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Andyrews Progress Thread, 1/16/22 A Trip to The Red Barn - Lets fab a Firewall! |
Andyrew |
May 14 2011, 05:34 PM
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Mike Bellis |
May 14 2011, 06:26 PM
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Resident Electrician Group: Members Posts: 8,346 Joined: 22-June 09 From: Midlothian TX Member No.: 10,496 Region Association: None |
Wow. It's going to look great! Keep it up.
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arkitect |
May 14 2011, 11:10 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 617 Joined: 3-March 10 From: Stockton, CA Member No.: 11,426 Region Association: None |
Great work on the painting, nice to see the fresh paint after you have done so many hours of sanding.
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JRust |
May 15 2011, 09:28 AM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 6,310 Joined: 10-January 03 From: Corvallis Oregon Member No.: 129 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
Nice Andrew! Can't wait to see more orange (IMG:style_emoticons/default/piratenanner.gif) . Get to spraying
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Andyrew |
May 15 2011, 04:08 PM
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chrispy |
May 16 2011, 12:21 AM
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Nice job Andrew, It looks so sweet. All that hard work is paying off. Can't wait to see your car at Graffiti.
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Andyrew |
May 16 2011, 01:04 AM
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Andyrew |
May 16 2011, 01:06 AM
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Andyrew |
May 16 2011, 01:07 AM
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Andyrew |
May 16 2011, 01:08 AM
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Andyrew |
May 16 2011, 01:09 AM
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Andyrew |
May 16 2011, 01:10 AM
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Andyrew |
May 16 2011, 01:22 AM
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Done. Turned out better than I had anticipated. We have very little dust in the top layer of paint. A bunch in the first layer but that was due to the weather strip channels not being prepped properly. There are a few runs, More than I had hoped, but they started popping up around layer 5. There are 7-8 layers on the car. 5 was required for full coverage over the area's that the black primer broke through, Those got the extra layer. There is less orange peal than I had anticipated which is good, but the runs are not something im looking forward to fixing. It was a lot colder than I wanted to spray in (I had anticipated 70 deg, it was around 65 and dropped to 60 at times. I had my space heater going when I was not spraying to keep the heat up in the garage and I feel that really might have helped (However I overloaded the 20 amp breaker ~ 4 times because of it... Shop lights, compressor, fans, and heater...). Paint is very glossy and very nice looking. We do have some concerns that my 285 tires might not fit without a bit of a spacer though, I hadnt realized how close to the inner fender my current tires were. So I may need to add a bit of positive camber and maybe some 1/8" spacers. We'll see how that turns out as I will be getting the wheels off the car to get tires mounted. Still to do. Sand runs off targa top and see if I break through the paint if so respray. Sand rear trunk and respray, sand rocker pannels headlight lids and spray. Wetsand and buff, rest of my list on page one. PS Im not a big fan of the pic of me grinning like an idiot (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) |
computers4kids |
May 16 2011, 07:22 AM
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Love these little cars! Group: Members Posts: 2,443 Joined: 11-June 05 From: Port Townsend, WA Member No.: 4,253 Region Association: None |
Andrew...wow (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif) I love it! What are your plans for the jams and trunks? I can't wait to see this thing put together. Way to go...
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rick 918-S |
May 16 2011, 07:25 AM
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Hey nice rack! -Celette Group: Members Posts: 20,783 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Now in Superior WI Member No.: 43 Region Association: Northstar Region |
Great progress! This car was at WCC 04 right?
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tdgray |
May 16 2011, 07:44 AM
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Thank God Nemo is not here to see this Group: Members Posts: 9,705 Joined: 5-August 03 From: Akron, OH Member No.: 984 Region Association: None |
Good Job WTG !
Get a Nib file for the runs... it won't be as bad as you think. |
dan10101 |
May 16 2011, 08:42 AM
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TORQUE-o-holic Group: Members Posts: 1,140 Joined: 29-April 03 From: Eagle Point, Or Member No.: 626 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
Great Job planning this and getting it done.
You have a talent for laying down paint. I'm sure there are ways to do it better, but you prepped well, spend the time needed to get things right and it look great! Mom says it's "ORANGE". (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif) I say it's the new Red... I'm thinking "Solar Flare" (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/3.bp.blogspot.com-626-1305556936.1.jpg) |
sawtooth |
May 16 2011, 09:00 AM
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Congrats Andrew, great color!
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Andyrew |
May 16 2011, 09:14 AM
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Thanks all!
Chris, I'll have your tools in the trunk to return them @ American graffiti if I dont see you till then! Mark, I am going to try and clean the overspray off the jambs with acetone. Trunks will be resprayed down the line. Rick, 2005, but yes we went on the track together. This was prior to the bontempi HPH flares, I had hammered out the fenders and had 16x7 fuch's with 225 tires. Dad, Solar flare is a good idea.. But I still like my other idea and think im going to go with it. It'll be an "unveiling" post when its all done (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) |
Root_Werks |
May 16 2011, 10:50 AM
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Village Idiot Group: Members Posts: 8,484 Joined: 25-May 04 From: About 5NM from Canada Member No.: 2,105 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
That turned out nice!
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