here is a 69 cutlass my dad started restoring 10 years ago. figured i migh as well bring it to my house and finish it. That way we can have a nice cruiser this summer.
here are some pics when i got it to my place, He had wayyy to much filler in this quarter. over 1". ground it out finished the metal I have less than a 1/4" in the deep spots.
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got it all primed up. man those body lines look nice but arent so fun to make. the car had taken a pretty good quarter panel hit in its past life.
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sanded and prepped all the jambs yesterday. got them all painted and cleared. the color is a 69 only option color. carribean turquoise my dad had a 442 that color and wanted thi one to match.
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2 coats of sealer, 4 coats of base, 2 coats of clear. sorry about crappy cell pics. it is getting a white vinyl top, painted factory wheels, a 307 4bbl 200r4 od trans just going to be a nice street cruiser. let me know what you think.
i think you have done this before...
looks nice man
Good job!! love the color!!
looking great
always like them old cutlasses ==kp
looking good nice work on the quarter panel
Thanks, spent all day looking for parts. It is amazing how things can disappear over 10 years. getting some black tomorrow, sprayin the front rails/suspention/firewall and core support. So i can finally get this car put completly together and ready for paint.
Quote from: BigFrank on March 14, 2013, 11:12:29 PM
looking good nice work on the quarter panel
great job
some more pics. Yes i have done bodywork before. was a body tech for the last 4 years and a painters helper/ assistant paint instructor for 1.5 years. this will be my second complete paint job done in my garage. I am adding a 14x40 paint booth to the garage this spring. going to start doing painting/repairs once i get this completed.
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just finished spraying hood hinges, core support, fire wall and frame rails. tomorrow I am going to put the front end together, then spray door hinges and underside of the trunk.
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got the fenders and hood on to check fitment and label shims. then i have to take them back off to finish the fenders. but it is looking like a car now few pics
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Lookin great!
Found a nice size dent in the pass rocker. wish it would have been before I painted the jamb. Oh well got it fixed and primed, Painted the trunk, dooe hinges and bolts. goint to get the whole car put together and gapped today.
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Looks good
Very cool going to be a sweet ride
Thanks. The first time it has had all of its panels on in 10 years. got a little ahead of myself should have put the doors on before the front clip. The clip will be coming off tomorrow so i can adjust the doors, I have found ways to hang all the parts alone I just cant do the hood. it has to be close to 130# and 8' long lol. few more pics.
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Nice work! It's nice to see one done right!
Thanks.
Looks nice !!
Very nice! I wish I had the patience to body work like that.... Gonna be a sweet ride!
spent the last 3 days fine tuning the gaps. replaced the driver door pins and bushings, they were completely blown out. I have the door and fender gaps as good as they can get with out doing some metal reworking. going to try to get the whole car primed up this week and all blocked out. hopefully get it painted end of next week.
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Found a couple dents in the roof that would show through the vinyl, got them knocked out, spent a few hours masking and prepping the car. finally have the whole car in primer. lots of blocking to do. 98% of the spots should block out. I may have to spot putty a few places and reprime later. looks like we are going with the 350/ alum intake mild cam and some headwork, with a th350 few pics how she looks in primer.
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are you going to use the apoxy primer
I put self etch on bare metal spots before I put 2 k primer on. I use epoxy as a base primer when I strip panels to bare metal.
Any updates? Love seeing the old ones reborn.
No real updates I have been out of town quite a bit in april, and have a big job coming up next week. so it is looking like mid summer completion.
Looking good though. My buddy should be getting his 69 442 back within the next couple weeks. Then we get to drop in the built 455/th400.
Ok, Im back on track with the car. I blocked the whole car, then reprimed it and blocked it again. took it out side for some fresh air. Also so I could use the sun to find any spots I missed. Scrubbed the entire garage. I finished masking the car last night. It is getting painted today, I will post progress pics as I go.
Washed the car down to get all the dust off of it.
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wish me luck.
Its Done!!!! Well, painted anyway.
Sprayed a coat of sealer. came out pretty nice.
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First coat of base.
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second,
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I put 4 coats of base and a drop coat to even the metallics. here are some pics of the clear just after it was sprayed. It is going to flow out like crazy. it is slightly peeled in the pics, but i might end up cutting the clear off the floor. lol
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I need to work on my ventilation some.
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Nice paint! Nice ride!
Here are some pics of it outside and unmasked. It looks very nice, I am very happy with how straight it came out. Cant wait to see what it looks like after I flat sand it and polish it. here ya go.
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this is the quarter I had to completely rework.
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nice job!!!
Wow turned out nice I like the color
That looks beautiful!
Awesome job. Wanna do my truck next? Lol