finally got it painted tonight 8240 gm light briar brown ppg single stage urethane she looks good for a amateur painter

 

Looking good so far. keep us posted on her progress.

 

Great looking job and unique color, also!
Nice to see a G body thread, too...
What year?

 

its a 1984 calais it is a strange color gm only offered it 1 year i got a 434 sbc in it with a 350 turbo trans and a 342 rear gear flowmaster exhaust the car has 61k org miles but the 307 was locked up..... i live in missouri and bought this car in northern iowa for 175.00 the guy that had it got it from his grand parents estate and didnt take care of it i was luckey to find it ...ive had lots of g body cutlasses but this one is my fav. ive also got a 1967 cutlass with a 350 and a three on the tree and a 1937 packard coupe !!!!

 

Vera nice

 

Looks good.

 

Good job. There is nothing like learning and doing the job yourself.

 

Looks great, can't wait to see more pics of the paint.

 

yep, looks real good, I'd like to be able to paint my own car one of these days as well, maybe in a decade or two.

 

If you can paint a color like that in Single Stage, and make it come out nice, you can make anything look nice! Learning to paint metallics in SS is difficult. I believe everyone should try it at least once.....will be a good learning experience!

 

Really nice!
Actually Olds offered the Briar color in several model years, but it wasn't widely seen. Most of the time that I've seen Briar, it's been on the B Bodies. 98 models are very striking in this color when matched with a darker brown vinyl roof.
The hood you've got is worth a good coin. It's for the 83/84 Hurst Olds. Does the car have the rallye pac gages? They come up for sale every so often fairly cheap.
Glad it's back on the road. So, what made you decide on chevy power under the hood? Just curious.

 

yes it the ralley pack has the gauages bucket seats ,power sunroof and the chrome ssii ralley wheels i went with the chevy motor becuse im an x dirt track racer and i had it settin around plus the 307 was to far gone to fix the chevy motor is just a temp motor ive got a 455 im going to rebuild and put in it sometime

 

i really like these g body olds cutlasses ive had a hole bunch of them but this is my fave, i have used them for years as dirt track race cars , my first car was a 1977 cutlass and i sure miss it ! its not to cold to work on them if u god a huge wood stove like i do that will burn about anything you can put in it........

 

ill get some better pics when i can get it outside and get the bra and trunk wing on and the rest of the chrome trim

 

pics in progress

 

My dad had an 84 Celebrity in that color...at least it looks like the same. My friend also had an 84 Monte Carlo...2 tone...dark brown on top and Briar on the bottom. Both cars had dark brown interiors. I remember my dad being so proud when he ordered it (it was a company car) because it was a "new" color at the time...lol

Great job on the paint! Looks beautiful.

 

Can't wait to see it finished. Nice to know it's going to have a 455 transplant. I agree that its not worth keeping the 307 in it. A temporary chevy engine isn't going to kill it while you continue to enjoy the car. Keep up the great work.

 

Very nice job. I had an early 80s 98 2 door with that color. I didn't know the name of it then, so I called it "champagne".