Saturday, October 19, 2013

Paint part III: Spraying clear coat

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The last part of a paint job, if doing a basecoat/clearcoat system, is spraying the clear coat.  This is what separates the boys from the me...
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Friday, October 18, 2013

Paint part II: Painting LeMans stripes, aka 'racing' stripes

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The second part of this painting process involved painting white LeMans stripes (commonly referred to as 'racing stripes.'  The stri...
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Thursday, October 17, 2013

Paint, part 1: painting base coat

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I'm WAY behind in getting this updated, as the car sits in the shop FULLY painted now, and for such a major milestone I have not said a ...
Sunday, September 15, 2013

Final assembly and masking, and new wheels!

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I picked up a set of used 14" Cragar Super Sports from a guy on Craigslist for $250, with tires.  The tires are shot, but the rims are ...
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Installing the rocker nut for the fender-to-rocker bolt

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I've seen the question come over forums time and time again, 'how do you install the fender bolt nut in the rocker?' I was fir...
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Monday, September 2, 2013

Installing weatherstripping

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It's been a few weeks now, but I installed the weatherstripping on the trunk lid and doors.  There are a few tricks to it that don't...
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Thursday, August 29, 2013

Painting on-car jambs

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I had myself another jamb session...several weeks ago now actually, but just now getting around to updating. The entire car got rolled int...
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