Thank you very much.

 

have most body panels primed and ready for final blocking

 

Car is looking REAL good. have not been on here much as I'm knee deep in a 70 for myself. it has been 10 years since the last gold interiored (new word) olds I restored and I forgot what gold I used for the plastic parts (console ,seat backs, kick panels etc) Could I ask what you used?

 

Looking good Ray!

 

got my interior paint from carpaintonline.com used dark gold #23316 S G semi gloss on the dash, back glass molding and windshield side moldings and on the console seat backs and all other interior parts I used 23319 L G low gloss.

hope this helps u

 

thank u very much

 

I've been subscribed to this thread and watching too. Amazing work. I am a little jealous of 1.) Your skills and 2.) Your work space.

 

thanks 70-442-W30 for the good words of encouragement and the good comments. I looked over your photo album just a few weeks ago and I wish I had a complete car like yours to start with you have a very rare and complete car hard to those now a days
thanks ray

 

Thanks Ray. I'm learning a lot from you and people like you. If you are ever in Charlotte, stop by.

 

How did you secure the body to the rotisserie? I've just got a rotisserie and need to attach my body with out the frame.

Thanks,

Ben

 

o. k. 70 w-30 here are a few picture's I took and downloaded for u, I used spacers on the extension arms as so there would be space for me to paint and sand on the bottom side I used some 2" aluminum pipe I cut 3" long on the front and some washers on each side of the pipe to keep the pipe from bending in the area were the body mounts go. on the back arms I use some large sockets putting the flat of the socket on the body and some washers also, also fabricated two gussets on the front arms that I came remove if I need to. the center of gravity is just above the 4 screw hole on the fire wall that hold the accelerator pedal, and the rear center is even with the lip were the trunk pan and the tail pan meet. there are people on this sight that will insult your intelligents if u ask were the center of gravity is on the car so I just thought I would give u that information.

 

Thanks much. The pictures are a great help!

 

Thank you, keep up the good work!

 

well friends and viewers still getting things done on my restoration.


blasted the inside trunk floor and got it primed ready for splatter paint after we get the body painted and cleared I will paint the trunk but before we block and buff the clear.


last week was good for paint so we got the bottom and firewall painted in the semi gloss black satin sheen looks nice. need to touch up a few spots the were not fully cover but should not be a problem


masted off the front fenders and got the back sides painted also painted the inside a pillars and under the dash


will try to put some paint on the inner floors this week weather show to be good for painting


also put some paint color on the packing shelve inside and also in the trunk and on the trunk hinges also painted the rear packing shelve rear glass inner molding the dark gold low gloss as this is the same color as the dash and dash pad

 

Damn it!!! I was going to paint the inside of my fenders black and I didn't ! now I have to go home tonight and do it so I can still put them on the car Saturday like I planned!!


keep up the great work, it is looking amazing!

 

bigin1978 let me know how they come out. I wish I was at the point where I was ready to put my fenders on,i still have many other things to do. thanks for the words of encouragement

 

Looking good Ray. She's coming along nicely.

 

Excellent work Ray. I will make it by one day to check it out. Andy

 

As always, nothing but excellence Ray! Can't wait to see it - still aiming for Kingsport?

 

thanks to all that have giving kind words of encouragement.

thanks tru-blue-442

Andy would love to have u over any time like u said we r not that for apart I should have call u when I was in the Zacary area.

good to here from u joe I have been watching your progress on the supreme
amazing all the great work u do in a short time, I don't know if I will make Kingsport with the car but I will make it for the show I missed last year and don't want to miss it being it is closer to the south end. I may be calling u for some eng. parts I may be needing, thanks for the kind words.

I hope to be putting some paint on the inside floor boards this week will post pics of the outcome.
thanks to all

 

Ray,

I hope you can get it together for Nationals, I am with the rest of the guys I would love to see it! Whether it is in the cards or not, keep up the great work. It's going to be a sharp car!

Troy

 

I will try to make the nationals this year but not rushing anything if I make it good if not it will not be until 2017
thanks ray

 

got to put some paint on the floor boards Monday, used some high heat rust-oleum (satin black) $14.00 a Qt. part #7778502. I used this paint on the inner floor boards as a protection paint and not for looks but the sheen and finish looks just as good as the exterior floors that I used the Sems satin paint kit I paid $85.00 a kit for.


I thinned the rust-Oleum 10% to spray it out on the first coat and let it flash dry for 50 minutes the first pic. is the paint wet the second is after one day of drying.

 

PM Sent

Rick

 

Just read through this thread. Amazing work. Looking forward to seeing the final product!

 

thanks for getting on board my build post joffroi and thanks for the good comments.

 

it has been a few weeks since I did any update on c o so here are a few things that had been done

blasted my radiator support and upper radiator retainer in the process of blasting I came across a few good factory markings of which I have pictured below the marking look to be E C for the rad, code and RH not sure what this represents and on the main rad. support is the number 79 and what looks like 9 with a degree symbol in an draw box, if any one cam comment on what they are please post your comments and thoughts on what they represent.

managed to get every thing that I wanted to blast done and got them etch and primed sanded yesterday and this morning and this afternoon got to put some paint on the rad. support and cover to early to tell the final outcome put I think they are satisfactory considering the way the factory paint was that I removed.

started working on the final major body panel, the hood witch I have striped and found a few small spots that my body man said we will need to put a covering of jel-coat on they are just three small spots about the size of your thumb. we have three coats of primer on it and have done one blocking pass on it.

 

Don't know much about the markings but the car is coming along nicely. The core support looks to be in great condition. What paint did you use on that and did you etch prime all your blasted parts or do you use epoxy primer also?

 

I used sems hot rod black it is a very good satin black paint that comes in a kit with one quart of paint and one 8 oz. can of activator and one 8 oz. can of reducer the best price I found for this paint is from Summit racing free shipping and is mixed 4 to 1 to 1 , I did etch prime all the metal parts that I blasted with Nason etch primer followed by Nason epoxy primer as per Nason recommendations this is a paint that you can clean and wash as needed hope this helps you

 

The core support and top plate look great. The finish looks perfect!

 

Ray it was good to talk with you this week. I am glad to hear you were not one of the flood victims. Let me know if you need anything.

 

Trunk hinges were painted with the trunk lid on.

The trunk striker was painted with the body, and then got some trunk paint over spray.

The body from the firewall back was dipped in a primer vat. Original cars have lots of drips due to this.

 

same here Doug thanks for the call good to know friends from far are concerned about your welfare. hope all works out with your car, keep in touch.

 

Anytime and anything you need Ray. Talked with my car guy. It's progressing just not fast enough. I will be glad when we can show our W-30's side by side.

 

thanks for the heads up on the paint procedure, I do plan to install the trunk lid for painting, as for dipping you r correct when it came to blasting the firewall and bottom of the car there were many runs, but in a restoration know one duplicates these


thanks ray

 

Any updates? Just thinking about you earlier and was wondering how things are going?

 

glad to hear from you eric yes as u can see I haven't been posting any progress on my car. posting doesn't seem to have the interest it use to have sense you and joe have completed your cars. did put some paint on my car this weekend but not happy with the results. will not be ready for the nationals again this year, but will be attending.
thanks ray

 

Ray,


Great to hear all is good. I always watch for updates and enjoy your thread,

 

Ray,

Good to here from you as well! I can only speak for myself, but I am sure there are others that enjoy watching your progress and expertise.

Troy

 

Glad to hear things are moving forward. I look but don't always post. I have backed off the internet as a hole myself. I am still on here much more than I should be but spending much more time with my kids lately. If you get a chance I am sure many people would love to see pictures.