Projects 26 T Roadster Pick Up build Thread

That looks REALLY good. It's fun when a project car gets to this stage.
And I wouldn't worry about a few dust nibs... I can't even see 'em from here!

 

Well I rolled it out of the booth this morning and found some major flaws that were way too blatant and would not be addressed with color sanding and buffing.
No way I was happy with that
So.... out came the sanding blocks and I removed the defects (smoothed and leveled) and scuffed down the whole thing.
After some careful cleaning of the booth and the body (and me ) it was shoot another coat, wait 5 minutes and then another coat.
The major flaws are gone and she is looking fine
Pictures to follow later
Larry

 

Is it later, yet?

 

Soon Fred , Patience still painting the headlights and tailights and doing prep work to paint the bed

 

Well here you go Fred (and everyone else)

The glamour shots all unmasked and basking in the warm sun

Larry.

 

Headlights and tailights finally done with a nice coat of shiny Washington blue and no runs

And sitting in the sun to bake

 

WOW

 

That color scheme is brilliant! Awesome!

 

Thanks Fred. I'm pretty happy with it.
The white wheels and gas tank in the bed should set it off nicely.
Not to mention the chrome

 

That is really looking nice. Great colors and great work from the start.

 

DAM !!! That looks great.

 

Came out beautifully! That is one of my favorite color combinations.

 

That's a "blue one". Looks great!

 

Nice work! Must feel good to have that painting behind you.

 

Thanks Tim, I have to paint the pickup bed and the transmission, then it's assembly time The goal is to drive it next summer.

 

Thanks, It does feel great.
Especially since it is turning out well (remember I'm a welder fabricator, not really a painter)
But learning has been fun.
I still have the little pickup bed and the transmission to paint so almost there

 

Welder fabricator painter perfectionist ..........

 

That looks great!

 

That's beautiful. Good job there. Bob......................

 

So what's the re assembly schedule look like?

 

The whole winter will probably be the plan

 

Hey, get this thing together so you can get on with sewing up the interior! No time to be slacking off now!

 

Spraying more paint

Also decided that the engine will get a coat along with the transmission.

 

Nice job man.

 

Gotta be happy with your results. Looks great!

 

Well it's painted.
I ended up with a couple of runs because of a problem with trying to get coverage in a couple of spots.
I'm not concerned as it's an easy fix to sand them smooth and shoot a bit more paint over it.
Easy fix I'll take care of this week.

Since both of my engine stands are still doing duty holding my frame and since I don't have room to take it off the rotisserie yet I went and bought another one to use painting my engine and transmission.
I'm getting closer
Larry

 

Yea.....BABY!

 

The bed is done and the primer is drying on the transmission waiting for a coat of color.

 

Man, this is going to be spectacular!