Heres some of it in primer pretty damn straight, minus a few small dings.

 

Heres a shot of where we had to cut the corner of the hood, to raise it. You were right allan about the droop on the driver side, but we got it pretty darn close !

 

Also been polishing some of the chrome .

 

looks good beebee. thanks for posting pics of your progress.

what did you use to strip off all the old paint ?

can you also give a little more detail as too what you did to the hood ? I have a glasstek hood too hopefully it will go on my 72 in the spring

 

Hey Retro i used 36 grit on a d/a to strip the whole thing. The hood had to be opened up,raised and re fiber-glassed. It sagged about a 1/2 inch on the driver side. We used a black sealer primer before the body work was done and then a high build primer to get where we are now.

 

Well got the whole first coat of filler primer blocked car looks great, couple more coats of primer then the sealer. Ordering the paint for this thing on tues. cant wait!!!!!!!! Ill post more pics next week have a happy safe newyears to all.

 

Great thread... Your C/S with the exception of the white stripes on the hood...is identical to my first car. Ahhh...Memorys. I am in the process of another 72 as we speak... love these cars. Keep up the good work ...can't wait to see the finished product.

 

PAINT GOES ON TOMARROW !!!! HELL YEAH Sealer primer went on today car is all apart ready for paint. Sprayed the white on the hood for the stripes today also. cant wait super excited.

 

Some more of the sealer primer.

 

Your enthusiasm is contagious! Waiting for those next 'color' pics....

 

Its in color and it looks awesome !!!

 

Looks this good now cant wait to see it wet sanded and buffed !!!!

 

beebee,
That looks friggin incredible!! BTW something wierd about those pics, some come through full size and some are small. Are you posting them all the same format?

 

Not sure allan just the way they came off of my phone, car turned out awesome cant wait to start puttin the puzzle together.

 

Very nice! What's that paint color?

 

Wow, thats a nice paint job and a great color This thread brings back some good memories..

 

Thanks guys that is the factory paint code i believe 26?

 

Looks great man,

 

Heres an update been wetsanding and buffin, almost finished with this stage should be goin to get the vinyl-top by the end of the week or begining of next THEN HOME SWEET HOME!! lol

 

Lookin good. Having fun with that sanding huh

 

Lol Arms ready to fall off!!!

 

But worth it! That trunk looks like glass...

 

Thanks Allan ,also bought tons of clips from that sight you gave me. Its really starting to come together.

 

Can't wait to see it! BTW if you end up with a lot of surplus fasteners, I'm sure you could post them for sale on this site + you will be able to give firsthand insight into how well they worked or needed to be adjusted?

 

Im sure ill have plenty of xtras and will definitly post my trial and errors with them.

 

Im a FAN! Get that beauty back on the road turnin heads! Keep up the good work,

 

Buffing complete now off to get the vinyl top put on, this thing turned out awesome. Put the wheels back on it today WOW what a difference.

 

Couple more, My bros @ Brothers auto knocked this out of the park very happy!

 

Good Job and love the color!!! Is that color called Viking Blue? I think that was the color code 26 for 1972?

 

The Process begins !!

 

Couple More.

 

LOVE IT!!! Yay for vinyl tops!! They did a great job installing it.

 

I see you have added the 442 hood - does that mean the grill inserts will be for a 442?

 

Got some more done boy are those grills a pain !!! Yes i added the 442 grilles with out the numbers i just like the look better ?

 

Body shop did a great job, it's the color that's absolutely stricking...which is it Viking blue (26) or Lucerne blue?

 

Looks awesome. Now I gotta know. What part about the grills were a pain? And how did you solve it?
There's another thread going on 442 repop grills from Fusicks dealing with poor fitment. I have a set too, but am waiting for warmer weather to take off my OEM stoneshield and see if they fit in there any better than the repop stoneshield. Hate working on plastic parts in cold weather.

Pls let us know how you solved you issues. They look like they lined up really nice.

 

Got some more done yesterday, front done except the bumper. Some side molding, door handle, mirror. Allan had to remove tabs all the way down to the clips, drilled out the mounting tabs on the sides of the grills and used the hole in the center of the brackets, also had to grind and drilled some holes on the stone shield to accomadate the tabs on the grill trim. Not absolutely perfect but very good !!

 

I was told it was viking blue, but the paint supplier said it was lucern blue ?? It is code 26


@ Boondocker

 

Code 26 is Viking Blue

EDIT: I got to thinking about what you said about it being lucerne blue. Looked up the color charts for Olds and Lucerne Mist (code D) looks like an exact match for your car. Only thing is, Lucerne Mist is a 1966 color.\

The only other colors that might be close are Nordic Blue - which is code 24. When I was looking at your avatar pic compared to the new paint, they are not even close. Which one were you trying to get? FWIW I think your car looks amazing. The finish (which I know you worked your butt off on) and the gaps look perfect. When it's finished I'd be afraid to touch it....

 

Hey Allan the paint supplier mixed it to code 26 ?? What ever it is im very happy with it ! And as far as not wanting to touch it ?? I dont But promised my Friends if we went through the trouble of painting it I WOULD DRIVE IT !!! lol so i have to keep my promise it will be driven alot this summer ! The paint matches the original trunk hinge color to a tee. The avatar pic was extremely faded and checked, cant wait to get it together and cruise this summer.