Bodywork Progress on the '67

[Motown 454]

James your progress looks great ,I can't wait to see more. Sweet ride

[streetrod77]

I don't have the actual capacity here in front of me right now; I have a number in my head but I am pretty sure if I write it down it will be wrong.

I am using the "short" CV Products (or Tilton - they are the same) reservoirs. I also have the mounting bar and -4AN fitting/housing. The reservoir actually screws into the housing with the -4AN male machined as part of it. I believe that they will also tread directly into some of the MC's but I don't know exactly which ones (although I can say positively not the Tilton 77 series).

I was thinking about getting "tall" ones but someone told me that the "short" would be fine for my setup. I did not know they screw into some MC, I need to look for that. Thanks for the info.

[James OLC]

One last piece of business that we wanted to get to before paint was running the AC lines in the engine compartment. We tucked the Vintage Air bulkhead high under the passenger fender and although it was ideal for hiding the lines there, it really made getting them hooked up more of an exercise as a contortionist than a builder. Suprisingly they cooperated from the start and we were able to get all of the hoses run with a fraction of the cussing that I used during the original mock up.

We'll clean the hoses up a bit after paint but I think we were able to run them with minimal clutter.

[James OLC]

Well, it's been two and half years since we started on the '67 and we are finally in the paint booth this weekend. Yesterday was dedicated to the last of the clean up after it's final wet sanding:

[James OLC]

and we got the car masked for paint... unfortunately, as is usually the case, my camera battery died after the first couple of pieces:



It's masked now and Chris just wanted to spend a bit more time on the hood (the carbon fiber has proven a challenge to get ready for paint) and give the trunk lid one final pass before starting the paint. Of course today is the hottest day of the year so he was thinking about starting a little later in the day to make the process a bit more bearable.

[XLexusTech]

Good luck.. Looks A+ cant wait for the next Pics to post!

[BossaNova]

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I'm amazed how much room you have b/t those pulleys and your fans.
I should be so lucky.

[James OLC]

A couple of final pictures of the car fully masked and ready for paint:

[James OLC]

Chris started painting this morning after a final day of masking and prepping yesterday. The day started off with 5 coats of base applied with all of the body parts in their proper location to minimize variations in the metallic and ensure consistency over the entire car.

[James OLC]

With the base coats done the car was partially blown apart again, with the hood, trunk, header, and valance coming off and four coats of clear being laid down over the course of the afternoon.











We’ll give the paint a day and then the wet sanding and buffing will begin. With five passes of wet sanding and three rounds of polishing there is another 40 hours of work before we start reassembly.

[formula98]

Great progress!

[Martin71RS]

wow, nice!!

[Mr.VENGEANCE]

geeze that care is gonna be nice..

[Bow Tie 67]

I can almost smell the new paint. This stage always gets me stoked.

[Young Gun]

I cant wait to see this thing done...it is going to be insane

[trapin]

James that looks incredible. I like the shade of red you went with.

You know what's wierd is....how did the painter manage to not get any overspray onto the paper covering the trunk?

[James OLC]

Thanks everybody. Chris has done an increadible job on the body and out did himself on the paint yesterday. His attention to detail is awesome and I think that it will show in the final product.

James that looks incredible. I like the shade of red you went with.

You know what's wierd is....how did the painter manage to not get any overspray onto the paper covering the trunk?

He had painted the jams previously and had the trunk lid in place when he laid the color down.

[Bow Tie 67]

I believe they sprayed it with the lid on, after cutting in the jams. Then removed it to clear the car.

EDIT: Oops, I guess I guessed right LOL look at the times of the posts. I just type slower.

[oestek]

How did you guys work in the clear on the door jambs?

[XLexusTech]

How did you guys work in the clear on the door jambs?

maybe they edged and cleard the jams and edges prior to laying on the rest of the color