeared. You step back and see that velvet smooth primer. You get an instant recharge😁

Yes, kind of a must to coat the inside of those fenders. Rubberized is my go to under there also. Nothing worse than a couple years down the road you have up bumps from road debrie. In the old Lacquer paint days, it would leave little star cracks in the paint where rocks hit from under.

Actually i've seen black paint hide more imperfections than light colors like white. White tends to shadow them around any sand scratches etc that are missed.

Hey hey, its a getting smooth!   Nice work man!  It's worth it when it all comes together.  👍