1975 Plastic fantastic aka Corvette

[SuperBuickGuy]

Correction John, in a painted Corvette

[Russell]

Wow! have you seen any judges lately?

[SuperBuickGuy]

Wow! have you seen any judges lately?

this morning - I did the spray at lunch

[Old Dog]

Looks great! amazing amount of work in a short period of time.

[R442]

Man have you been busy. Looks great.

[Bob Holmes]

Nice!!

[Deaf Bob]

I know now why I shoulda stayed in school...
Dang.. You just fly thru projects like a hot knife thru butter...
Looks real good!
Lunch break paint job! ... Damn!

[Mater]

dents in a fiberglass hood that's a new one lol

[milner351]

seriously - when do you sleep?

[SuperBuickGuy]

seriously - when do you sleep?

now now, I'm still not done - it's just a shinier not done.

Running total on the car
Corvette
Purchase price $2500
Wheels/Tires $1150
Suspension $1200
Brakes $1150
Carpet $ 200
Roll cage $ 100
Paint/supplies $ 500
Exhaust $ 650 - nope $790
Engine $ 150
______ _______
Total $7740

left to buy, windshield.

The rest of the stuff, radio (I have) but need speakers, emblems, misc other stuff I'll shop for at swap meets.

[Russell]

so how do you like the summit paint? how does it compair to others?

[SuperBuickGuy]

so how do you like the summit paint? how does it compair to others?

I am NOT a pro, or even really think I've raised to the level of hack... but the paint went on okay - I made a mistake of not letting the car body warm up to 70* and having a crappy gun (more runs then a sailor with dysentary).... but, the paint was easy to mix, it looks good - although, the color needs to settle on its final form before I declare a success - last night it had a nice purple hue, this am, it seemed to have darkened a bit.... in short, ask me again in a week. In any case, I believe it was good value (comparable PPG was 4x more expensive).

[yellomalibu]

Runs or not, you get major bonus points (in my book) for the total DIY effort!

If I ever get a shop (and a budget) big enough to do what you do in your shop, I would love to attempt/ learn to do the things you do in your shop.

[SuperBuickGuy]

Runs or not, you get major bonus points (in my book) for the total DIY effort!

If I ever get a shop (and a budget) big enough to do what you do in your shop, I would love to attempt/ learn to do the things you do in your shop.

my dad and I were talking about this stuff this morning, and he made a good point - the way to get the budget is to do it yourself. The paint job would have cost 800 in labor alone to have a shop do it. I could have been a bit smarter by renting a booth for 2 hours to paint it, but that still would have been $250.00..... plus, it's just a run or four - it's not rocket science shaving them down, color sanding, then buffing it back. Even if I pay someone to do it (not likely) it won't cost what the booth would have cost had I rented it myself....

also, when my dad was racing at Lyons, he painted his dragster (37 Chevrolet coupe) behind our house in, gasp, the great outdoors (granted, Lakewood California does not have the natural impediment of many places). he did the same thing when we moved to Oregon. It was 5 years after we got there before he actually had an indoor shop.... you struck a nerve because I get really tired of reading magazine articles, listening to "the experts" say it's impossible to do anything without a million dollars in shop equipment, or even having a "hired team" to build a car.

so, as the commercial says, just do it

[langleylad]

From here it looks great . When you painted it did you do the usual , drape the shop in plastic , big fan and filter at one end of the booth and wet the floor ? , tell us your secrets !