Hot Rods Still no snow! So lets get a Roadster started.

spent a day and a half wet sanding it..................262 louvers...........

 

Looking good! Reminds me of the Bugatti GP days, there was a time when I knew the difference it total louvers on the Types 35 vs 37. Your finger tips should heal in time to wet sand the color coat. Bob

 

i ended up re priming the out sides of the doors, deck lid and hood. then painted the under/back sides of them and the seat riser. i know i will have to wet sand ALL the louvers again........but i just wasn't happy with the way they came out.

 

Looks good to me!

 

thanks Tom. Greg wants to run this without any interior for a while so i am making all the insides shiny.
in trying to get paint in all the nooks and crannies i have a couple runs inside the body that i will block and buff out.........first time i ever had to do that. he will be able to brag that the inside of his car is better than some guys out side paint.

 

sanded the parts again........i am happy with it this time.
finger tips are smooth.

 

ready!

 

not perfect but looks good.....for a Ford.

 

barely any dust, it should buff out perfectly.

 

I know who to call when I'm ready to spray mine. It's a Chevy so I'm sure you'd do a better job
Nice work!

 

That's way too nice for that friend....

 

You do nice work for a relative!

 

BCCHOPIT- I will remember that when i do some excavating for you at the shop.

 

Ted you're the best.

 

thanks, i look forward to doing it when your ready.

friend?
thanks

hah! thanks

i am not the best, but this is the best paint job i ever did. very little dust, glassed out with out even a sag.............even a blind squirrel finds a nut every now and then.

 

shiny

 

Back in my Bugatti GP painting days I always thought it would make for a great photo with a $100. bill coming out of every louver, the painted flames are so over done. Bob

 

Can't wait to see this assembled

 

you know when the buffing wheel catches the edge of the piece your buffing? and it fires it across the room and knocks over another piece, which falls into the side of the body?.............

 

Ted,can't wait until your ready to start my roadster. HRP

 

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Please disregard previous post,I was day dreaming. HRP

 

I was lured over by cold beer But we did get the trunk mounted tonight. I took a bunch of photos with and without flash but there was so much reflection they all look less than good. I will tell you this sucker looks like glass!

 

thanks for helping Mark!

 

It was my pleasure. After all it's a deuce.

 

That is what they used to say about my Wescott. Bob

 

Without the Fiber!

 

Late reply
Sharp knife or stanley type knife, with water as a lubricant, ( I kid you not ) for fabric belted tyres, only use a grinder to cut the steel belts, once you have cut down to them with above method.
The grinder heats and melts the rubber and blocks the grinding disc.
But then again the sawzall idea may be better if you have one. ( I don't )

 

They say 3rd time is the charm. Well this is the 3rd roadster you have painted for me. And there are 3 threes in your user name? Good Karma!

 

painted in the third month of the year, i used a total of three quarts of urethane black