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Posted by: PanelBilly Sep 25 2008, 05:24 PM

Last night I clear coated the trunks and the
interior. Tonight I'll pull off all the masking.
Tomarrow night I'll mask off the areas that are painted.
Saturday paint goes on the body!

My shop is in Auburn, WA. If you want to come by and see
paint being applied, your welcome to watch.

Posted by: jmill Sep 25 2008, 05:31 PM

Looks great. I wish I was in the area to check it out.

Posted by: dinomium Sep 25 2008, 07:11 PM

Where in Auburn is your shop? My cousin owns Pat's Autosport on Main, just west of downtown...
I might be in the area Saturday.

Posted by: SGB Sep 25 2008, 08:45 PM

I'll have to watch from here.

Posted by: championgt1 Sep 25 2008, 11:16 PM

That looks great. I wish I was around on Saturday to come check it out.

Posted by: plymouth37 Sep 26 2008, 12:00 AM

Your car is looking great, I can't wait to put some color on mine...
Be sure to post some pics after you paint for me to drool over!

Posted by: nsr-jamie Sep 26 2008, 09:50 AM

Me too, I'll watch from here as I live on the other side of the world but want to see how your car turns out. Love the color too!! Please post more pictures and updates when work progresses. Thanks

Posted by: greenie Sep 26 2008, 10:41 AM

Hey Billy,

What time are you spraying?

How would we find you?

That car is gonna be very sexy!!

Posted by: r_towle Sep 26 2008, 10:45 AM

If it wasnt for the fiberglass I would team up with alot of people to urge you to just clear coat it and leave the metal exposed...

But you could do the top..deck lid, hood, trunk, and roof in color and leave the rest just clear.....hmmmm

Rich

Posted by: PanelBilly Sep 26 2008, 03:26 PM

The shop is at 3534 C st. That's directly north of the Auburn airport runway. The group of buildings I in is called Airport Business Park and the business name is Choices Northwest. There's only a little paper sign on the door.
I plan on starting around 7am and it will take me all day. My phone number is 206 755-1705 if your lost.

Posted by: KELTY360 Sep 27 2008, 05:37 PM

Greenie and I went down to see the operation. Great set-up with the tub on a rotisserie in the paint booth. Very clean. He's putting 4-5 coats of base and then 5-6 coats of clear all in one day. He said he'd post pics but he'll probably be painting til midnight. Nice color of blue.

Hurry up and post those pics Billy!

Posted by: Phoenix 914-6GT Sep 28 2008, 02:41 AM

Very cool Billy. Can't wait to see the pictures of how it came out. Better yet, I can't wait until you have it on the road

Posted by: PanelBilly Sep 28 2008, 11:49 AM

My assistant in taping. Friday night was going to be
a desert at a nice resturant, but by the time we got
done taping off the trunks and interior, I was beat

First came the sealer coat. It made me wonder if I
wanted a white car.

Posted by: jim_hoyland Sep 28 2008, 11:52 AM

Very nice !

Posted by: sixnotfour Sep 28 2008, 11:56 AM

I had a white car, doesnt show the curves. blabla
Color is good.

Posted by: PanelBilly Sep 28 2008, 12:06 PM

Base coat was fun! I can finely see the color.
Several people told me I'd find all my body
work mistakes when i put on the color. I'm happy
to report I didn't. That's not to say there aren't some
spots I wish I had done better. Just that I didn't find any
new ones.

After appling 4 coats of clear, my advisor from Corvettes
of Auburn told me I wasn't putting on enough clear. He
turned the flow way up on my gun and man did the clear
come out fast.

I have about six heavy coats on now and that should give
me a plenty of layers so when I cut and buff a few off, I
don't run out of layers.

Long night, but I'm excited to get the doors, hood and trunk
done next.

Posted by: Phoenix 914-6GT Sep 28 2008, 12:18 PM

Looking very good Billy. Nice work

Posted by: dw914er Sep 28 2008, 12:57 PM

sweet billy!!! Looks good

Posted by: jmill Sep 28 2008, 07:25 PM

That looks great.

All that hard work finally comes together when you put the paint on.

Posted by: greenie Sep 28 2008, 10:48 PM

This is going to be one beautiful car!

Keep at it Billy, you are doing great work!

Posted by: Lou W Sep 28 2008, 11:28 PM

Looks Fantastic, keep the great work.

Posted by: plymouth37 Sep 29 2008, 12:03 AM

Nice job! You are going to end up with one amazing car!