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#241
02-09-2012, 04:14 PM
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From Gumby green to AWESOME!!! Gotta love pearls!
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#242
02-15-2012, 05:51 AM
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Hung around this afternoon...heres some more panels, fresh off the gun. I hope they'll be fitting the doors up tomorrow.....
    Love this colour.....the camera just doesn't do it justice. Its incredibly "green"...deep jade metallic, sliding to a mint pearl depending on the viewing angle and the light. In some lights, it looks almost black. 
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Regards, Leigh Pontiacs I’ve owned…. 1960 Laurentian 283 1963 Laurentian 283 1976 Trans Am 400 1977 Trans Am 400 1951 Chieftain Flat head 6 1967 Firebird 400 convertible 1967 Firebird 400 coupe 1979 Trans Am 403 1971 Formula 455 (clone) 1969 Firebird 350 1968 Firebird 428 manual. Sydney, Australia |
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#243
02-16-2012, 02:08 AM
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Had to run somemore parts down there today...that I thought they already had...man, theres pieces of this car all over the place. :lol:
Its coming together -  
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Regards, Leigh Pontiacs I’ve owned…. 1960 Laurentian 283 1963 Laurentian 283 1976 Trans Am 400 1977 Trans Am 400 1951 Chieftain Flat head 6 1967 Firebird 400 convertible 1967 Firebird 400 coupe 1979 Trans Am 403 1971 Formula 455 (clone) 1969 Firebird 350 1968 Firebird 428 manual. Sydney, Australia |
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#244
02-16-2012, 08:55 AM
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Man that color looks amazing!
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#245
02-25-2012, 06:24 PM
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congratulations
Very good, good job...
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#246
03-12-2012, 02:24 AM
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Well, some more visual progress......more panels are painted, they'll be going on tomorrow.
   Be nice to see it all in one piece and colour!
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Regards, Leigh Pontiacs I’ve owned…. 1960 Laurentian 283 1963 Laurentian 283 1976 Trans Am 400 1977 Trans Am 400 1951 Chieftain Flat head 6 1967 Firebird 400 convertible 1967 Firebird 400 coupe 1979 Trans Am 403 1971 Formula 455 (clone) 1969 Firebird 350 1968 Firebird 428 manual. Sydney, Australia |
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#247
03-12-2012, 04:56 AM
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Nice green Leigh,thanks for the tread.
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#248
03-13-2012, 01:20 PM
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You are extraordinarily patient!
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#249
03-13-2012, 08:01 PM
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WOW, making the most of the summer!! Looks HOT!
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#250
03-14-2012, 02:31 AM
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Thanks guys.
At last it's starting to look like a car again....  
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Regards, Leigh Pontiacs I’ve owned…. 1960 Laurentian 283 1963 Laurentian 283 1976 Trans Am 400 1977 Trans Am 400 1951 Chieftain Flat head 6 1967 Firebird 400 convertible 1967 Firebird 400 coupe 1979 Trans Am 403 1971 Formula 455 (clone) 1969 Firebird 350 1968 Firebird 428 manual. Sydney, Australia |
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#251
03-14-2012, 03:03 AM
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wet sanding the clear... That baby is gonna SHINE!!!!
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"The Future Belongs to those who are STILL Willing to get their Hands Dirty" .. my Grandfather |
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#252
03-23-2012, 03:37 AM
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Finishing up the nose....these endura noses are not the easiest thing to get to line up everywhere, especially after 40 years of use.
Heres the body shop owner, Alan - who's been doing most of the work on my car, shaping the Lord Fusor filler on one end of the nose.  The hood is in hi-fill now, waiting to be blocked and base coated.   There was a broken vent rib here that was poorly repaired previously....can't tell it now, though. 
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Regards, Leigh Pontiacs I’ve owned…. 1960 Laurentian 283 1963 Laurentian 283 1976 Trans Am 400 1977 Trans Am 400 1951 Chieftain Flat head 6 1967 Firebird 400 convertible 1967 Firebird 400 coupe 1979 Trans Am 403 1971 Formula 455 (clone) 1969 Firebird 350 1968 Firebird 428 manual. Sydney, Australia |
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#253
03-24-2012, 12:01 AM
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Hood is now in the base coat.
There'll be a couple of solid days on prepping and painting the car next week.   
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Regards, Leigh Pontiacs I’ve owned…. 1960 Laurentian 283 1963 Laurentian 283 1976 Trans Am 400 1977 Trans Am 400 1951 Chieftain Flat head 6 1967 Firebird 400 convertible 1967 Firebird 400 coupe 1979 Trans Am 403 1971 Formula 455 (clone) 1969 Firebird 350 1968 Firebird 428 manual. Sydney, Australia |
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#254
03-24-2012, 02:41 PM
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Looking really good, can't wait to see it all together.
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#255
03-24-2012, 06:50 PM
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That green is POPPIN.....
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#256
03-25-2012, 04:49 AM
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You should see it in the sun....the pics do not do the metallic in the paint justice at all.
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Regards, Leigh Pontiacs I’ve owned…. 1960 Laurentian 283 1963 Laurentian 283 1976 Trans Am 400 1977 Trans Am 400 1951 Chieftain Flat head 6 1967 Firebird 400 convertible 1967 Firebird 400 coupe 1979 Trans Am 403 1971 Formula 455 (clone) 1969 Firebird 350 1968 Firebird 428 manual. Sydney, Australia |
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#257
03-25-2012, 01:18 PM
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That door shot shows the metallic, looks nice.
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#258
03-26-2012, 02:57 AM
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Car was out for it's final clean this afternoon, they cleaned out the interior, trunk etc and pressure washed the exterior (without flooding it, luckily, lol). They want to remove as much dust as possible before it goes in to the booth in the morning.
  Bodyshop owner decided he wanted to use the best, hardest clear on the car.....seems its pretty expensive stuff, but its used for high end cars like Mercedes etc. Ceramiclear - apparently, you only get 24-36 hours to remove any little imperfections and buff it up as it gets really hard and becomes tough to work.  Heres the trunk lid finished in colour and the ceramiclear.  
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Regards, Leigh Pontiacs I’ve owned…. 1960 Laurentian 283 1963 Laurentian 283 1976 Trans Am 400 1977 Trans Am 400 1951 Chieftain Flat head 6 1967 Firebird 400 convertible 1967 Firebird 400 coupe 1979 Trans Am 403 1971 Formula 455 (clone) 1969 Firebird 350 1968 Firebird 428 manual. Sydney, Australia |
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#259
03-26-2012, 08:22 AM
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Looking great Leigh!
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Some guys they just give up living And start dying little by little, piece by piece, Some guys come home from work and wash up, And go racin' in the street. Bruce Springsteen - Racing In The Street - 1978 |
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#260
03-27-2012, 02:56 AM
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Thanks
Turned up to the panel shop this afternoon...look what they were doing in the booth....  Heres some pics, this is straight off the gun, the clear hasn't even flowed out and settled yet....     Pretty straight, I'm happy....   This one shows how the colour changes with the angle of the lighting, at times the car looks almost black. 
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Regards, Leigh Pontiacs I’ve owned…. 1960 Laurentian 283 1963 Laurentian 283 1976 Trans Am 400 1977 Trans Am 400 1951 Chieftain Flat head 6 1967 Firebird 400 convertible 1967 Firebird 400 coupe 1979 Trans Am 403 1971 Formula 455 (clone) 1969 Firebird 350 1968 Firebird 428 manual. Sydney, Australia |
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