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I agree with you Don,choosing the colour is damn difficult more than the whole build at times and especially when keeping to a theme. I have always wanted my paint to be House of Color Tangerine and after you posted the photos of Steves' roadster,I have decided that is the colour but with the heavy flake as I have always had the early '60's theme T Bucket in mind and wasn't too sure how the flake would look as I haven't seen any cars down here with a complete flake job. I like your choice and that does really look good on the '27. Good luck with the painting.

What ever you choose it will look good Don! Just not Pink!
I had to add that since Bob and Kurt haven't chimmed in! Seriously though the satin colors give it that old time look, sort of raw and tough! Are you thinking of red rims too?

Thanks guys. No, the rims are already powdercoated black, so that will stay. I think with enough chrome and polished aluminum it will have enough contrast. I'm thinking white grille insert and black and white interior too.

To be honest, I just hate bodywork and when I spent 8 more hours, sanding in 96 degree heat and sweating into the work early this week, I decided I don't want to take any more time to get this body good enough for shiny. That, and I am not a pro painter, so my chances of getting a shiny job really nice are slim to none.

I really see why guys like Hotrodpaint and others get so much money for a good paint job. Just in supplies alone I have a bit of money, not counting the time it takes to do it correctly. My hat is off to those guys who do it day in day out.

Don

Originally Posted by stovens

What ever you choose it will look good Don! Just not Pink!
I had to add that since Bob and Kurt haven't chimmed in!

Hey Stevie, look at the printing on the top of the SEM box...........he just can't stay away from it!!!

Originally Posted by Bob Parmenter

Hey Stevie, look at the printing on the top of the SEM box...........he just can't stay away from it!!!

OMG, I bought the PINK version by mistake!! I did it just for you Bob.

Paul, no, you have Don and me confused with Dan. Now, there is someone who worries about small pinholes in the transmission case paint. I can't wait to see what happens when some stray bug has the nerve to hit his car going down the road.

Don

Don,it will look kool,,27 roadsters always look good in black...Henry would have been proud of ya..

Don how is it progressing? What's the plans for tires and wheels.

Steve, the chassis and engine are all done, just sitting there waiting for the body to be dropped on for the last time. The picture below is how it sits. The wheels are black (I had them powdercoated this time) and I'm running my old favorite, wide whites from Coker and trim rings and caps. I had red wheels the last time, so this will be a little different.

Lamin8r.........you are so right, I think 27's look great in black satin, and tonight I finally got the body sprayed and am in love with the way it looks. We were going to do it over the weekend, but it rained every day, so tonight Dan came over after work and we got it shot.

I am going to wet sand the entire body and shoot it one more time. I found some little scratches in the primer that I didn't see before, and a couple of stray bugs got into the paint. I'll wait a few days and sand it down and maybe shoot it again next weekend. That's the trouble with this satin paint, if you screw up you can't buff it out because it turns shiny. I expect that tomorrow the paint will have calmed down a little more, it was already settling into a nice satin finish when I left tonight.

Dan likes it so much he is considering painting his rpu with the same paint.


Don