Awesome thread Joe looking good!
Awesome thread Joe looking good!
=Mike=
86 AscMcLaren Capri #026/114 | 11.2@123
86 Mustang SVO - 9L | 14.0@97 | 19psi
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Custom Wheel Center Caps, Vinyl Decals Racing #'s etc.
Thanks for keeping us updated. Appreciate seeing the pictures. You do good work!
Roman Collins
Lufkin, Texas
Owner: 1986 Ford Mustang GT
Prepping for some color. I spend some time last week and this past weekend getting the car ready:
1979 Indy Pace Car Mustang 302 / 5spd
1982 Mustang GT T-Top 302 / 4spd
1986 SVO Mustang - 1C
Tonight the paint went on (the jambs at least):
1979 Indy Pace Car Mustang 302 / 5spd
1982 Mustang GT T-Top 302 / 4spd
1986 SVO Mustang - 1C
All pics taken without flash, just under the flourscent lights in my garage) Here are a few more:
Remember this door (driver's side)???
That's all folks. Night, night, sleep tight....
1979 Indy Pace Car Mustang 302 / 5spd
1982 Mustang GT T-Top 302 / 4spd
1986 SVO Mustang - 1C
Forgot one, proof that I can paint with something other than Rustoleum:
1979 Indy Pace Car Mustang 302 / 5spd
1982 Mustang GT T-Top 302 / 4spd
1986 SVO Mustang - 1C
Very nice Joe! I had my old Pinto Panel Wagon clone painted with that same paint. I also had to buy "hardener" for it, as the body guy that I hired to spray it, said that I would need it for extra shine. I'm not sure if that was true or not, but it looked good when I got it back.
Pete Slaney
1979 Mustang Cobra
347/T-5/4.30's
420 rwhp/380 rwt (New Motor)
11.49 @ 121.86
306/T-5/4.30's (Old Motor)
307 rwhp/278 rwt
12.38 @ 111.38
Looking fantastic! Can't wait to see the whole thing painted!
Chris Lott
'81 Cobra T-Top - Black
'85 Dominator GT - Black, 24k miles
'85 Predator GT302R #150R - Light Regatta Blue
'85 Predator GT302 Convertible #119 - White w/blue stripes For Sale
'86 Texas DPS Mustang (Unit # unknown) - undergoing resto
Looking mighty nice Joe.
I'm starting to think you've got a thing for red convertibles eh?
hey! you can read the newspaper while you paint never thought of that! lol
So far it looks great! I feel for ya with the sea of red dust in the garage. My wife could not wait untill I was done sanding and tracking that thru the kitchen.
Looking good! I haven't painted with Centari for about 10 years. I liked that better than the Napa stuff I have been using lately but my local dupont place only mixes the nason stuff now. I haven't had good luck with that. I want to try the paint summit sells myself. Probably won't use my 85 as the guinea pig for that though.
Thank you, and yes it is...
Thanks - hopefully both your vert and mine will be on the road early next year
Thanks Mike!
Thanks, I enjoy showing off my work for all to enjoy!
Thanks Pete, yes Centari uses reducer and hardener for best results. I figured this was the best for the jabs. the full paint job will be BC/CC Urethane (Dupont ChromaBase)
Thanks, me too! Seeing fresh Red on the car is even more motivation for me....
Thanks Mike. This one sort of fell into my hands. I actually like Canyon Red, LRB, and white in order of preference...
Never thought of that
Well the good news is that the red dust (from sanding) is done. Between my HVLP gun and the huge exhaust fan, there isn't a lot of dust on the garage floor from the painting process....
Thank you. I like to "go with what I know".... So as long as I can still get Centari, I'm going to use it for projects like this.
Stay tuned for more updates....
1979 Indy Pace Car Mustang 302 / 5spd
1982 Mustang GT T-Top 302 / 4spd
1986 SVO Mustang - 1C
When we doing our 88GT Joe
Nice job. Looking really good.
-David
The Brown Blob
"we"
You prep it, I'll spray it....
Keep in mind that I already have a backlog of cars. Once this one is finished, my friend's 84 GT Turbo Vert is coming in (same color as my 84 RST), then I have this one, affectionately known as the "rotter":
And, oh yeah - I want to spray the passenger side, roof, and rear hatch on the SVO
Thank you!
Un-masked tonight and I'm hanging the doors back on the car....
1979 Indy Pace Car Mustang 302 / 5spd
1982 Mustang GT T-Top 302 / 4spd
1986 SVO Mustang - 1C
It's just like winning the lottery Joe, if you won you would have a million friends you never knew you had..LOL
Your body work is obviously looking pretty damn good bro!
worked on the car a bit this past weekend.....
Time for:
1979 Indy Pace Car Mustang 302 / 5spd
1982 Mustang GT T-Top 302 / 4spd
1986 SVO Mustang - 1C
First up, base coat. This went on nice with on a few small issues....
Then onwards to clear coat:
Unmasked and back down on all fours:
So it looks pretty good in pics, but it is going to need the full wet sanding and buff. I'm a bit disappointed with the clear coat. I can't seem to get the clear to lay on just right. When I painted the 84 RST, I had a lot of orange peel. This one I thinned the clear a bit (per the instructions) and I've got some runs. Then I guess I was going a little too "dry" in a few spots and ended up with more orange peel.
Anyway, it will buff out nicely and it's another step closer to getting back on the road. I'm going to wait until spring at this point, so I've got all fall/winter to finish up the details (trim, adjust windows, etc), re-install the interior and take care of some mechanical gremlins that have popped up since I bought the car.
I've got a bunch more photos and unfortunately it's raining here right now (and for the next day or so), so I won't be able to get any pics in the sun....
JT
1979 Indy Pace Car Mustang 302 / 5spd
1982 Mustang GT T-Top 302 / 4spd
1986 SVO Mustang - 1C
Beautiful as always..did you do any sanding to the color coat, or just spray and then clear?
Nice job.Cant wait to see it cut and buffed.
-David
The Brown Blob
Very nice, cant wait to see it all buffed out!!
--86 GT vert.306,Powerdyne blown 7 psi, E303, ported E7s,MAF conv, BBK shorties n OR H, 3" Mac Pro Dumps, WC T5, 5 lug'd, 17" Bullitts, 3" cowlhood, SN95 Gt front brakes, 4.11s.
--Bill
Looking good
putting together a little something special......stay tuned!
92 notch-WIP
87GT-S Trim,4:10s,AOD=12.70@107
89vert-sold
84SVO-WIP
84 notch-aka-FREAKSHOW
85GT shell-for sale
78 Zephyr-WIP
86 Capri RS-WIP
Finally,the list of fox wants is complete!!!
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