[wagonmaster]

Jason, thanks again for bringing all your hard work and dedication to the forums for all of us to be inspired. I cannot wait to see it done.
Will make someone proud to own it. I know there is no way in gods green earth I would be able to afford it. But I have my memories of mine.

Tim

[JasonD]

Originally Posted by wagonmaster

Jason, thanks again for bringing all your hard work and dedication to the forums for all of us to be inspired. I cannot wait to see it done.
Will make someone proud to own it. I know there is no way in gods green earth I would be able to afford it. But I have my memories of mine.

Tim

Thanks Tim.....no problem at all. I enjoy sharing my work with everybody.

[JasonD]

All the urethane filler primer on the body has been completely wet-blocked out to perfection and she's as smooth as glass.

The next step is to paint the bottom of the body in the correct black primer with white overspray, and to paint the cowl and firewall with a very low-gloss blackout paint. Then she goes back on the frame again.

[Sport71]

Beautiful work, Jason! Did you do the alternator yourself or did you send it out? If so, who did you use?

[JasonD]

Originally Posted by Sport71

Beautiful work, Jason! Did you do the alternator yourself or did you send it out? If so, who did you use?

Thanks......I rebuilt the alternator myself. They are pretty easy to rebuild.

[JasonD]

The body was moved into the paint booth last night and the entire outside of the shell was coated in white sealer. This is just to protect the blocked primer finish and help get a little film build on the car before the actual painting takes place. This sealer coat will be wet sanded with 600 grit just before final painting.

As for the actual Polar White paint......we will be using DuPont ChromaOne acrylic urethane on this car. It's a single stage paint that is very tough and that polishes out nicely......yet still retains that original "look" of vintage paint without going mega-glossy like clearcoat finishes sometimes do.

The bottom of the car was sprayed with DuPont Black acrylic enamel in a 50% gloss to replicate the factory primer, and then oversprayed with Polar White while painting inside the wheelwells, and under the rockers and rear bumper area to replicate the factory look exactly.

The firewall and cowl area was then sprayed with black acrylic enamel in a 30% gloss to replicate the factory black-out paint sprayed up in there.

The rear wheelwells will be undercoated with the factory spray pattern used under there......which means some of the white paint in there will be showing near the bottom of the inner wheelhouse.

The body plugs will be installed using tan seam sealer, which must show a little bit through the bottom of the holes.