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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

looks pretty darn good from where i am sitting,Don..A half mile of pinstriping will finish it...

Thanks. Yep, I agree on the striping. Hope to run into a good striper at Billetproof at Don Garlits place in October. Just some tasteful lines on the headlights, dash, and trunk lid, I think.

Don

nice job Don, Its certainly coming together now

just out of interest what happened to the 46 Ford Coupe ???

Originally Posted by Itoldyouso

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

Thanks Steve. The 46 is actually a tudor sedan, and is sitting under a cover in the shop, waiting for me to do something with it. That probably will be the next thing I work on after the 27 is done. I'd like to make that one my daily driver, sbc drivetrain (ala the Camaro ex race car I bought a while back) but with the body kinda left as it is now, patina and all. At least that is the plan for now.

Don

Don i knew it was a sedan as i saw it, so why did i type coupe Must be getting old

Originally Posted by Itoldyouso

Thanks Steve. The 46 is actually a tudor sedan, and is sitting under a cover in the shop, waiting for me to do something with it. That probably will be the next thing I work on after the 27 is done. I'd like to make that one my daily driver, sbc drivetrain (ala the Camaro ex race car I bought a while back) but with the body kinda left as it is now, patina and all. At least that is the plan for now.

Don

The satin paint looks great Don! Another winner! Pains me to do body work. I'm moving at a snails pace at the moment, but will get some time off this weekend. Steve.

Steve, I tell you, I REALLY hate body work and painting. There is nothing fun about it. I think that is the major reason I don't build custom cars like 50 Fords and stuff like that. Too much surface area to work on.

Don