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I am pretty sure it's the original color and it's not in really bad shape but also not in alright shape either. There's quite a bit of places where there's no paint or primer and rust is forming and I thought that I might as well take all the old stuff off and make sure to get everything cleaned up real well and ALL rust taken off. There are some spots with bubbles in the paint around the window's, door jams, trunk, etc where rust is behind but no places around there where no paint is at so if there's rust under that paint then who know's if there is some rust starting under other sections.

Brian,

You're absolutely right about extension cords. However, an inventive soul can fab his own extension cord IF (and ONLY IF) he uses the correct size wire. A cord made of AWG 6/3 wire will carry a lot of current for quite a ways. Of course, that's little more than portable house wiring.

30 feet of AWG 6 will drop less than a volt with a 30 amp load.

Food for thought.

Damn Henry, your always right. However---I know what that size wire costs per foot. Unless you buy armoured cable, which is like wrestling alligators. or heavy industrial cab tire, its dangerous as hell too. About 25 years ago, I was in a similar situation to the kid, needed a 220 volt outlet, couldn't afford an electrician, and didn't know how to wire in a 220 volt outlet myself. I spent a minor fortune and had a 50 foot extension cord made up, and used to plug it into my clothes dryer outlet. Sure enough, one day one of the farmers that lived on my road showed up with a broken transmission mount on his old truck, and wondered if I could "just put a spot of weld on it" for him. I unrolled my 50 foot cable, rolled the welder out into the driveway, crawled under his old truck, and proceeded to weld. The extension cord shorted out
on the damp driveway, and I came within seconds of never welding anything again. The farmer seen my legs twitching, and was smart enough to grab the extension cord and yank it out of the dryer outlet just microseconds before I became a crispy critter. Thats what I think of 220 volt extension cords.

Denny---Whats the story on the early BMWs? I never heard of that.

Thanks Denny---I guess I'm thankfull that my lifestyle never allowed enough financial slack to let me play with Beemers. Ha Ha.

I have a 5 horse 80 gal Sanborn that puts out 17.9scfm@100 psi and cycles between 175 and 145. It really gets the job done. There's no 110 unit that will do what you want.

I also have a 3 horse 30 gallon that I used for years painting and with air tools. I'd have to let it rest some with the sanders but it did just fine with conventional paint equipment. I still haven't secumbed to the HVLP thing yet but it ain't far off.

I once lived in a retal with a detached garage. The owner wouldn't run a 220 line out there so I had a friend help me move the 30 gal compressor down to the basement. I added a 220 breaker to the box and an outlet on the wall beside the box. When I wanted to work I unrolled the 50' 3/4" air line out of the window and into the garage. It worked just fine for what I was doing at the time; air chisel and DA. and small grinder.

My wife just turned up the TV and all was well.

Tom

I have a 5 hp at 110 volt, and an extra tank that was used for propane. So i have extra storage for air. I have no problem painting cars. You dont need all those pricy toys to get a great paint job.