Thread: New northern hot-rodder

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Am a northerner who is just setting up a hot rod + custom shop for our spare time until we can go big. I am presently starting to build a new rod for myself and my buddy is doing the same. Maybe for resale at some point. I am doing a 58 pontiac pathfinder, and the other car is a 32 DeSoto. I also have restored a 1970 Datsun 240Z sc. My first hot rod was a 71 Dodge super b with a 383 six pack. My second hot rod was a 40 buick 5 window business coupe that was chopped 4" and lowered to the ground. My buddy is the body/paint genious, and I do most of the sheet metal fabrication and welding.
My other passion is oval track stock car racing which I have been doing for five years as a driver and a couple more as a pit crew. I drive an 84 Monte Carlo SS. It is a street stock class so I run a slightly cammed up 350. Anyway, will talk again soon.

welcome to the site toadmtn fellow cancuk ,now someone is farther north than me.
this is a good site lots of ideas,experience and stuff here.
my uncle worked in heavy equipment in G.P. for many years,refffed a lot of ball in the area his name was Mike Kaufmann.
are things oil boomin pretty good up there right now? has to be cause even in s.w. saskatchewan right now things are steadily pickin up.
waitin for spring so can get back out runnin again

Welcome to CHR and good luck on your new shop!!! I've been to Calgary, which direction and how far are you from there???

welcome to the site, it's a blast

you'll find lots of people here that know thier stuff,
myself not included! how many resto's are you planning to handle at any given time?

I am about 6 hours north of Calgary for those of you who arn't all to familiar with us Canucks. We plan to build about 6 cars this year but no more than 2 at any one time. This will be only for part-time until we can make some sales and get bigger. With the way our city is booming right now, we are seeing 3 or 4 thousand people moving here, and they all make big money in the oil-patch, so where are they going to spend it...........??????? I have also been looking into these synthetic spray chrome systems, they are very interesting. I have worked with powder coating, chrome plating, and gold electro-plating, but this new stuff seems pretty cool. Does anyone out there know much about these systems? Anyway gotta run, am presently rebuilding a race motor. (Chev 350 bored .030) and I don't know about you guys, but when I get going on a project I can't quit until its done. Ciou !!!

Are you asking about the "chrome" paint?

If you are, I have been told the best way to use it is to do a catalyzed black base, then cut and buff, to produce a very smooth surface. The "chrome" is sprayed over that, then must be topcoated with a special clear. It is also a little pricey.

I don't think that is it is a paint, but it uses a "special" base coat, then a two part water based chemical is sprayed and mixed together to form a mirror-type finish. They then put a tintable top-coat on it to replicate "chrome" or an actual colored chrome. I am doing some more reasearch on it but I would like to talk to a couple of guys that are familiar with these systems.
I have tried the chrome paints that are out there. The best one I have sprayed is the one from Alsa corporation. (www.alsacorp.com)