Progress Report - Dec.19 (The Paint Thread)

[67HEAVEN]

I spent another full day in the shop today, mainly sanding and sanding and sanding. :eyerole

Here's yours truly, applying tape to the underhood area.

Here's the car in ground-coat.

And, finally, here's the base-coat.

Red enough for you?

See Chapter 21 for additional photos.

 

[67HEAVEN]

Another Revised Schedule

Sat., Dec. 20th
- spray base-coat on hood
- apply hood stinger outline-stencil
- spray black stinger base-coat
- spray clear-coat

Mon., Dec. 22nd
- buff out and final inspection

Tue., Dec. 23rd
- (am) lift off dolly and drop body on chassis
- (pm) flatbed the car home

 

[Sting Ray]

And you even got it up early, congrats, paint looks great.

Good luck tomorrow.

Tom

 

[67HEAVEN]

Thanks, I'm rather pleased that no one mentioned the fenders....meaning that they are not "obviously" different.

They will, however, serve a purpose.

 

[396 RAT]

When did you decide to go red?
Looks great, just thought you were going Black?

 

[Ken]

Hey! Quit the painting and start playin' some music. I've had people asking me where the Friday night jukebox, aka "Radio Free Canada", is. :L

Lookin' good Bob!

 

[IH2LOSE]

WOW How excited you must be to be so close to a completion.Now do as I say not as I do

DONT RUSH the assembly.I always get to this position of reassmebly and spent days and nights in the garage putting things together thinking thats good for now Ill fix it latter I just want to get it all together and go for a ride.

And again the flares are the best I have ever seen,If I did not personally know the size of them I would think they were stock wheel wells.I mean talk about a sleeper when those ralleys go on it the average corvette guy is going to be scrathing his head as to how it happened.

Good Luck and it looks GREAT!

 

[67HEAVEN]

Hey! Quit the painting and start playin' some music. I've had people asking me where the Friday night jukebox, aka "Radio Free Canada", is. :L

I've got a very special evening planned for Boxing Day.

(Note to self............Boxing Day? That oughtta keep them 'mericans scratching their pointy little heads )

 

[67HEAVEN]

 

[67HEAVEN]

 

[Ken]

Olé!

Toro! Toro!

 

[67HEAVEN]

Bad photo as there are all sorts of reflections and lighting issues in the booth.

But, here it is in clear-coat. After drying over the weekend, the buff out will be done on Monday.

Tuesday......... body-drop and the trip home.

 

[67HEAVEN]

Re: Olé!

Toro! Toro!

The only way we could have got it redder, Ken, was to sacrifice a goat.

 

[Ken]

It's gonna be SWEET, that's for sure!

 

[67HEAVEN]

 

[67HEAVEN]

Since we're storing the chassis in the same building complex, I also got around to installing the newly-fabricated driveshaft and the 5-speed Hurst shifter. Two quarts of 80-90 weight into the Richmond too.

I can't think of anything else to do before body drop.

 

[Ken]

Just couldn't resist sticking the emblem on to glimpse a hint of what it'll look like, eh Bob? :L

 

[67HEAVEN]

Just couldn't resist sticking the emblem on to glimpse a hint of what it'll look like, eh Bob? :L

Yep. Here's another one.

 

[67AirCoupe]

Heaven, the car looks GREAT!! What is the name of the red that you used?

 

[67HEAVEN]

Heaven, the car looks GREAT!! What is the name of the red that you used?

Thanks. I call it Bright Red.