I agree! It looks really good under the moonlight, too. The pearl really pops under those conditions.
1970 Dart Swinger
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I agree! It looks really good under the moonlight, too. The pearl really pops under those conditions.
Ok, people! I have the color put down on the car, and every bit of hard work has paid off! This is color only. I will wet sand and put a couple coats of clear down this weekend if weather permits. Enjoy!
Oh, and ignore the bumper, wheels, and tires. They were all trashed when I got the car, so I didn't bother trying to save them. I am replacing all of them by spring at the latest.
Oh, and ignore the bumper, wheels, and tires. They were all trashed when I got the car, so I didn't bother trying to save them. I am replacing all of them by spring at the latest.
PapstXX
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Holy crap
nice work brother
nice work brother
weldedrail
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Looks great, Shure wish I could get my 70's paint finnished but I'm still primimg and blocking.
Beeutiful!
340sFastback
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Looks sharp!
OK everyone, as promised, here are some pics of the paint with a couple coats of clear on it. It needs some polishing, and possibly another coat of clear, but I won't mess with it again until spring at this point.
Windows need to be cleaned. LOL!
Again, ignore the bumper. It looks better now than it did a year ago! LOL!
Windows need to be cleaned. LOL!
Again, ignore the bumper. It looks better now than it did a year ago! LOL!
gerahead
Glutton for Punishment
rnaz,
Looking really good man, you did some really nice work here. You won't believe the difference when you buff that bad boy out!! L8r
Jim
Looking really good man, you did some really nice work here. You won't believe the difference when you buff that bad boy out!! L8r
Jim
weldedrail
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I put another coat of primer on mine yesterday and of course the wind came up but it wasn't too bad. Did you paint your dart right where it sits? If so how did you keep crap out of the paint. I am too scared to paint my base/clear in the open air. Primer is one thing becouse it can be fix with sandpaper. Your paint turned out great. I am shooting for getting color on by the next 2 weeks.
I did paint it right there. There's a small amount of dust in the clear, but nothing that won't buff out in the end.
I had really good calm weather to paint/clear in, so I was pretty lucky.
Make sure you paint it early in the day if you do it. I had a little problem with the paint blushing when I laid the first 2 coats down, and I had to wet sand the entire car again to put the next 2 down. (There were light spots, so I knew it would need more paint anyway).
It was better when I put the clear down, but there's still a tiny bit of blushing in the clear, too. That will be gone when I wet sand it (1500 grit) and polish the hell out of it!
Thanks man! I can't wait to see it polished now!
I may drop the engine in before I cut and polish it, though. I only want to do that once.
It looks great!!!!!
schmuck1
Member
Got a 70' myself in rebuilding stage. What style headers are you using?
Thanks
Thanks
Those are FlowTech long tubes. I picked them up off of E-bay for $180. They're identical to the Heddman set that came off the car, so the fit should be good to go.
cowboyup1107
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looks really good!!! keep up the good work.
Thanks!
I'm getting ready to drop the motor in within the next couple of weeks now, so that's another huge step toward getting it running.
butterball
Banned
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Nice work! Love that color!
Nice work! Love that color!
I haven't updated this thread in quite a while! That means I haven't been working on the car much.
I got some stuff done today, though. All 4 marker lights installed, both valances installed and aligned as good as they possibly can be.
No rear valance. Lamps installed:
I got some stuff done today, though. All 4 marker lights installed, both valances installed and aligned as good as they possibly can be.
No rear valance. Lamps installed:
Your car keeps getting better.
Thanks, guys! I'm just happy to be able to work on it a little bit this late in the year. I got the battery box mounted last weekend too. The headlights and tail lights work. I need to get a few bulbs, though.
Couple of the grille in place, and held in with a couple of screws. (Don't mind the POS bumper, it's getting "fixed" soon)
I just need to find a fender extension, and paint it, and the front end will be 100% complete.
I just need to find a fender extension, and paint it, and the front end will be 100% complete.
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