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PAINTED! Time for Interior Dress Up

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OMG! IT’S PAINTED !

And it looks fantastic. I’m really happy the way the color turned out, and I’m happy it’s not as light as some of the pictures I saw online. My cousin did a fantastic job. He also said that it’s the reason why he used the gray primer the second time around to be sure it wasn’t too light. It really does look freaking awesome, and sparkly.

I can see myself driving it in no time! Uhhh….wait, I’ve got a lot to do now. All the stuff in boxes needs to get back into the car, but some pieces are quite ready yet.

Since, I’ve found out that cleaning and painting takes so long, I took the whole weekend to make sure all trim pieces that needs to be painted, did.

Used vinyl paint to paint the dash pad and package tray. But before that, spent hours taping up the chrome pieces of the headlight grill and taillights. This was so I could paint them black and the chrome will really POP! I will say this was not a fun activity of cleaning taping, painting, waiting, painting waiting.

I will say, when in doubt buy extra paint. It’s no fun running out to the store multiple times during your productive day.

It's Prime(r) Time, Baby!

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It’s a sunny 60 degrees today. Low humidity, low wind, perfect for PRIME TIME!

My cousin was able to make some final touches to the body this week and put on the first couple coats of epoxy primer. Kind of looks good white, eh? But not good enough for me to rethink my color choice. With the primer on it makes it feel like the car is done.

Still have a long way to go though. The primer allowed him to see some dings in the body and also where the grinding wheel was used with a little too much pressure. It will need to be touched up a bit. But overall, looking good. Hoping the 2k primer layer will help to level a lot of it out. We’ll see next week.

Today I worked on priming the headers. I couldn’t decide if I want the headers to be black or aluminum in color. So, I ended up painting the vacuum canister (for the hideaway headlights) aluminum to test out if I like it, since no one will really see that. It is shiny and bright. I like it, but still not sure if the headers will be that color. My cousin brought up a good point that if they are black, it will hide spills, oils and such much better. We will see.

My package tray ( the rear interior piece that holds the speakers ) backing was all rotted. It was suggested online to just buy some 1/8” Masonite board and trace the existing vinyl, rather than buying a new one. The vinyl is in good shape so went with that method. Will need to clean up the vinyl and maybe re-paint it, before gluing it to the new package tray. Again, we’ll see.

All in all a very exciting day. The primer really makes it look like it’s ready to be driven!

But not.

Oh, and if you have been worrying about my missing taillight, you can sleep easy now. It’s been found!