Thread: Progress on the bus . . .
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11-20-2014 08:02 PM #1
johnboy
Mountain man. (Retired.)
Some mistakes are too much fun to be made only once.
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'47 Ford sedan. 350 -- 350, Jaguar irs + ifs.
'49 Morris Minor. Datsun 1500cc, 5sp manual, Marina front axle, Nissan rear axle.
'51 Ford school bus. Chev 400 ci Vortec 5 sp manual + Gearvendors 2sp, 2000 Chev lwb dually chassis and axles.
'64 A.C. Cobra replica. Ford 429, C6 auto, Torana ifs, Jaguar irs.
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11-20-2014 08:30 PM #2
I looked at the panels after paint, but before being installed and I agree that the shade of cream selected is much different from the vinyl overlaid panel with all of the graffiti that was to be the "master". In hindsight it's like they simply took color chips and found what they felt was the closest match instead of doing a custom color match to the master. With today's technology matching paint by spectrophotometer has become a science vs the art it was in times past. Watching one of the newer auto reality shows some time back their paint guy mixed up almost 100 tints trying to match existing white paint on a custom ride. It can be done.
Good luck getting it fixed, jb! Sorry you're having to deal with another rock in the road.....Roger
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Well to be as brief as I can the first shoot of color looked good but when I started spraying the clear I discovered all these paint flakes on the hood and back of cab. The 3m plastic sheeting I was...
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