Project Evolution *** Project Complete **** Wednesday July 9, 2014

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Project Evolution * Project Complete ** Wednesday July 9, 2014

Reply #150 – April 18, 2008, 06:54:02 PM

i know it's not much, but all i can say is wow...

Project Evolution * Project Complete ** Wednesday July 9, 2014

Reply #151 – April 18, 2008, 07:54:53 PM

Looks like that cat is going to be S-O-L-I-D.

I'd be interested in what the final weight ends up being.

What are your plans for paint?

Project Evolution * Project Complete ** Wednesday July 9, 2014

Reply #152 – April 18, 2008, 08:04:16 PM

Quote from: t3skidoo;214665

Looks like that cat is going to be S-O-L-I-D.

I'd be interested in what the final weight ends up being.

What are your plans for paint?

Color? or product

Project Evolution * Project Complete ** Wednesday July 9, 2014

Reply #153 – April 18, 2008, 08:48:00 PM

Both, but more about 'when'. Are you going to paint as you progress, or is it getting done all at once?

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Reply #154 – April 18, 2008, 09:12:26 PM

I think I'm going Black or a dark charcoal for color.
Probably base/clear. Although a good single stage with wet look hardener has a warmer feel to the paint. mine still shines like its wet.
I'm going to paint the entire car at once. but I'll probably paint all the jambs first while I have the car apart.
I'm going to strip the entire thing also. there's to much paint on the car now to do a repaint .
I'll epoxy prime it first (mainly so it doesn't rust while I'm finishing the work on it), do any filling or dent repair.
Hi-build prime it, then long block it until there's no waves left, before I paint it. then cut the color and buff.
It should have a perfectly smooth mirror finish like my last car did

Project Evolution * Project Complete ** Wednesday July 9, 2014

Reply #155 – April 18, 2008, 11:34:28 PM

check out the charcoal gray in the 86 cougars. Those are just plain shagy. I like you work. And you have those hard drive magnets everywhere!

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Reply #156 – April 19, 2008, 07:29:13 AM

Quote from: Haystack;214705

check out the charcoal gray in the 86 cougars. Those are just plain shagy. I like you work. And you have those hard drive magnets everywhere!

Thanks,
I'm going to check the stock colors first. But I don't think It's going to be one.

Yes, there's hard drive magnets everywhere. I also have to keep them on the edge of the door, otherwise I have to try to pry them off with a screwdriver when I need one. there's about 12 -15 floating around the car somewhere. I'm sure I'll lose at least 1 in the car before I'm finished. LOL

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Reply #157 – April 19, 2008, 01:28:36 PM

Quote from: daminc;214738

Thanks,
I'm going to check the stock colors first. But I don't think It's going to be one.

The 06(I think) fusions had a really really nice charcol color. If i could decide on a two tone i would use that with black.

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Reply #158 – April 19, 2008, 01:43:03 PM

I'm thinking metallic charcoal thats almost black

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Reply #159 – April 19, 2008, 05:51:06 PM

Here's todays fun filled hour

I cut the quarter away to see how much rust was in the wheelwell

some inside shots

After finding rust on the outer wells (like I didn't see that coming)
I just cut them off. Its easier to put another one on, then to try to fix it.

I finished separating the new panel and cut it down to a more user friendly size, just keeping it a few inches bigger then the size I'll need.
Here's a dry run with the panel on top of mine. I'll need to remove the bumper and cut away some more to make it fit correctly.
It's hard to explain what will be cut, so i'll have to take some shots as I'm doing that next time

So that was my hour of fun today.
I hope you had fun checking out the pics.
Anything is better then fixing floors.
If anybody needs these parts to repair a damaged back end, let me know. I'll be putting them in storage for someone that needs them

Thats all my friends, until tomorrow

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Reply #160 – April 20, 2008, 02:31:23 PM

You are doing an absolute amazing job! I try to check this thread at least once a day to see how it's coming along. When this car is finished, I really want to see it in person one day. :)

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Reply #161 – April 20, 2008, 03:29:22 PM

http://imageserver.carsoup.com/3FAHP/3FAHP071X7R174185-3.jpg?xt=51660

THis is the color i was talking about. It looks amazing in the sun.

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Reply #162 – April 20, 2008, 04:10:09 PM

Quote from: DerikWayne;214898

You are doing an absolute amazing job! I try to check this thread at least once a day to see how it's coming along. When this car is finished, I really want to see it in person one day. :)

Thanks, I'll let everyone see it when its finished. Probably Catjam Next year.

cougar86_89 ......I think that is the color that I've seen and liked. I didn't know what car I saw it on though, thanks

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Reply #163 – April 20, 2008, 04:29:53 PM

Todays 2 hour project consisted of removing the rear lights and bumper cover.

Then I moved on to, cutting down the new panel for my car

Which was followed by tpuppies the panel s off my car for a better test run.
There was a lot of measuring and remeasuring before I cut any of the panels this afternoon

Heres another test of the panel on the car.
got some of the rocker pieces screwed on for the moment.
the quarter needs to raise up in the back about an inch.
I still need to cut some more to fit it. but its looking good and tight

This is the part that needs to be cut out to raise the panel up

Here's a couple shots from inside the car

Thats todays job

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Reply #164 – April 20, 2008, 04:45:22 PM

Jerry if you use that black paint scheme plus the red interior it'll be the same color combo as ours too.