Introducing my Fuel Coupe-styled Tudor

Looking good.

 

Crap Gary , after all these years How did I miss this? Awesome!

 

Looks great!

 

Very nice Gary, another step completed.

 

Great job Gary !!

 

That silver looks way to good to be rustoleum spray paint! That realy does look great for detailing your parts.

 

Appreciate the compliments, guys.

 

A skim coat of filler on the frame...




...then the sanding, priming, sanding do-loop.




"Guide coat doesn't lie."


Our friend, Roy, did a beautiful jub painting @Dino 64 's coupe.
So we took him my frame...


...and treats for his dog.

 

Gary! It's to nice to be a drag car! Just kidding brother, looks awesome.

 

How much of that frame hung out the back of the truck? It’s look killer. Your
Getting close!

 

So cool, with so many slapped together schlock rods being posted here in recent years it is noiice to see a guy that cares and is doing his best fromt the garage.......and cabana!

 

Thanks! It hung out the back about 3'. We flipped up the tailgate and the frame rested on its top edge.


BTW, the color was decided back in 2006:

 

Can't believe I just found this thread and powered my way through the whole thing. What a bitchin build Gary, thanks for sharing everything. All this time and I didn't know you had this going on. Keep on keepin' on, you're getting closer all the time.

 

One of the very best build threads on the HAMB.

 

Frame's going to come out slick!

 

A proud painter!

Bob & @Dino 64.

 

Bright!
Is that a straight tinter or a mix?

 

Fantastic Gary.

 

Bitchen!

 

Awesome Gary

 

Thanks for the kudos, guys.

It's stock '69 C*m*ro Hugger Orange, code 72. Pontiac used the same code, but called it Carousel Red.

 

WOW!!!.Love it Gary. Perfect color.

 

Holy shit that’s a shocker! That’s got to feel totally different in the garage now

 

Back to the bodywork "sand-prime-sand" do-loop.




I also tapped down a few bare metal highs and spread a thin schmear of epoxy glaze in the remaining lows.







BTW, black guidecoat mixed with sanding dust is like talcum powder; it gets everywhere.

 

It is a sign of intelligence to have longer toes on your right foot than the left. Working barefooted sort of negates that premise, however.

 

A favorite color ever since I first saw The Orange Crate!! Please cover your feet before you paint the color coat, pretty sure the Wife will appreciate That.

 

Zombie feet! Appropriate for the season!

 

Nice progress! That powder guidecoat is the bomb. I discovered that and 20' rolls of PSA blocking sandpaper at the same time.

 

I scuffed and masked the interior and undercarriage....




...and jacked up the body to access the sub- and cross-rail bottoms.


Then I squirted on some TAMCO matte black single-stage urethane.
It's mixed 4:1 plus ~5% reducer and sprayed through a 1.4 mm tip at 28 psi, per the TDS, and (what I thought was) 50% overlap.
Two coats didn't cover the white primer very well.
Maybe gun pressure? Or fluid setting? Or too thin? Or a combination?


Anyway, I snuck out of work early today, re-masked, mixed, and sprayed another coat; this time unreduced, which covered much better.





The satin finish should contrast nicely with the sparkly stuff.

Now for some final sanding then off to Roy for paint!