67 Delmont 88 Metalflake - ready for wet sand and final clear coats
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67 Delmont 88 Metalflake - ready for wet sand and final clear coats
A productive weekend. Applied the red base coat, clear, metalflake sprayed into the clear, and 3 heavy coats of clear. The car is now ready for wet sanding and 3 or 4 more coats of clear. That should happen in 2 weeks.
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Thanks John. Last weekend, with the gunmetal stripes, was tough. We used an intermediate clear to hold the flakes and it was drying too fast--even with slow dry reducer.
Chris
Chris
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Chris, only thing I can say is, that car deserves period correct rims and white walls....paint job says "'60's" all over it! I likey! Are you gonna do some hand pinstriping?
Last edited by ent72olds; April 25th, 2013 at 07:16 PM.
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I love that body style more than about any other year!
I recently found a '67 Delmont convertible(has been since crushed) & a '68 Delmont coupe. The coupe still has some nice parts on it & I managed to grab a few parts off the '67 before they crushed it. Some trim pieces, antenna leads, some *****, etc...
The '68 had what appeared to be pretty nice doors. Might have to grab them whether you want them or not. I'll start a new thread so as not to hijack yours.
http://s856.photobucket.com/user/old...621f3.jpg.html
http://i856.photobucket.com/albums/a...ps17def211.jpg
http://i856.photobucket.com/albums/a...psf47f2c24.jpg
http://i856.photobucket.com/albums/a...ps99c2ae5d.jpg
http://i856.photobucket.com/albums/a...pse54e3c2c.jpg
Call if interested?
Scott
c. 317-727-7041
I recently found a '67 Delmont convertible(has been since crushed) & a '68 Delmont coupe. The coupe still has some nice parts on it & I managed to grab a few parts off the '67 before they crushed it. Some trim pieces, antenna leads, some *****, etc...
The '68 had what appeared to be pretty nice doors. Might have to grab them whether you want them or not. I'll start a new thread so as not to hijack yours.
http://s856.photobucket.com/user/old...621f3.jpg.html
http://i856.photobucket.com/albums/a...ps17def211.jpg
http://i856.photobucket.com/albums/a...psf47f2c24.jpg
http://i856.photobucket.com/albums/a...ps99c2ae5d.jpg
http://i856.photobucket.com/albums/a...pse54e3c2c.jpg
Call if interested?
Scott
c. 317-727-7041
#10
Thanks for the comments and yes the camera doesn't really catch the metal flake. With that being said, my wife has an iPad with a really, really good digital camera. I'll try that after the final clear is applied and maybe it will look better.
The doors are pretty good--didn't require any patching on the outer skins.
The wheels are rally wheels from a GMC pickup. For the sake of $$$ I'll just buy tires this year and paint them in the same color as the stripes. On eBay I was able to get Olds stick on center caps to at least make it tolerable for this year....
I'm going to check with 3M but I believe that you can clear coat over their pinstripe. It will be black and will be between the red and gunmetal.
It pained me to bastardize such a piece of Americana but, so far, the custom work seems to blend together. It's the big, loud and gaudy scheme....
Chris
The doors are pretty good--didn't require any patching on the outer skins.
The wheels are rally wheels from a GMC pickup. For the sake of $$$ I'll just buy tires this year and paint them in the same color as the stripes. On eBay I was able to get Olds stick on center caps to at least make it tolerable for this year....
I'm going to check with 3M but I believe that you can clear coat over their pinstripe. It will be black and will be between the red and gunmetal.
It pained me to bastardize such a piece of Americana but, so far, the custom work seems to blend together. It's the big, loud and gaudy scheme....
Chris
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