Yup, head down to your nearest PPG paint supplier of autobody paints, they will mix you up Granada gold, it will be almost perfect to the original ENAMEL finnish, Dont let them tell you it was Laquer, canada used enamel. PPG OMNI works alright, i would recomend that. Give them the WA # that carl listed. Do youself a favor and dont get a "close" one from can tire, you will probably end up spending more.
Get enough paint to fix the bad color match on the rest of the repairs, the car will look like a million bucks when its done.
P.S. what ever you do, do NOT let the paint supplier talk you into Basecoat/clearcoat, it will not match and will look like crap, 1967 was single stage, always.
great car, take care of it! it will last you forever, i beat the crap out of mine all winter, and this is year 16 for mine.
Todd has being going to town working on these fenders and they're looking good! They won't be the Granada Gold but should match since it's the same as Geoff used for repairing the rear quarters.
Thanks Carl. I was really glad to have the opportunity to get those fenders. I like the idea of 67 steel going back onto the car. I really owe Todd for all the help. I don't know when i would have got this work done myself.
Todd, the repair looks great - but if I can be constructive (from a bodyman) always cut your patches with rounded corners - better heat distribution when welding / less warpage - easier to straighten later-- good work though
Todd, the repair looks great - but if I can be constructive (from a bodyman) always cut your patches with rounded corners - better heat distribution when welding / less warpage - easier to straighten later-- good work though
Thanks for the tip...
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Hard to tell by the photo but I did round the corners of the patch very slightly with my grinder. I guess that's not enough. I didn't want there to be too big of a gap between the patch and the fender. How would I round out the fender "hole"?
Hard to tell by the photo but I did round the corners of the patch very slightly with my grinder. I guess that's not enough. I didn't want there to be too big of a gap between the patch and the fender. How would I round out the fender "hole"?
A burr on a drill would work.
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its looks great anyway Todd --most guys these days stuff them with fiberglass - or at best a lap patch - butting is not easy and it looks great
its a good thing Todd is doing this for free..... At body shop prices, you'd be buying a fender (re-pro or not) and be done
-- Edited by 427carl on Saturday 16th of March 2013 08:31:31 AM
I don't know Carl @ body shop rates you still pay to install and paint the new fender in and out - I'd rather pay to repair the exsisting and paint only the damaged area -- oh and Todd's rates are great yes -enthusists working together, thats what the hobby is about
That looks great! I can't say enough how much I appreciate Todd's help. Very cool having his expertise helping me out with this and as I've said before and I can't say it enough i'm very appreciative of him taking the time to do it. We've got an awesome guy running this site...but you all already know that!
