Very nice work! It looks really nice!
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Very nice work! It looks really nice!
Lookin' good, Gary. Is the body going to be black, too, to match the frame or are you going to contrast the body & frame with a different color body? I like the position for the battery. Will it drop out the bottom for replacement in the future, or are you doing an access panel beneath the seat?
body will be a rreal dark blue with a couple real small pin stripes then going around the body line and then clear coated. A Chevy color from early 2000's yukon. Battery will drop down. Two bolts remove the outer bar holding the battery up and it will drop right out. Have 17" smoothie wheels with beauty ring and baby moon caps with 30" tires going on rear to fill up wheel well of body. 15" wheels up front.
whats the specs on that driveshaft tube?
The driveshaft is from Summit Racing and is 2 inches in diameter, balanced and comes with 1310 U joints for $149. available from 28.5 inches to 31" in 1/2 increments. DOM 1020 steel. lightweight and plenty strong. Used these in my modified race cars with lots of horsepower, lots of strain on them on bumpy dirt tracks and never had a problem with them so way more than needed for street but the price is right and don't have to hassle cutting a stock one down and running around getting it balanced. summitracing.com
should work fine in a shaft that short-----------
The project is coming along nicely. I like the rolled pan as well. I have one on mine.
got through the christmas holidays and the cool weather in January to find 80 degree all this week so got busy and painted the body today. going to wet sand it lightly, paint a couple small stripes around the beltline and reclear it on Wednesday. had the doors and trunk lid painted before christmas.
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Wow it looks great!
Beautiful color!! What's it called?
Absolutely gorgeous colour and heck, the finish that you have accomplished in your heated bake oven is simply amazing.
It looks like it laid down like glass. Very nice work!
paint color is Indigo Blue code 39U 2002 General Motors clear is Southern Polyurethanes high solid going to add two 1/8 inch pin stripes with fine line tape on the beltline all around car starting and stopping at front of hood side. using some House Of Colors Cosmic colors Sunset Pearl for one stripe and Sunrise Pearl for the second one with stripes 1/8" apart. then 2 to 3 more coats of clear on top of everything.
Your pinstripes are fine line tape, in HOK colors? Didn't know you could get such a thing. Looking forward to some pictures, including the install if you can?Quote:
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the fine line tape is to tape off the car so the stripes can be painted on. then remove the tape and clear over the painted striping so they are under the clear finish and won't be rubbed off in future buffings. tape is not the color.
OK, I misunderstood your wording. Do you tape & spray the stripe, or tape and freehand a stripe using the tape as a guideline?
I spray the stripe using a little touch up spray gun putting as little paint thickness on as possible so no paint line is noticeable after clearing the whole car again. I cringe when I watch those tv shows where they lay down a beautiful finish and buff the clear to a mirror finish then come on top of it and hand paint a pin stripe. When building a "50's" period correct car I can see to do that. With my 48 International truck I drive now I painted it semi-gloss black and had a pinstriper lay down some stripes and artwork on top of the paint. But when it is just a stripe down the side of the car I want all my stripes under the clear so it will never be damaged.
That makes very good sense. The tape is just a single line of 3M fine line, not something that goes down wider with a 1/8" "pull line", right? Just thinking about taping a consistent line, arrow straight and then laying down a second tape line precisely 1/8" away....Quote:
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yes, this is a single line. I have used the multiple lines before and pulled the lines to be painted but this time I don't have that so will lay down 5 single lines of tape butting against each other and pull the two to be painted off so I get a perfect 1/8 inch width of the line everywhere. Also going to make a "32" in a break of the lines in middle of back of car. Will print out the "32" in the size and font I like on my computer, and use a knife to cut the numbers out of the paper, use tach spray on back of paper to stick it to the car so I have a perfect stencil to spray paint the "32" with.
FYI Gary, if you're having a tough time finding the old 3M tape with the pull outs for striping, Autobody Tool Mart keeps it in stock....Around here, none of the distributors stock it anymore.....Quote:
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Nicely done, Gary. I, too, like the color choice. I am anxiously awaiting your future posts.
The last two days I got the clear coat all scuffed up with 400 wet sandpaper and painted the stripes on car. Suppose to be cold tomorrow but back in the mid 70's by Saturday so looks like final 3 coats of clear will go on then.
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final three coats of clear went on the 32 today. will let it dry a few days then sand and buff to a mirror finish. hope to mount the body on chassis and start final assembly next week. As soon as this one is done I have a new 34 Ford 3 window coupe body by N&N waiting in the wings which will be built into a 60's style gasser if it isn't sold to a customer real soon. Photos of 32 in my super low tech paint booth and antique spray equipment but it gets the job done just fine.
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Looks great Gary! Pinstripes really add to it!
Yes, Times 2, That looks sweet!
But as long as you use the correct breathing helmet and coveralls is more important to ones health then the gun or booth one uses. The Chemicals in some of those paints and clears can kill a person and it might not show up in your system for a while but when it does, there is no fix. The Coupe is looking awesome though and I do like that deep rich blue with the pin stripes.
I agree with Dave the stripes really give it an older classic hot rod look. Paint looks great, not to mention the garage, you must be good at avoiding overspray!
Awesome work! The stripes really add to it and help set it off.
this week I wet sanded the final clear coat down with 600 then 1000 grit to remove all orange peel and prepare for buffing. Let the paint dry a couple more days then buffed twice today with standard buffing compound and it shines perfectly but will go on with another buffing or two with polishing compound tomorrow, then buff with swirl remover then final rubbing with Meguiars #7 . Body should go back on chassis Monday morning and get to the fun stuff of final assembly, wiring and plumbing.
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Mighty fine looking, Gary!
Bravo! Nice looking color combo
Body went back on for final time yesterday after a long week and then long weekend of sanding and polishing the paint. sanded all parts with 600 grit first to sand all orange peel out and get a perfectly mirror smooth surface then back over everythling with 1000 grit to lessen sand scratches. Let paint stand 2 days to make sure thinner has all evaporated out of paint and let paint harden just a little longer. sometimes sand with 2000 and 3000 after that but on this one stopped at 1000. then buffed everything twice with buffing compound. cleaned car up and rebuffed everything with polishing compound. cleaned again and rebuffed everything with swirl remover. then hand applied Meguiars #7 for a show car finish. Probably spent 40 to 50 hours on it last week but sure worth it when it is all done. Now on to the fun stuff of wiring, plumbing and final assembly!!!
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Lookin' good, and really like the color! I think you did exactly right to go from 1000 grit to polishing compound. It looks great!!
Fantastic job! Looks great, gotta love that blue!
I'm anxious to see all the body panels on this one. It's shaping up to be a great build. Paint work is just super!
wife is putting sound deadener on all interior surfaces and I have been running some wiring the last couple days.
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Great job Gary! It's so nice to see what you've done since the last time I've logged on. Keep up the great work and I look forward to all your updates.
Can I borrow your wife for help on my truck? We could swap for a week, mine is really patient and will wait for you to cook dinner with out complaining! :)
Photos taken yesterday. First time all body panels on car at same time. Have only the electric door and windows to wire yet. Install front and rear glass. Install heater, air conditioning and radiator hoses and it will be ready to drive next week. Turning it over to the wife for upholstery work now. Maiden voyage should be to Charlotte and Knoxville for the Hot Rod Magazine Power Tour first week of June.
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Nice job, maiden voyage sounds like fun!
Post some shots as you travel!