Blue My Mind, 1972 Ford Maverick

[HotRod47]

Glenn,

The paint looks Amazing!

I'm interested in your paint stands, that the fenders and doors are on while priming and painting. Bought or built? Modified from something else?
Could you post some pictures of them sometime with the aluminum foil removed?

Thank you
Steve

I am away for a few days but will be glad to get info for you when I get back from my trip. They are not modified or home made. Store bought.

[wfo guy]

Looking good!

[RMMiller]

Beautiful, can't wait to see it together! Are you going to leave the logo in the door body color or will you pin stripe the Ford script?

[HotRod47]

So with all the parts painted, I am now woking on the body. I finished block sanding it and got it all masked for another round of primer. Now that I see it in all one color, I can see a couple minor things I need to tweak, but all in all I am happy with the results. Hoping to be painting the shell Labor Day weekend, but not really sure I will make that date.





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Beautiful, can't wait to see it together! Are you going to leave the logo in the door body color or will you pin stripe the Ford script?

Going to leave it body color, but the inside area of the door is going to be recleared in a matte finish. I want that logo to be subtle.

[HotRod47]

And while I have had some spare time, I painted the valve covers as well. I like something a little more detailed than just chrome or billet, this has become a bit of a thing for me as you will see in the last picture. I have done something like this on the last few cars I have owned.


Here is the new valve cover sanded and prepped for paint, then sealed grey, then based in the darker accent blue, then masked for the stripe followed by the blue that will be on the body. Once unmasked I cleared them and ran them thru a bake cycle. After that I sanded them all down and recleared them but this time used a matte clear. After another bake cycle I reassembled the billet trim. Looking forward to putting them on the engine soon.

[HotRod47]

Now in final primer I was able to put the wheels on and roll her out in the sun for a little bit of a natural bake cycle to aid in fully curing the primer. This coming weekend I will start the final sanding and prep for paint. Spraying the body over Labor Day weekend.

[Dave B]

You need to paint the trunk hinge

[HotRod47]

You need to paint the trunk hinge

But why, you don't like the look??

Are they removable? Would really like to take it off and paint them correctly.

[Motown 454]

I can't wait to see it all painted. Nice work.

[wfo guy]

I hope the weather is agreeable to your schedule.

[HotRod47]

Ok, so it has been a very eventful week for me and my project!!

On Monday morning I loaded it up into a friends trailer and brought it to the booth. It took me 7 hours to fully mask it off. Lots of work for a car that the engine compartment and underside are already painted. Even in a down draft booth I wanted to keep the overspray at a minimum.

Here is it about to go in the trailer.....





And now in the booth on jack stands all masked up. A small fortune was spent on masking tape and plastic sheeting. Thank you 3M for the generous donation of products!!





With sealer played down......




In basecoat.....

As a reminder I am using PPG Envirobase HP waterbase system. Again, huge thanks to PPG for the donation of products.



And clear.......






One of the very few selfies I will ever take!!

[HotRod47]

Funny how much darker the color looks in the booth for some reason. It really is a much brighter color than it shows here.

In any case, at this point I bagged the car and prepared it to spray the filler panel above the package tray. Grey sealer, black base and then matte clear.












after that dried I unmasked it, put the wheels back on and dropped it off of the jack stands. It was raining here today so didn't get it outside. Tomorrow is supposed to be nice, so I am bringing the truck and trailer to bring it home. Pics of it outside will come later this weekend.

Love, love, love this color.......

[Tincup]

Beautiful color, and great job spraying. You sure know your way around a spray gun, I'm guessing this is not your first rodeo.

[68EFIvert]

That is a beautiful color. Nice job!

[wfo guy]

Looks great. I hope assembly goes well.

[Motown 454]

It looks like glass! Beautiful color. That detail you did from the rain gutter down behind the window looks great. I liked it in primer now I love it with color.

[Fahrenschnell]

Absolutely Stunning. That color is Perfect. Great Work

[HotRod47]

And the sun shined down and let the pearls sparkle.....................


So thrilling to see it out in the sun and be able to stand back and soak it all in. An amazing feeling after all these years in the garage.

[HotRod47]

Beautiful color, and great job spraying. You sure know your way around a spray gun, I'm guessing this is not your first rodeo.

Definitely not my first time at the dance.

That is a beautiful color. Nice job!

Looks great. I hope assembly goes well.

Absolutely Stunning. That color is Perfect. Great Work

Thank you guys for the comments and for following along on my journey!

[bryant]

Ive been following this build for what seems like for ever!!! first on the maverick board and now mostly here. The level of detail is very inspiring for my builds.