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Originally Posted by stovens

Well since I opened Pandora's box and asked the color question, A really dark purple would be cool too!

It's NOT PINK!! It just photographs that way. Yeah, I guess any color would be ok. Henry Ford had the right idea about one color, guess he couldn't make up his mind either.

My own rpu project took a little detour the other night. "We" decided the front crossmember needed changed completely, so "we" took a sawzall to it and are going to replace it with a new one this weekend. (I hid that **** sawzall from Dan but he somehow found it.) At least he hasn't suggested we scrap the whole frame and start over.....................yet.

Don

Originally Posted by Itoldyouso

Henry Ford had the right idea about one color, guess he couldn't make up his mind either.
Don

I read an interesting explanation on this a while back. It seems that in that day and time, black paint dried faster than any other color. This allowed Henry to produce more cars faster.

I saw a dark green that was so dark it looked black until you got on top of it, it was pretty cool looking for something a little different.
Ken

My own rpu project took a little detour the other night. "We" decided the front crossmember needed changed completely, so "we" took a sawzall to it and are going to replace it with a new one this weekend. (I hid that **** sawzall from Dan but he somehow found it.) At least he hasn't suggested we scrap the whole frame and start over.....................yet.

I would love to build a car with Dan, we would probably never get it finished but there would be enough parts left over to build a used car lot
Ken

Yep Ken, you two would be a pair alright. I would love to stand on the sidelines and dumpster dive at the end of each day.

Richard, that is probably true about Henry......very shrewd guy. He even had his parts shipped in boxes of a certain size that he could recycle as floorboards. Boy could Ford or GM or Chrysler use him now!

Don

Originally Posted by Itoldyouso

Yep Ken, you two would be a pair alright. I would love to stand on the sidelines and dumpster dive at the end of each day.

Richard, that is probably true about Henry......very shrewd guy. He even had his parts shipped in boxes of a certain size that he could recycle as floorboards. Boy could Ford or GM or Chrysler use him now!

Don

It would be something to watch! Interesting factoids on old Henry, very clever man!

We got a little done this weekend. Dan worked on his rpu while I was doing some long needed modifications to our sandblast cabinet. It was getting to the point I hated to use it, a cloud of dust was always around you. I sealed up every hole, replaced the glass so I can now see inside, and bought a big old dust collector to replace the shop vac I had been using. Made a real difference, now I can clean up the parts for my own rpu. I also bought his bomber seats from him. He can't use them as the sides are too high and getting in with a top is a real acrobatic act. They were originally bought for the body I now have, so they will bolt right in.

Dan got some of those little pesky jobs out of the way, like building mounts for his 37 Ford taillights, and making mounts for his tailgate. Came out pretty nice. As for color, we discussed going with satin black for a while for a couple of reasons. First of all, we are running out of time to make Turkey Run this year, and we can spray satin black ourselves and get it done pretty fast. Secondly, the paint job he wants ultimately is going to cost some serious money and he is a little tired of spending every spare dollar on this car. He has literally been spending all his money on this thing for 4 years, and he needs to take a breather from that for a while.

I know satin black is sometimes viewed as overdone and a cheap way out, but it is time to get this car on the road finally. Once he drives it for a while he can save up and get the final paint job on it..........or not. He may end up liking the satin and keep it for a bit longer. But that is only yesterdays talk, that could change tomorrow. I'm pushing for the satin.........he needs to finally be able to drive this car and enjoy it rather that spending every weekend slaving over it.

Don

Sounds like a good plan Don. I think I'll be running two part epoxy primer grey for awhile!

Don sounds like its comeing on well, We need more pics 8-)

Originally Posted by Itoldyouso

We got a little done this weekend. Dan worked on his rpu while I was doing some long needed modifications to our sandblast cabinet. It was getting to the point I hated to use it, a cloud of dust was always around you. I sealed up every hole, replaced the glass so I can now see inside, and bought a big old dust collector to replace the shop vac I had been using. Made a real difference, now I can clean up the parts for my own rpu. I also bought his bomber seats from him. He can't use them as the sides are too high and getting in with a top is a real acrobatic act. They were originally bought for the body I now have, so they will bolt right in.

Dan got some of those little pesky jobs out of the way, like building mounts for his 37 Ford taillights, and making mounts for his tailgate. Came out pretty nice. As for color, we discussed going with satin black for a while for a couple of reasons. First of all, we are running out of time to make Turkey Run this year, and we can spray satin black ourselves and get it done pretty fast. Secondly, the paint job he wants ultimately is going to cost some serious money and he is a little tired of spending every spare dollar on this car. He has literally been spending all his money on this thing for 4 years, and he needs to take a breather from that for a while.

I know satin black is sometimes viewed as overdone and a cheap way out, but it is time to get this car on the road finally. Once he drives it for a while he can save up and get the final paint job on it..........or not. He may end up liking the satin and keep it for a bit longer. But that is only yesterdays talk, that could change tomorrow. I'm pushing for the satin.........he needs to finally be able to drive this car and enjoy it rather that spending every weekend slaving over it.

Don