Decided to just stop... and let it just stop here..

so here is my new focus just thought Id share..

Now guess what it is..

This is Day ONE 10/09/10

 

Need help with color...
1. Grabber Orange


2. Grabber Red


3. Grabber Blue


4. Yellow


5. Metallic Blue


6. Grabber Green


7.White


8. Chameleon?


9. Candy Red Wine?





i think i got the names right..

 

67-69 mustang fastback coupe

?? is it a gt350 or gt500

 

nice! i dont know what car that is but looks like a nice project.
may i ask what kind of sand paper your using? 180 grit ? b/c my E30's paint job
is so faded i think im just going to sand the whole body down and ghetto paint it for now haha until i get a real paint job.

 

+1... it's for sure that

 

Looks like a 70's Boss 302 fastback body.

 

It's a Honda Civic for sure, maybe the SI model

 

this guy knows his stuff ... except not Boss... different Heart Transplant in there

 

we used a DA Sander first to get it down to the primer and get rid of the bondo.. then filled it in with the mig welder and grinded then sanded it down after some primer..

used 200 grit... then 400... now 400 water sanding..

 

Gonna be sick! Wish I had time (and dedication) to do this stuff. Post final pics, however long it takes.

 

will do man.. thanx

 

do a matte black with 2 gloss red strips going down the middle.

 

ohh nice project!
whos painting it?

 

Vivek... idk yet might send it out to SD... muscle car dude out there thats good friends with my uncle wants to do it... so idk.. and this isnt like the G so... no to 3k+ paint jobs.. hahaha

 

Man, I -just- jumped into a classic Mustang as well...

1966 fastback, 4 speed, 302, signal flare red...

It's the same as grabber, basically.





From what I've learned about classic paint schemes... it all depends on what direction you want to take the car:

1. Trailer Queen, basically one you don't drive, and only take to shows or plan to make $$$ off of. If you go this route, a full resto paint job will cost $10,000+ if done properly (metalwork, trim, etc) It's also smart to paint the car it's original color, it helps with $$$ value of the car.

2. Driver: ~$3000 paint job, do what you want with color, only get the worst things out of the metal, etc.

I'm going route 2. I've had mine for just a month and already spent $1500 having the rusted floor pans, rusted cowl, and cracked shock towers replaced

Be very careful when working on your car, there are big differences between a "body shop" and a "restoration shop"... and also big price differences.

Lmk what you do/how you do it, I've yet to decide what I'm doing with my car