TC in the rough

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TC in the rough

Reply #15 – June 04, 2007, 10:59:05 AM

Quote from: Aerobird Motorsports;151724

Do stripes like THAT ^^^ out of the TC scoops (hood only). That would look awesome and be cheap... :D

I thought about it the first time around, actually. There's a poll thread somewhere around here of a few two tone schemes I was looking at. I'm glad I didn't, though. After seing these cars striped I think it's veeeery cheezy. Stripes are for Mustangs. T-birds rise above all that malarky. :hick:

Thanks Jim. I plan to do something to polish it up a bit, but it can't put paint back where it needs to be, so it'll still need paint in the end.

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Reply #16 – June 04, 2007, 07:49:00 PM

Here's what the interior looks like, and sounds of it running. I know the trottle only blips, but these 2.3's always sound like they're roaring underhood. I thought it was much fiercer than it turned out to be.

And the door could use a grease. :hick:

http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v613/oldraven/Tbird/?action=view¤t=Inside.flv

http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v613/oldraven/Tbird/?action=view¤t=Soundsfromtheoutside.flv

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Reply #17 – June 04, 2007, 08:15:23 PM

Nice. Well I paint cars, and i'll be certified in 18 months lol. That would be an honor. You just gotta move to the states lol.

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Reply #18 – June 04, 2007, 08:31:00 PM

Dude, it could be a lot worse. Overall it's still in pretty good shape. And who here has a car with factory paint that doesn't need re-doing?? Only a few very lucky people.

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Reply #19 – June 04, 2007, 08:37:31 PM

I've always wondered why red cars always lost their gloss so quickly. I always figured it had to do with the paint chemistry. Two years is awfully quick.

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Reply #20 – June 04, 2007, 09:46:55 PM

UV rays seem to attack red things worse than any other colour. It's not just paint - red plastic and fabric fades very bad in the sun too (as any of us with a porno red interior can verify). Even red ink fades faster than other colours - how many of those "I heart something" stickers have you seen where the heart completely faded away?

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Reply #21 – June 04, 2007, 09:50:33 PM

My porno red leather still looks good

The plastic is all though :(

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Reply #22 – June 05, 2007, 07:18:39 AM

That's not factory paint either. I did a sloppy quick job when I needed to put some steel back where rust was, and the clear was chipping badly as well. Long story short, I didn't prep it right and the guy spraying it didn't add any hardner to the mix. These are things I didn't know at the time and really wish I had done more research before wasting $300 on Acrylic Enamel that had no enamel.

There is a really nice high gloss black 4-eye ('83-84 with the old dash) in town for sale right now. Skirt kit, HO and V8 5-spd with guages and halo's. The guy knew what he was doing when he put it together. Anyway, after looking at it with Ange, she's now saying "You know honey, your car would look pretty nice if it had better paint."

Preaching to the choir, my dear. It's funny, because she has never liked my T-bird but once she saw a clean one she started seeing the potential.

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Reply #23 – June 05, 2007, 10:07:42 AM

Funny how that works isn't it??