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Painted it today, big mistake, rainy, and only 70 Deg, looks bad, will have to sand it down again, and repaint it, but will have to wait until paint cures. It is the worst paint job, I have done yet ! The roof looks funny, but that's because it's going to get vinyl top, and I didn't clear coat it.
Sanded on car today, just have hood to go, then I can buff out whole car. Last picture shows some buffing on drivers side rear Quarter panel, I think it will all look fine ,when done. Oh yes, a scissors lift is great for sanding and buffing, bottom of car. no laying on your back on the ground!
Finally have the whole car sanded down to 2000 grit, Had it sanded to 1500 ( except hood) and decided to go to 2000! now to wash it off and get ready to buff it this weekend ( I hope )
Yes Viking Blue, but I know I will never paint that color again , was a big pain for me to paint. could not get it to lay good. I will have to wait until I get it out in sun, to see if it looks good,
working on buffing out car, came to a stop, I need to find someone to buff out hood, there are to many contours and I don't have the right tools to do the job!
working on Cutlass. for all you car guys out there, why would the previous owner, take the body off frame, take everything off the frame ( so it's a bare frame) send frame out for sandblasting, and then spend big $$$ on having the frame powder coated , replace all the lines, brakes, rotors, calibers, shocks, springs, and not replace the front ball joints!! upper ball joints still had factory rivets in them. I Will fix that now . I'm waiting on the parts, and I will get it back together this weekend. Oh, and I also have new bump stops for control arms coming too. And yes, I will clean the blue over spray off the control arms.
More work on Cutlass, wheel well chrome, body side molding, drivers mirror, door locks, door handles. Rear of car, trunk lock and emblems, chrome trim. front put the tooth on, emblem, chrome trim. But now it has to wait, wife said " are you going to mow the yard tomorrow" so I'm mowing yard tomorrow, happy wife, happy life! P.S. Body side chrome looks funny, because doors are not shut. And after market stuff is crap.
Lawn is my job, we made a deal before we were married, I do outside work,( mowing, trimming, keep yard looking good) she does inside work ( cooking, cleaning, laundry ) . And that's been 35 years ago, so far so good!
Painted the radiator support, fan shroud, and latch support. put the radiator in for last time, and put back together. Next will be the grills and light bezels.
put the grills, headlight housings, and head light bezels in today, and still found time to mow and trim. Put the hood locks in a few days ago. keep moving forward!
Put the front bumper on today, what a pain. but it looks ok, not perfect, all pictures I look at , of 70's look wrong to me ( not straight or even ) I have to remember they where built to get people from point A to point B . it is what it is!
It's been a long time, After all that has been happening in the world ( good and bad ) getting back on track, Called a friend and a nephew and asked if they would help me put a vinyl top on my car. They said yes, but they have never did a vinyl top. I told them neither have I , we would learn together, so it was set. I watched some Youtube , and looked here on this forum, and had some idea what I was in for. So I stared by putting the vinyl on the cars roof, to be sure It would fit, then sanded the clear on roof, so adhesive will bond to vinyl and roof, then masked car off.I know the plastic was over kill, but 3 dollars in plastic, and one dollar in tape, is better then having glue anywhere on my paint, and having to clean it off. Started on Saturday Took around 5 hours, but we took a few breaks, and we had lunch in between. First time putting a vinyl top on, so we took our time. Sunday Morning , putting all the trim back on, still need to sort out rear window chrome. Thanks Jody and JW. Those Halo tops are a bitch, put look great on a car.
