Doug's '68 Dart

[Douglas Acebal]

Haven’t made much progress in the last five months. Really needed some motivation. Ran into a young Mopar aficionado (and his dad) at the tire shop with his Duster (or maybe a Demon, didn’t get a close look) and the smile on his face when we talked cars gave me some inspiration. I’ll try to put a foot in my rear end and make some progress this summer. I told him he could find my progress here so I wanted to bump my thread to the front for him.

 

[Douglas Acebal]

Wiring up the inside....

 

[Douglas Acebal]

Car is finally getting its paint. It will be Hellfire Red with the factory tail stripes ghosted in similar to this Cobra. Can’t wait!

 

[Douglas Acebal]

Coming along. So stoked!

 

[Douglas Acebal]

Ready for second block.

 

[Douglas Acebal]

Time to throw down some paint!


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[Douglas Acebal]

Dash is done (again). Makes my work look sloppy.

 

[hcallaway]

Very slick.

 

[autoxcuda]

Looks great.

I actually liked it dull without the gloss. That's just me.

 

[mygasser]

Looks great.

I actually liked it dull without the gloss. That's just me.

agreed, once the sun's shone in your eyes from a reflective dash panel you may wish you'd stuck with a satin/matt finish.
neil.

 

[Douglas Acebal]

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[mygasser]

that's a beautiful colour
neil.

 

[Douglas Acebal]

A few more days….

 

[hcallaway]

Like waiting for Santa!!

 

[Douglas Acebal]

 

[mygasser]

that looks gorgeous

 

[Douglas Acebal]

that looks gorgeous

Thank you! So happy. 3 days rest, sand and polish.

 

[hcallaway]

Beautiful!!!! Love the stripe!!!!

 

[mygasser]

i've always flatted and polished the day after paint. that was on the advice of a long time painter freind of mine. he said 'modern' 2k hardens over time (like concrete, lol) so it's best to get it flatted as soon as it's 'set'. if not it gets harder and harder to sand. he said can you see professional body shops waiting days before flatting and polishing? they'd go bust with cars just sat in their shops like that.
neil.

 

[turbodart68]

Beautiful!

 

[Douglas Acebal]

Progress…. Wiring her up….