Hey Bryan- Thanks for the kind words. We all say stuff that we don't really mean. Very often I have typed something here, and completely rewritten it.
I have actually turned a lot of wrenches on Pontiacs. Now granted, I was the king of disassembly, and not reassembly, but with strong air, I could tear a running GTO down to a body and frame in about 16 hours.
As we speak, I am doing little upgrades on my driver '64 convertible, but it is nothing all encompassing like this project, though it may be in a few years.
Last night I went to the shop to deliver the new vent window frames (chromed pot metal portion only), that I had gotten. I heard the fit was excellent, and the chrome on them was very nice. Previously we had gotten other sets replated out of the country, but for $210 retail, these beat going to Brazil significantly.
I didn't notice my car sitting anywhere, so I headed over to the paint booth. Sure enough it was in there getting painted. I watched through the peep window for about what seemed like a half hour, but was probably only 10 minutes.
I was amazed that the distance between the paint nozzle and the body never seemed to vary very much.
The paint was applied in horizontal strokes, then vertical strokes, then diagonally one direction, then diagonally in the other direction over each panel before moving to the next panel. I didn't know too much about this, but when I asked about it later, it was explained that the horizontal motion laid the paint down, then the other applications were more of a dust coat.
This is apparently important in metallics to get the metallic to lay down evenly.
I also noted that the gun was equipped with a liner in the cup, I was told that not only does this make for easy clean up, but also it allows the gun to spray in any position including upside down without sucking air. There is more to this setup than I am explaining, but that is all I remember
It was all very interesting, but somewhat tedious, as this just the third coat out of a possilbe 5, not counting the clear coat.
I couldn't take any pictures very well from outside the booth, so there isn't much to show right now.
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