1970 Vista Prepping for paint

Hark442 · September 20th, 2009, 04:09 PM

OK I have started the paint prep work! Check out the pics!

Hark442 · September 20th, 2009, 04:17 PM

Check really a clean old vista!

Homestar · September 21st, 2009, 06:16 AM

Looking good! Did you take out the roof glass out by yourself? Was it tough to do?

Hark442 · September 21st, 2009, 04:02 PM

Nope! really didn't want to break that piece! Called a glass guy. Someone had put all sorts of gunk in there to try and prevent leaks! Just don't do that people!!! Took the glass guy about an hour to do that and remove the other window trim for me. Well worth the $$$$ paid

The Stickman · September 22nd, 2009, 10:49 AM

Can't wait to see the final outcome. I agree about letting the professionals do certain things. Glass is one of them.

Hark442 · September 24th, 2009, 04:45 PM

Paint tomorrow!

Hark442 · September 24th, 2009, 06:38 PM

[quote=The Stickman;109333]Can't wait to see the final outcome. I agree about letting the professionals do certain things. Glass is one of them.[/quote

Can't wait as well

70vista · September 24th, 2009, 07:27 PM

Looks Good. I am starting a 70 vista project soon. Pick the car up this sat. 9/26 and it will begin. What color are you doing the original or something different? Steve

Hark442 · September 24th, 2009, 08:11 PM

Thought about a color change for a long time. The car still had its original paint on it! Only the tailgate had been repainted at one point. The car will get to wear it's original color. I am really happy w/ the results so far! Can't wait for tomorrow.

70vista · September 25th, 2009, 04:24 AM

Hope it comes out the way you want and enjoy it. Steve

Hark442 · September 25th, 2009, 08:29 PM

Paint went on today! Went well! 3 coats of clear.....happy with the color choice the pictures make it look a little darker than the actual color. Original color was definitely the way to go. Sanding and Buffing is in the near future than a day to put it all back together! Here are some pics

70vista · September 26th, 2009, 08:06 PM

Looks Great!! Not the fun stuff putting it back together. Steve

Allan R · September 26th, 2009, 08:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Hark442

Paint went on today! Went well! 3 coats of clear.....happy with the color choice the pictures make it look a little darker than the actual color. Original color was definitely the way to go. Sanding and Buffing is in the near future than a day to put it all back together! Here are some pics

That is going to be an amazing looking car. The body looks flawless. Can't wait for the finished pics. One thing I found out about some moldings, like the door edges; with the build up of clear, the moldings don't fit right. You might have to wet sand the edges a bit to get them to fit again. Congrats on a cool project!!

Hark442 · September 26th, 2009, 08:27 PM

Thanks Guys! I'm having a blast w/ this. Will post some completed pics! Hopefully soon! Taking tomorrow off to play some golf.

Hark442 · September 28th, 2009, 05:50 PM

Spent some time putting the car back together. Some window trim issues, but it eventually went back together. Time to clean, polish, and put the finishing touches on.

70vista · September 28th, 2009, 06:00 PM

Looking good. Like the color

Hark442 · September 28th, 2009, 06:33 PM

70vista,

Did you pickup your project yet???

70vista · September 28th, 2009, 07:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Hark442

70vista,

Did you pickup your project yet???

Yes I have it home now I started a thread with some pics. Steve

Bluevista · September 29th, 2009, 12:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Hark442

Spent some time putting the car back together. Some window trim issues, but it eventually went back together. Time to clean, polish, and put the finishing touches on.

Wow! Looks minty, literally and figuratively.

I'm glad you kept the woodgrain, It's sort of tacky and fake looking but that's the best part about it.
I think a Vista Cruiser in a full woodgrain body wrap would be the ultimate in coolness, Fred Flintstone's car was all woodgrain and he's real cool.

That's a nice green, is it a metallic?

I just have to pull mine back apart and take it to the body shop, ready for paint for forever it seems, the stars just wouldn't align.
I've been working on it three years and I have nothing left to do anymore so I guess it's time, plus I have the cash now.

Olds64 · September 29th, 2009, 06:30 AM

Looks great!

I have started primering my car to put paint on it eventually. I hope it goes as well as yours did.

citcapp · September 29th, 2009, 10:10 AM

Looks great

Homestar · September 30th, 2009, 02:07 PM

Yeah, looks great and I like the color too!

Allan R · October 2nd, 2009, 04:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Hark442

Spent some time putting the car back together. Some window trim issues, but it eventually went back together. Time to clean, polish, and put the finishing touches on.

As said b4 - what an impressive looking car!

Suggestion: get her polished up, doesn't have to be perfect. Get it out in the open and stage some panoramic shots of this gorgeous car for BigJerr Oldsmobile calendar. Your car is a real contender!

70 cutlass s · October 3rd, 2009, 06:26 PM

I love the car. I have a joke for you. A man who had a car like yours with woodgrain. One day he decided to take it off the woodgrain. After he took it off he turned to his wife and said I think I liked it better in the crate.

Bluevista · October 4th, 2009, 09:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Homestar

Yeah, looks great and I like the color too!

The color looks just like one of the greens on the Matchbox '71 Vista Cruiser diecasts.

I have to get one then do a frame-off on it and paint it blue.

Quote:

Originally Posted by 70 cutlass s

I love the car. I have a joke for you. A man who had a car like yours with woodgrain. One day he decided to take it off the woodgrain. After he took it off he turned to his wife and said I think I liked it better in the crate.

Take my wife....please

September 22nd, 2009, 10:49 AM	#5 (permalink)
The Stickman Registered User Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Lehigh Valley Pa Posts: 313	Can't wait to see the final outcome. I agree about letting the professionals do certain things. Glass is one of them. __________________ 1979 Olds Cutlass Cruiser ChopTop delivery 1984 IMSA Super Duty powered Fiero 1984 Olds Rocket 88 Custom(BattleCruiser)Cruiser 1996 Subaru wagon 2000 Totalled Dodge Caravan.

September 29th, 2009, 06:30 AM	#20 (permalink)
Olds64 Landyacht Club President Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Lawton, OK Posts: 4,286	Looks great! I have started primering my car to put paint on it eventually. I hope it goes as well as yours did. __________________ Ferris, my father loves this car more than life itself... Apparently, you don't understand! Ferris, he never drives it! He just rubs it with a diaper! Cameron Frye Ferris Bueller's Day Off 1986

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Hark442 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 30	[quote=The Stickman;109333]Can't wait to see the final outcome. I agree about letting the professionals do certain things. Glass is one of them.[/quote Can't wait as well

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Hark442 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 30	Thought about a color change for a long time. The car still had its original paint on it! Only the tailgate had been repainted at one point. The car will get to wear it's original color. I am really happy w/ the results so far! Can't wait for tomorrow.

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70vista Registered User Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 52	Hope it comes out the way you want and enjoy it. Steve

September 26th, 2009, 08:06 PM	#12 (permalink)
70vista Registered User Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 52	Looks Great!! Not the fun stuff putting it back together. Steve

September 26th, 2009, 08:27 PM	#14 (permalink)
Hark442 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 30	Thanks Guys! I'm having a blast w/ this. Will post some completed pics! Hopefully soon! Taking tomorrow off to play some golf.

September 28th, 2009, 06:00 PM	#16 (permalink)
70vista Registered User Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 52	Looking good. Like the color

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70 cutlass s Registered User Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Elizabethtown,KY Posts: 240	I love the car. I have a joke for you. A man who had a car like yours with woodgrain. One day he decided to take it off the woodgrain. After he took it off he turned to his wife and said I think I liked it better in the crate.