With the sheetmetal all cut-in and hung, it was time to have it painted (Finally!). My brother runs
a body shop with a new booth and since he personally paints up to a dozen cars a week, I decided to have
him spray my car. His fee -- a case of beer. The shop is 35 miles from my house and I had to get the car there.
Since the suspension was to be installed after the car was painted (like the factory did it) so that I could get
the correct overspray on the undercarriage, I had to device a way to transport it. What I did was I bolted 6in X 6in
wood blocks to the underside using the holes that the factory used to mount the car on the assembly line. I then attached
the casters from the rotisserie to the blocks. This work out pretty could. I could easily move the car arround.
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Notice how the front is higher up than the back ? This is so I could get it up the ramps on my father's car trailer.
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Here it is on the trailer, all mounted down and almost ready for transport. The front fenders were temporarily bolted for
transport. They were painted off the car.
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Here it is all painted and ready for the return trip home. It was painted with a basecoat/clearcoat system. After it was
painted I sanded the whole thing down with 1500 grit using a rubber palm sanding pad. This took a whole day. I then buffed
it using a 1 step buffing compound by 3M. Then it was waxed. The paint actaully came out so good I could have gotten away
without sanding and buffing it. It takes a lot of skill to paint in a basecoat/clearcoat system without having to buff.
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Here it is safely back home. I brought the fenders back home later. I really like the Dark Jade color. It has a nice gold sparkle to
it when the sun hits it. It is going to look very sharp when its back together.
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