I watched a program about a early 60s Corvette that had been restored and taken to show . Points were deducted because the bottom side of the rockers were completely painted . Apparently when they were painted back in the day ,they were not able to get down low enough to paint them completely .
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Trying to do the bodywork on a Vette, and leave it with the original ridges along the seams, must be a real challenge. I did a little of that on my Chevy II, making sure not to use the long board on the sail panels where the C pillar meets the roof. But I got it way too straight in several other places (and not nearly straight enough in even more)My fabulous web page
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Sounds like you matched 60's body work pretty well then! The worst I ever saw was a 70 Coronet. My folks were new car shopping and being a 14 YO gear head I went with them to make sure they didn't come home with a lame six cyl. The Coronet was a green metallic more door with a green vynal top. The paint had the worst orange peel, I think a roller with 1/2" knap would have been smoother. Panel figment was just a suggestion. Luckily we didn't buy it. Oh yeah, this was in the Dodge showroom. We ended up with a 304 powered green four door Rebel with manual steering and drum brakes. It actually ran pretty well and handled pretty good too. I had a lot of fun with it once I had my license.TomOverdrive is overrated
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It's hard to not do the body work as best you can. Although there are limits....I get tired and want to move on, even though I know I should spend another hour on that door.
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Back to work....sprayed some paint on it. Just the underneath parts, though.
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Single stage Jim? Looks great!
How in the world do you spray in there and not make a total mess out of the place?? When I shoot, it looks like a battlefield.........Last edited by oletrux4evr; April 8, 2014, 06:38 PM.Ed, Mary, & 'Earl'
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This time it did ok, not much overspray....but when I painted the suburban it got everything turquoise. I run the swamp cooler for cool filtered ventilation.
The color is 62 Chevy Roman Red, it has a lot of orange in it...hard to get good accurate color with a digital camera and fluorescent lights.My fabulous web page
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I've got the same problem with Earl.....the gold pearl reflects as orange through the red..........that 62 is gonna be gorgeous!Ed, Mary, & 'Earl'
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Inside every old person is a young person wondering, "what the hell happened?"
The man at the top of the mountain didn't fall there. -Vince Lombardi
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A few more pics, with flash.
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looks great! is that single stage? will you (is it needed / recomended) scuff the areas of "over spray" before shooting the pannels?
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