Blue My Mind, 1972 Ford Maverick

[Jimbo1367]

Glen,
I love this build. Perfect color choice IMHO. What color is it called? So glad I stumbled upon this thread.. Great job !!!

[WSSix]

Coming along nicely. I'm glad you've decided to do some changes to the front colors. I think it will look better the way your planning to do it. Good luck!

[Boss 5.0]

Originally Posted by WSSix

Coming along nicely. I'm glad you've decided to do some changes to the front colors. I think it will look better the way your planning to do it. Good luck!

I'm not quite sure what you mean by this statement? As of now the colors have not changed on the car in a long time, the only real change from the rendering way back when is the stripe layout. I decided against the Boss stripe as it started to get too common on not only Mavericks but new Mustangs and F150's. Ford has been using it quite a bit lately and the design lost its uniqueness to me.


Thanks to all that are following and for the positive comments. Believe it when I tell you they all help when you are pushing through. The car heads back to the booth this Friday and will masked and have the stripes sprayed Monday if all goes well. Then pulled apart and all parts cleared separately.

[Centerforce]

With the paint looking as good as it did before, we can only imagine how good it's going to look with the stripes and more clear!

[Boss 5.0]

Partially sanded down and outside waiting for the flatbed trip to the shop.






Fresh 3M Dirt Trap on the floor and new filters in the floor.......






And after another 10 hours of final sanding and prep the car is back in the booth and on jack stands. On Monday after the holiday I will spend the day masking and getting it ready for stripe layout. Then on to final clear!!!

Gonna be a big week. Stay tuned................

[Boss 5.0]

I spent Monday in the booth masking away. 8 rolls of 2" green 3M tape and an untold amount of paper and sheeting and 8.5 hours this is the result........



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[Boss 5.0]

This morning I arrived at the booth at 6:45am and starting laying color. I had a couple small spots I touched up and needed to spot them in, then did one full even coat on everything. After that it was time to lay out the stripes. All this took until around 4pm. At that point I called it quits and went home to spend some time with the family. Back at it again first thing to start laying the clear down when I am fresh and rested.






reinstalled the valance to use as a guide in lining up the stripes.....








Also bolted the dash back in to line up the hood/cowl stripes.......

[Boss 5.0]

Carried the stripe onto the cowl under the hood.....

[Boss 5.0]

So today was another long day at the shop. Got the shell, doors and hood all cleared. After a bake I was able to get the wheels and tires back on and get it out of the booth to clear the fenders and trunk lid. Those are baking as I type this.

If you believe the weather men, we might be having a storm coming. So I am not sure how much will happen tomorrow. I will get the truck and trailer Friday and bring the car home.

[Boss 5.0]

And here are the fenders and trunk lid...........