Thread: American Graffiti Coupe, My Version

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Originally Posted by Don Shillady

daytonagary, That sure is nice paint. I guess all deuce coupes don't have to be yellow! I still prefer my metallic maroon but purple-blue looks great too! Is that a Bebops coupe? The interior bracing looks similar to the bracing in my Bebops '29 roadster.

Don Shillady
Retired Scientist/teen rodder

thanks, show car quality straightening of body panels and show car paint has been my specialty for a couple decades now. As I get older I find it harder to spend the days of time it takes straightening to perfection before paint but I enjoy the challenge just can't do it 8 hours a day anymore. with the base coat/ clear coat process to me the painting is easier now with Southern Polyurethanes high solid clear so easy to spray and then sand and buff to mirror finish compared to the old lacquer and acrylic enamel days. The clear makes it so easy to get 100% of the orange peel out and get a mirror smoothness and gloss without worrying about buffing through the clear. The color is early 2000's chevy used on cars and trucks. We were up in Somerset Kentucky at one of their big cruise weekends and the wife found it on a street rod up there and the owner told us what it was. The body is from N&N out in Arkansas but Bebops is sure the only other body I would ever consider using. And with Duane at N&N losing his help and kinda semi-retiring I will probably have to pay a little more and go to Bebop on the next one. Is closer to drive for me.