67 Sublime Fairlane Sedan project begins!

[Mr4Speed]

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Man that's pretty!

[Scott Liggett]

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Man, it looks great. When I first saw the pics; I thought I was looking at a Mercury Comet. I guess without the front sheet metal and all the trim, it could be either.

I finally got some body work done on my car today. Yaaaa!!

[SuperBuickGuy]

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That looks awesome Scott... congrats!

[milner351]

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so jealous!
NICE!

[Blazerteam]

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Great colour choice.Cant wait for the rest,and i bet you feel the same ;)

[msc66]

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Very, VERY, nice Scott. I gotta ask though, how the hell do they match a light metallic color when its not painted at the same time? Even if its out of the same can, I've always had to hang the fenders and hood to get an even metallic job. Guess they're just better painters than me.

Anyway, I can't wait to see this car finished.

[CTX-SLPR]

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Love the colour but I think it needs some anthricite (dark charcoal, almost black) stripes on it now and black steelies.

[TheSilverBuick]

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I just realized something. What makes it a "Sedan" instead of a "Coupe"? I thought sedans were four doors?

[mlcraven]

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Great progress...are you gonna be on the road this summer?

[mlcraven]

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I just realized something. What makes it a "Sedan" instead of a "Coupe"? I thought sedans were four doors?

In the modern understanding of the term I think you're right, but in the traditional sense I think a 'sedan' was any automobile that seated at least four people, regardless of the number of doors. A coupe has 2 doors and two seats, the latter which may seat up to four people. So it is possible to have a 2 door sedan but not a 4 door coupe. Or something like that? :-\

Brian: any thoughts from your font of trivia and automotive heritage?

[stage1scott]

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I just realized something. What makes it a "Sedan" instead of a "Coupe"? I thought sedans were four doors?

It is a "SEDAN" because there is a metal surround all around the door glasse(s) and a metal post between the front door and the 1/4 or rear side glass-a "HARDTOP" would have nothing in between the front and rear window but a rubber strip, like the Buick I sold.

[TheSilverBuick]

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Ah, ok it's making a little more sense. Though my Buick is similar and is a coupe.....Which brings in mlcraven's post.

[stage1scott]

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[quote=msc66 ]
Very, VERY, nice Scott. I gotta ask though, how the hell do they match a light metallic color when its not painted at the same time? Even if its out of the same can, I've always had to hang the fenders and hood to get an even metallic job. Guess they're just better painters than me.

Anyway, I can't wait to see this car finished.

welllll-you probably don't have access to a paint companys mixing computer and equipment, which most big modern shops have. The painter mixes per the computer and as long as he followis it to the gram, it is usually the same. application then becomes the big variable, and I have seen a lot of this painters work and it should be ok. he can match a new 3 stage pearl white caddy or lexus, my green oughta be easy.

Love the colour but I think it needs some anthricite (dark charcoal, almost black) stripes on it now and black steelies.

actually, once the 5 miles of bright stainless is back on, along with the chrome bumpers/door handles,window surrounds, emblems/hood pins,and the polished welds, it will hopefully lose the need for another color. This is my first foray into a car that IS NOT bright red or orange with a big black stripe, so in the end I hope I don't regret not changing it to red.

Great progress...are you gonna be on the road this summer?

surely won't make it this summer, I am hoping to bring it to Bobs big boy in toluca lake (burbank) thanksgiving weekend friday, which is the day I sold my Buick last year and was the last place I took it. If it is not done, I will go in my buddys Z/28, who was there with me last year

[msc66]

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Hey Scott,
Hope you didn't think I was questioning the abilities of your shop. As a DIY guy there is always stuff to be learned so I gotta ask when I see the opportunity.

[stage1scott]

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Hey Scott,
Hope you didn't think I was questioning the abilities of your shop. As a DIY guy there is always stuff to be learned so I gotta ask when I see the opportunity.

GOSH no mike, I didn't think that at all, maybe my reply sounded a littlestand offish, it was late and I was tired. I owned half of a big DRP shop here for 4 years (worst job I ever had, btw-good money, terrible working conditions) and through that I have a really good understanding of how it works and what a hobbyist is up against. the paint companies all invest heavily in a large shops porduction and future by installing state of the art computer equipment and training for the painter on how to "blend" and match thier colors. I am in a business that works in bodyshops all day long, and while I am certain I could have gotten this car painted for less than what I paid, but I took it to a shop that has all the latest stuff and a guy who knows how to use it because I could! OTOH, the hobbyist goes to a paint store (the same one who supplies the high end bodyshop, btw) but they do the mixing there, and they are generally staffed by guys who are retired painters, but you then have to make the final mix and shoot it, without the help of that computer and electronic scale, to get exactly the correct mix in the gun every time. It is a tough job to get it right, for sure.