This is looking awesome! That stripe is such subtle goodness!

Loving the colour and the stripe is just brilliant

Today I got the drivers door blocked and hung in the booth for final primer. Also both front fenders are now in final primer as well. In the next week I will finish up a couple minor spots on the passenger door and get it in final primer as well. Once all are that way I will do a final block sand and then seal, base and clear all four parts. Then it will be time to finish up a couple things on the body itself and get it to final prime too.

These parts should be in color in the next few weeks, then I hope to have the shell painted in September. Things are moving along nicely now.

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And finally one of my favorite small touches. I wonder, when the car is all done, how many people will even notice this and not realize its custom and not OEM??

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I had a couple days to get some more work done. I block sanded the doors and fenders and got them in the booth for sealer, three coats of color and clear. I am very happy with the results. Almost kills me to sand it all down later on for the stripes and then reclear it all.


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With base coat, using PPG Envirobase waterless system.........

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And now for the tiny stuff..........


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I so love that I did this. It just makes me smile. I think it will look a little better once I matt clear the interior section of the doors.



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So with all the parts painted, I am now woking on the body. I finished block sanding it and got it all masked for another round of primer. Now that I see it in all one color, I can see a couple minor things I need to tweak, but all in all I am happy with the results. Hoping to be painting the shell Labor Day weekend, but not really sure I will make that date.

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And while I have had some spare time, I painted the valve covers as well. I like something a little more detailed than just chrome or billet, this has become a bit of a thing for me as you will see in the last picture. I have done something like this on the last few cars I have owned.


Here is the new valve cover sanded and prepped for paint, then sealed grey, then based in the darker accent blue, then masked for the stripe followed by the blue that will be on the body. Once unmasked I cleared them and ran them thru a bake cycle. After that I sanded them all down and recleared them but this time used a matte clear. After another bake cycle I reassembled the billet trim. Looking forward to putting them on the engine soon.

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Now in final primer I was able to put the wheels on and roll her out in the sun for a little bit of a natural bake cycle to aid in fully curing the primer. This coming weekend I will start the final sanding and prep for paint. Spraying the body over Labor Day weekend.


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Awesome work and attention to detail, love the FORD script in the door shell. It looks like you switched hood's or did I miss something? Keep up the killer work !!

Thanks!

I am staying with the already painted CF hood. I picked up the new steel Grabber hood to see how close it would fit. Actually a real nice piece, just would take too much to gap as tight as I would expect, and already have with the other hood.

Your painting skills have blown our minds, sir. That sparkle blue is incredible!