fine 59 update

[jose]

Well had issues for my block numbers not sure now what they were and sould be, cant find any more info from previous owner so have decided not to stamp the block and leave it blank.
On another matter the trunk and cabin area have finally received 3 coats of Crown Saphire and 2 coats of clear and I must say after 11 years and a small fortune it was great to see some colour. I will post a couple of old photos plus a couple of the new ones for those interested.

Thanks Jose

 

[jose]

fine59

couple more

 

[XLR8]

Coming along nicely, Jose. I'll merge this post with your earlier thread so that all the photos will be grouped together.

Jane Ann

*Done!*

 

[Tom Bryant]

Looking good.

 

[Tom Bryant]

Any new progress reports?

Tom

 

[jose]

fine 59 first paint

Hi tom
This weekend the body is receiving a couple of coats of 2 pack grey in colour just to seal the undercoat and reduce shrinkage, the engine bay will be in satin black ,
This will give me time to put my running gear in and fire the thing up before its painted the original crown saphire.
I will post pictures asap when the body is coated very exciting for me its taken 11 years to get to this stage very excited

Stll looking for engine bay lay out as in regulator position and washer bottle can anyone help

Thank you Jose

 

[Mac]

Looking great! It's cool when things come together...

-Mac

 

[67vet]

Hope these photos help with your voltage regulator placement.

Roger

 

[67vet]

These are photos from my 59 that I no longer own.
It should be correct information as it received an NCRS 98.6 score.

 

[jose]

fine 59

[Thanks for that Roger you cant imagine how long its taken me to get info on such simple things and no one seem to be able to help till now.The windscreen wiper vac bottle bolts to one of the splash shields do you remember if the water bottle was bolted to the wheel arch on the flat section near the vac bottle and I assume the same side. These new inner wheel arches have no location holes for anything.

Many thanks Jose

 

[67vet]

Jose - this is the best I can do to help with placement.
Maybe someone else has better photos and or measurements.
Roger

 

[jose]

fine 59 grey base coat and engine bay

The body has been coated with 2 pack, grey in colour to seal the undercoat and to reduce shrinkage when the top coat gets sprayed, the engine bay is finished in Satin black and now I will put all the running gear in and fire the motor up before it goes back for Crown Saphire that will be its final colour
Here are some picks taken today

 

[Tom Bryant]

Does that sealer have to be sanded before the color coat?

 

[jose]

fine 59 sealer

Remember that is a 2 pack top coat solid colour for any production car this will need sanding first with 600 grit then finer for the 2 coats of colour and 3 coats of clear followed with a cut and polish to flatten off the paint should look great.
there is already a little shrinkage in the paint very hard to see but this is the reason why this car will be painted twice, it has to be
purfect