Day 1

Nice to find the original untouched fenders with the W30 markings. Also 80 written under the w30 of one fender, and 90 on the other.

W30 markings on front of fenders also
I had to make a new username since i forgot all my info for my previous one from years ago, but i finally managed to find time to spray the 69 w30 in my garage and now comes the assembly process. Im very happy with the turnout so far.

 

Dual pinstripe car. Careful sanding to find size and placement for measuring to reapply during painting

 

Original pinstripe on this car didnt follow close to the edge, it was just a bit off center

 

Basecoat down

Basecoat down

Fine line tape for trunk pinstripes

Fine line for pinstripe

Fine line tape on hood for stripes

Dont ask, lol

 

Clear down and doors hung

Coming together

Trunk dual pinstripes

Still meed to spatter trunk

Some thin jute for a little extra insulation

I decided to raptor line the undercarrage. Also reapplied the markings i found on rear center section and cover of the 3.90 rear.

 

Ohhhh, Shiny
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wow the car looks great ! In the original pics the car looks like saffron but in the painted pics it looks more gold ! what is the color ?

 

All that yellowish color was some type of high build primer over a reddish primer that the previous owner put on the car. So yeah, LOTS of primer over the original paint, lol. It is a 65 B car, so it is topaz with a black vinyl top.

 

A nice color combo. Looks good.

 

Thanks. Im not a big fan of some of the gold colored cars ive seen, but this topaz color is growing on me, especially with the black accents. I am still debating if i will go with the original argent color on the ss2 wheels or do them body color. Im leaning towards body color since i some dealers and owners sprayed them body color after delivery so i should be able to get away with it without too many critics and bashers giving me a hard time, lol.

 

Nice I like the gold cars, but I can't recall ever seeing topaz before, it looks nice can't wait to see it reassembled.

 

Do the body color on the wheels you wont be sorry. Im thinking of going back to the SS3 look.

 

Those painted ss2’s really make it pop in your pic. Yeah, im pretty sure that will be my choice. I think the wide oval redlines i have should go well with the topaz.

 

That looks great, Nice work!

 

Thanks. The new SS1s did change the personality. I'm not sold on them and they are not growing on me as well as I thought they would.
I'm hunting down a set of 15" SS2s. When and if I do locate a good set of 5 I will put them back on, in red of course.
I also have a set of 4 15" Cragar SSs NIB that I will put on it too. GF says I have shoe problem as she does. She gets excited when I go shoe shopping. Car girl all the way. Keeper she is.