Thread: 2014 GNRS Coverage

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Well I'm gonna jump in like Dave mentioned and say my bit..... I , for the life of me can't see the paint difference, but then again, I am one of those old Panelbeaters who use to put pressure on the painters with questions like, why is it not finshed yet, it was only the front half of the car to be touched up and it is a simple yellow flake job ? Now back to being a self opinionated dick.... what is with that boring looking engine, fuel injection is so yesterday compared with these new fan-dangled carburettors, and the more of them the better...

early corvette (probably 283) fuelie looks like it might have some fuel rails added for possibly EFI instead of the old copper tubes/nozzles underneath

Originally Posted by Bob Parmenter

Steve, as I'm sure you're aware, color is just reflected light. Perception depends on how each of our eyes distinguish the wave length of the reflected light. And there in lies the rub. Some folks have color blindness, and in many it's at different levels. Being in the medical business you're probably familiar with some folks being what we call total color blindness and only see things in varying shades of what the rest of us consider grey. Others only are blind to certain colors. Men have a greater tendency to color blindness than women. And then in this internet slice of the world monitor reproduction adds to the equation. You may not be able to see what we're seeing for any of those reasons. However, in the picture below if you focus on the portions of the doors, hood, and cowl/B pillar as reflected over the grey carpet it's pretty clear to those of us with the "gift" to see it that the cowl and pillar are, let's say, "brighter or whiter" by comparison.

I saw it right away. The car was painted "apart" which is often a recipe for disaster. I did an orange pearl '40 coupe that way a number of years ago, and tried to do everything exactly the same... at the SAME TIME! It looked good under most condidtions... but under some light it would show. That was the last time I'll ever do that! {:-(

Originally Posted by HOTRODPAINT

I saw it right away. The car was painted "apart" which is often a recipe for disaster. I did an orange pearl '40 coupe that way a number of years ago, and tried to do everything exactly the same... at the SAME TIME! It looked good under most conditions... but under some light it would show. That was the last time I'll ever do that! {:-(

That's what I thought,,but wasn't about to say so,for one reason or another.. Same deal,,did it once,,never again.. I always paint the insides of every separate panel,door jambs,etc,,then bolt everything back on,,specially with a metallic,or a pearl..I know a lot of folk who hang the doors,etc,,and do it that way,,but then there is a greater risk of damaging things when the bits go back on..

Very likely that's a Ram Jet 350 crate engine with a custom plenum machined to resemble the 50's Rochester FI setup.

Just learned this is probably what it is: Superjet "Rochester" Injection System although the mount for the throttle valve doesn't quite match. Changing the arch at the end of the fins could have been a simple change, but that mount (?). Oh well, when it hits the mags we'll know.

Speaking of mags, Ken's car was scheduled to be in Street Rodder Mag's studio for pics this week.

Bob thanks for noticing that i've been missing in action here on the site but a million things have been going on here at the homestead the past month or so.. You were right the coupe was in building 9, the only orange car in there.. I had some nice pictures to post but when i got home and went to post some how my camera setting got moved and the pictures were to big to post... i can build a car but can't down size the pictures... I got the coupe back from having the interior installed just a week before we were to leave to go down south for the show... I had to be there on monday before the show so my buddy Phill Whetstone could pin strip the coupe and get the sign painted for me... it took until wed night to get all of that done and set up day for me was Thur. at noon.. It was a long 8 days for me and was kind of glad to get home but missed hanging out with the guys.. I'm doing the Sacramento Autorama this weekend and that's it for the indoor car shows... just wanted to say i've done them and now it's time to hit the streets.. I've reset the camera so maybe i can post some pictures from the autorama next week..

Easy way to downsize the pictures: open up microsoft power point and insert all your photos. Then hit format pictures, look for compress on the first screen, it will give you a choice for web photos, click yes and for all pictures in document. The picture on the screen will blick when done. Save those pictures and use them for any web site like this one. They will show full size but will be much smaller in web footprint and load very quick.