Well, got some more color on the car!!! Just came in from painting the dash and dash parts, looks like they finally got a preaty good color match. I forgot how much work a resto was, its been 20 years since I did my 57, but do like being out in the shop again. I've heard a couple of guys wanting info on painting a dash and interior parts, so heres' what I did. Sand down dash with 120 grit and metal prep any bare steel. One coat of DP-40 primer/sealer and putty any dings, sand down putty and apply 1 coat of highbuild primer. Wetsand or sand with 220 and go over dash again ( more chips/dings etc ). Finally one last coat of sealer and wetsand with 600. Apply base coat and satin clear. Has seemed to work good for me. ( o ya, my shop is attached to my house,have a very tolerant wife )
-- Edited by hawkeye5766 on Sunday 24th of January 2016 01:33:25 PM
-- Edited by hawkeye5766 on Thursday 5th of May 2016 01:00:02 AM
No color code,just got the paint shop to mix and tint untill right, sprayed a test sheet ( waited till dry ) to see how close color was. All I use for small jobs is a touch up gun that you can buy at Princess auto or can tire for about 30.00 and it works well. If you only have a small job to do you can buy base coat in sizes down to 1/2 pint and the primer you can get from most auto parts with a paint division. When you buy the primer you can get activator and reducer with it, going from primer to sealer is done by adjusting the quantity of activator and reducer. It will come with amounts marked on the side of the can. Biggest thing to getting a nice job at home is keeping the dust out, wet down with water everything you can, even the floor of the shop. ( walking and draging your airline around stirs up dust ) Hope this helps Jim
No color code,just got the paint shop to mix and tint untill right, sprayed a test sheet ( waited till dry ) to see how close color was. All I use for small jobs is a touch up gun that you can buy at Princess auto or can tire for about 30.00 and it works well. If you only have a small job to do you can buy base coat in sizes down to 1/2 pint and the primer you can get from most auto parts with a paint division. When you buy the primer you can get activator and reducer with it, going from primer to sealer is done by adjusting the quantity of activator and reducer. It will come with amounts marked on the side of the can. Biggest thing to getting a nice job at home is keeping the dust out, wet down with water everything you can, even the floor of the shop. ( walking and draging your airline around stirs up dust ) Hope this helps Jim
Man I should have loaded up a few pieces and dropped them off with a case of beer when I was on the south island today......my Beaumont has the same interior colour......good work, your car is going to be beautiful when it is done...
Islander, If your ever down Island again pm me first and I would be glad to help you out in whatever way I can. If you need a couple of things painted, no prob, I'm not a pro, but at todays paint shop rates you have re-mortage your house to get anything done.Was kinda nice tonight , my son ( 13) came down to the shop to give me a hand,does't happen verry often but I think he is showing more intrest in cars the closer he gets to driving age, enjoyed it alot!. No BEER for me just a bottle of wine for my wife ( the smell and all ). Thanks for the complements guys more pics on there way!! Here's a couple of pics of what my son and I got accomplished tonight
A 65 sd and you sold it after 27 years ? I've had my 57 since I was 17, sat out in the back 40 for about 10 yrs before got around to fixing, was a total mess that autobody guys said couldn't be fixed, glad I kept it and enjoy it every time I open the garage door. Do you still see the 65 around town, or did it sell out of prov ?
I don't want to talk with the "there's a time to move on" theme when you are in the middle of a restoration! For you, it's clearly not the time to think of parting with your SD.
I look forward to more posts as it progresses.
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1966 Strato Chief 2 door, 427 4 speed, 45,000 original miles
1966 Grande Parisienne, 396 1 of 23 factory air cars
Sounds like it's time for a road trip!! Like any old car you fix or restore, you put your blood,sweat and tears into it and it's always hard too say goodbye. Hope I didnt sound belligerant In my last post, just saying it must have been hard for you to sell, as It would be for me to sell my 57.
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Oh, don't worry, nothing bad came out of what you said. My car was "never for sale" as I promised each of our two children a classic car when they turn 21 if there life is in order. This means a life free of alcohol, drugs, tobacco etc... Our daughter was going to get the 65 but she came to me about 18 months ago and said she would rather have a Trans Am. Our situation is such that I will need to be down to one classic car of my own in the next few years, and my choice for that car is a 66 Grande Parisienne big block 4 speed.
Hard to part with it? You bet, but I'm at the age where old cars is now truly a hobby, not an obsession like it has been since I was a teenager! Watching my brother battle cancer has helped put it all into proper perspective.
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1966 Strato Chief 2 door, 427 4 speed, 45,000 original miles
1966 Grande Parisienne, 396 1 of 23 factory air cars
I want to ask but dont want to ask about your brother, so I'll leave it at that. To get back to the restoration ( Thread I derailed ), tonight my buddy came over to give me a hand to put the front end on so I could dry fit it. Everything went together pretty well, except for the tiwan,japan whatever door skin I put on. Doesn't match up with the fender at all, so I guss I will be taking the door off to weld a couple of beads on the edge to get it to match up better. Started to put the new CPP front suspension in and it seams like it stiffens up the front end quite a bit with the cross support. Here's a couple of pick of the front end on.
This time it only took me an hour to post ( I'm getting lightning fast ). 427Carl you keep blowing up pictures that took me an hour to shrink!!!!
Well I went from the front end to the back end, put the rear diff back in the car again with the cal tracs and rear swaybar. Online it says should take about an 1-2 hr, not in my life, have org springs in it and when I went to take out the old spring eye bushing it was full of scale rust. Took about 30 min each side to hammer and chisel out to fit in the new alum bushings in. I noticed that the brake shoes I put in about 7 yrs ago were rivited? Didn't think they did that anymore? Here's a couple of pics that took me two nights for a 2 hr job.