Awesome!  I think your paint guy has progressed pretty quickly!  I've heard of cars being stuck in paint jail for literally years...

I forgot to mention,

They were cursing at that Trunk Rubber today.

 

Dale, (NOS)

I guess I did follow your instructions correctly

 

Here is some colour

Engine is all dressed up and ready to go.

The blue wires will be replaced once the AC Delco ones arrive.

Exhaust manifolds are painted with "Cast Blast"

The new motor mounts are not exactly the same, hopefully they will work. 

I still may add a new fuel pump.

 

4SPEED427 wrote:

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Don't forget the red heater hoses.

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 LOL,

 

I threw them out years ago 

But just for you,

Here is a memory,

 

Looking good!!!

Black would look pretty damn good on your car.

Finished installing the engine today.

Driveshaft, linkage and all the other nuts and bolts.

Installed the new wiper motor, the newly painted heater box and blower.

It's so nice to have the ratchet set to "on"

To speed up the job,

I ran the wheel wells and the rad cradle to a sandblasting shop in Woodstock.

The car should be ready for paint a week from Monday !!!

I had to go get dog food today,

I chose the store just down from the body shop 

That Ziebart oily rubber coating really did it's job over the years.

These are the filler panels from the front of the wheel wells.

Before and after I removed the coating.

Painted up and now I just want to use them as wall art !

Most these panels rusted off by 1976.

As for the rest of the car,

All the "Hot Rod" black is done.

I'm glad they talked me into the restoration of everything under the hood.

The Rad cradle, wheel wells, battery tray and hood hinges were sandblasted at Franklin's in Woodstock, ON.

I highly recommend this "Heavy Machinery" shop as they always do a great job.

The Air breather was done in house.

Does anyone have a line on a recreated air breather sticker ?

Some insurance work that came in has delayed the finish date for the car but the paint is going on soon.

Several base coats and then at lease two coats of clear.

 

The front fenders will be painted off the car but installed for the final coats.

I decided to call a flatbed when it is ready.

They are still dumping sand on my roads.

The U-Haul trailer would not be the best with my truck kicking up all that junk. 

 

That doesn't look very red.

Unless it's a REALLY dark red...

There is nothing wrong with Red.

There are a lot of nice Red cars out there.

But I wanted a change.

When the Chrome and stainless is done, you'll understand 

I ordered one from Tag My Ride

I thought about asking him to change the paint code but this is the exact match to the original.

In case I want to go red again 

But you know, a 427 Red convertible would be a real nice car 

-- Edited by ABC123 on Saturday 4th of April 2020 01:57:43 PM