My buddy Al James who is a First class body guy is over for one week, we beat up on my car today !! Goal , next week in primer - surfacer ! After that we are going to paint car in single stage to show any flaws we may have missed in Surfacer , sand the single stage then paint Lamborghini Orange ! by the way I made a Custom Dolly to roll my H.O.S around , complete with adjustable casters !
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All GAPS ARE NOW 3/16 INCH . STINGER NOSE AFTER 2 YEARS OF TWEAKING
This is NOT an insult but somehow Larry I pictured your shop to be operating room clean with stainless steel benches, lots of lighting and everything placed exactly where it is supposed to be.
Keep the pics coming it's nice to see it all coming together like that. :2thumbs:
The pics are deceiving !! Everything has it's place !!! I'm an electrician , my shop is so bright it hurts your eyes !!
some nice work going on there :2thumbs: . looking forward to seeing more pictures :yesnod: .............. :popcrn:
Thank you ! Just a poor bastard living his dream !!!
you missed a spot :nana:
Lamborghini Orange should really make the car stand out. I can't wait to see how it looks. :2thumbs:
Larry, I'm deeply offended by the nude posters on the...just kidding. :icon_smile_big:
Turn the heat up in there a little bit so the guy can take his sweat shirt off!! :icon_smile_big:
Looks good, Cupcake......keep up the good work and keep the pics coming.
Bryan
Looking good... :2thumbs:
I don't know what his problem is , my shop has heat and A/C , I keep it around 67 in the winter .
i noticed the holes in the top of the fenders. nice touch :scratchchin:
That is where the Rocket Launcher goes !!!
Yea the joys of building a car, all sandiing!!!!!!!! Good luck
Thanks , are logic is single stage is extremely very shiny , that will show any flaw we may have missed in Surfacer and as thick as it is will fill any ultra fine sand scratch . What do you think ??
Quote from: A383Wing on December 29, 2007, 12:26:04 AM
Looks good, Cupcake......keep up the good work and keep the pics coming.
Bryan
what he said :icon_smile_big:
Thanks , Fly in for a week !!
Thanks
Looks great Cupcake. :lol: Keep up the great work! :2thumbs:
:2thumbs: keep the pics comming :2thumbs:
:popcrn:
Quote from: 69bronzeT5 on December 30, 2007, 08:04:57 PM
Looks great Cupcake. :lol: Keep up the great work! :2thumbs:
Didn't you tell him pretty much the exact same thing about three hours before this post?
Quote from: Ghoste on December 30, 2007, 10:00:48 PM
Quote from: 69bronzeT5 on December 30, 2007, 08:04:57 PM
Looks great Cupcake. :lol: Keep up the great work! :2thumbs:
Didn't you tell him pretty much the exact same thing about three hours before this post?
Yes and he stole Bryan's (A383Wing's) line.. :nono: :nono:
Quote from: A383Wing on December 29, 2007, 12:26:04 AM
Looks good, Cupcake......keep up the good work and keep the pics coming.
Bryan
Quote from: PocketThunder on December 30, 2007, 11:32:35 PM
Quote from: Ghoste on December 30, 2007, 10:00:48 PM
Quote from: 69bronzeT5 on December 30, 2007, 08:04:57 PM
Looks great Cupcake. :lol: Keep up the great work! :2thumbs:
Didn't you tell him pretty much the exact same thing about three hours before this post?
Yes and he stole Bryan's (A383Wing's) line.. :nono: :nono:
Quote from: A383Wing on December 29, 2007, 12:26:04 AM
Looks good, Cupcake......keep up the good work and keep the pics coming.
Bryan
You've heard of "Internet Time"? Well, three hours is something like 40 days in "Bronzy Time". :P It was actually closer to 2 hours 20 minutes (and 10 posts - which seems rather slow for the boy). :nana:
Troy
:yesnod: :rotz:
Quote from: PocketThunder on December 30, 2007, 11:32:35 PM
Quote from: 69bronzeT5 on December 30, 2007, 08:04:57 PM
Looks great Cupcake. :lol: Keep up the great work! :2thumbs:
Yes and he stole Bryan's (A383Wing's) line.. :nono: :nono:
Quote from: A383Wing on December 29, 2007, 12:26:04 AM
Looks good, Cupcake......keep up the good work and keep the pics coming.
Bryan
wow, I actually just noticed that :o
In the winter all I think about is my Daytona ! Summer all I think about is tearing it up with my race boat with the babes !! :icon_smile_big:
Quote from: 69bronzeT5 on December 31, 2007, 12:39:17 AM
Quote from: PocketThunder on December 30, 2007, 11:32:35 PM
Quote from: 69bronzeT5 on December 30, 2007, 08:04:57 PM
Looks great Cupcake. :lol: Keep up the great work! :2thumbs:
Yes and he stole Bryan's (A383Wing's) line.. :nono: :nono:
Quote from: A383Wing on December 29, 2007, 12:26:04 AM
Looks good, Cupcake......keep up the good work and keep the pics coming.
Bryan
wow, I actually just noticed that :o
What that you don't pay attention? We noticed that 2 years ago.....we blame ourselves for your late diagnosis :rotz:
PS--the car is coming along nicely Larry :cheers:
Wow, great pictures! Kinda new here, I don't see to many 40 year old cars with that much steel. How was the car originally when you got it? Looks great. :drool5:
So Larry did you get it primed then?? :shruggy:
Not in primer yet , still working on a few details
Larry
Quote from: daytonalo on January 01, 2008, 10:30:21 AM
Not in primer yet , still working on a few details
Larry
Larry, are you going to spray it with poly surfacer or just regular primer surfacer? :shruggy:
Epoxy then poly- surfacer , then guide-coat black , sand until I remove my fingerprints , paint single stage orange , sand that , then paint three stage . I hope I'm not driving a Rascal or Lark when car is complete !!
Larry
My body man was thinking about putting the Lamborghini orange on a truck we are going to start tearing apart next weekend. He changed his mind its a 3 stage paint first of all and its extremely hard to shoot consistently, even from panel to panel. If you are shooting everything at the same time. If you get a rock chip driving to the show it will be almost impossible to "blend the paint from if you only shoot that panel. Its an extremely difficult product to deal with. However in saying this a Daytona would look awesome with this color paint. I am not trying to sway you in any direction. I am just trying to give you the facts about this paint and the issues with it. I am just dont want you to be dissapointed with the end result. It is an awesome color and is just gorgeous. Just my :Twocents:.
For that reason we decided not to use House of Kolor because of level of complexity with their system . We are going to use BASF Lamborghini orange .
Larry
i think RUSTOLEUM males a nice shade of that color. i think about 32 spray cans should do it. :2thumbs:
I heard for years and Hot Rod [ Larry ] always told me that the window with their system is a nightmare , something about you have to have the the in between clear coats have to be stringy or it wont work
HOK uses an acrylic lacquer basecoat, a urethane midcoat and a tempermental clearcoat that has to be recoated while it's still stringy. If you wait until their clear is hand slick like other urethane clearcoats, you're screwed. Don't get me wrong, thousands of guys shoot the stuff all of the time, but I'll bet they screwed up the first few times they shot it. To me it's just not worth the trouble, not to mention the high cost.
My friend a professional painter well known in South Jersey and surrounding area , Scott Eller cam over to finish up a Mustang and brought a sample of Lamborghini 3 stage [ Basf] sprayed out on a Volvo S-40 door skin . This color is bad ass !!!!!!!!!!
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bored yet ???
Repo 15x7 Magnums with 275-60 Square , love the steam roller look !!! White tail
The spray out was a quickie , had to mention before you guys beat me up about peel!!!!!
That is going to be one badass car! Can't wait to see it painted
Quote from: daytonalo on January 03, 2008, 12:46:40 AM
Repo 15x7 Magnums with 275-60 Square , love the steam roller look !!! White tail
Have you test-fitted the 275/60's on the front yet? I'm really interested in how that works out :scope:
And I'm really Diggin' the color choice, Larry :smoke:
QuoteI'm really Diggin' the color choice, Larry
:yesnod: me too
no need to test fit , this car has 275-60 all around
I hope you're right Larry, But the notes I have from when that car was for sale show:
4 15X7 Mag 500's
275/60/15 Rear
255/60/15 front
:shruggy:
Either way I like the way that white car sits and that's the stance I'm going for...
Quote from: BigBlockSam on January 03, 2008, 07:01:54 PM
QuoteI'm really Diggin' the color choice, Larry
:yesnod: me too
:iagree: me three :yesnod: now that is Orange :coolgleamA:
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Repo 15x7 Magnums with 275-60 Square , love the steam roller look !!! White tail
yeah intrested in putting 275 - 60 's all round my self :yesnod: would appreciate letting us know how they fit & what back space to use please Larry :cheers: ,as same size fat rubber front back looks awesome i think ............ keeping with the old time grand national look
Oh boy , I e-mailed that guy and asked him what size on front , he told me 275 -60 . Now I'm worried , oh well what is an extra set of tires .
Larry
Quote from: daytonalo on January 04, 2008, 08:42:42 AM
Oh boy , I e-mailed that guy and asked him what size on front , he told me 275 -60 . Now I'm worried , oh well what is an extra set of tires .
Larry
that was my buddy jim cordell's car and it rode with 275-60's all the way around, He said when you turned it all the way to the left it hit one tiny spot on the fender and too a hammer and dinked it over 1/2 inch no more problem .
Other wise after that they looked and performed great .
nice wheel combo . i'll wait for Larry to do it first. Rene
Quote from: BigBlockSam on January 04, 2008, 12:45:15 PM
nice wheel combo . i'll wait for Larry to do it first. Rene
:iagree:
I will be on the lookout for that problem , if it occurs I will make a steering stop . No way shape or form will I deal with any body damage ! :icon_smile_big:
Larry
Quote from: daytonalo on January 04, 2008, 06:39:35 PM
I will be on the lookout for that problem , if it occurs I will make a steering stop . No way shape or form will I deal with any body damage ! :icon_smile_big:
Larry
it wasnt that it was hitting the outer body to damage it was just an inner tab hitting.
Quote from: daytonalo on January 01, 2008, 06:40:42 PM
For that reason we decided not to use House of Kolor because of level of complexity with their system . We are going to use BASF Lamborghini orange .
Larry
Thats cool I was just making sure. I would not want some one to have paid that much for paint and body work to have to have it all re done again.
Any updates or pictures of curent progress being made.You had full acess to geniune daytona
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You know I'm in the witness protection program don't you ??? Thanks for no face pics !!!
Racmed :icon_smile_big:
Quote from: daytonalo on January 26, 2008, 04:28:48 PM
You know I'm in the witness protection program don't you ??? Thanks for no face pics !!!
Racmed :icon_smile_big:
who's body are you stuffing in the trunk ?
Personally, I prefer to be called by my Muslim name...Seldom Ben Laid ;D
THAT IS THE BEST LINE I'VE HEARD IN A LONG TIME !!!! A+++++ :icon_smile_big:
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