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I have all my grandfathers body tools, everything but the Sioux Lead gun. He showed me how to solder with it but it disappeared when he passed. I think only he, Dad and I knew what it was so someone probably canned it...Grrrr still mad about that!

My pops likes that Sata sprayer too.

I haven't a clue how to do it. But the old dudes that do,to me, seem to be real cool cats. The type of guys that when they talk, I'll shut up and listen because I'm going to laugh or learn something.

Very nice Dave. I know you love that kind of work, but I think me sees an extra helping of love in that one.

I'd like to see some video when you give it back to him. I'm sure it will be a fond memory fir your entire family.

Good man Charlie Brown.

The "good man" in this story is my step dad.

He's a former Marine (the reason I joined too), I look up to him a lot. His work ethic is second to nobody. He's a quad bypass heart surgery survivor (one year ago yesterday) and he's helped me out a LOT in this business effort.

When I get this body and frame ready to receive the fresh 327/powerglide, he will be coming up to put the engine/trans back in the car with us and perform the start up/break in process for the fresh engine. I'm going to put the doors back on the car but leave the front clip off until after the engine is in the car.

Very cool Dave.

You don't seem married to any one paint system which I think is neat. Seems like some guys say "I only squirt DuPont" or "Chose any color you want - so long as it's in the House of Kolor catalog".

Is that laziness or would you prefer to be at a point where you can be that selective on paint/systems?

Beautiful.


Do you have the ripped metal stickers ready?

Hi Andrew.

There definitely is an advantage to sticking with one system. I am currently on the hunt but I won't be able to put together a single brand recipe from my base metal up through my clear coat. The nature of my goals with these jobs along with the nature of my "canvas", requires extensive surface leveling efforts.

Most of the industry leading brands today are built around collision repair on late model cars. the only thing these lines really offer me are base colors and maybe sealers.

I need different primers and surfacing products and I need better clear coat than most lines offer.

That being said, I can still come up with a mixed system that I can settle into and become familiar with. That's what I'm currently trying to do.

I think I've found an epoxy that I like, I have narrowed my spray poly down to about 3 that I like out of many that are offered. 2K urethane primers, same thing. I have narrowed down to a handful that I like. As far as base coat I have used many and I know where my minimum price point is at for quality, I'm fine with my local offerings which are the axalta line, in which I prefer to stay at or above the chroma level. Sometimes Axalta (formerly dupont) won't have a mix recipe for a color I want so I have to go to an alternate brand like I did in this case. A friend of mine runs a local body shop that does insurance type jobs. He's got a very nice mix system with the Metalux brand, which I have used before and I like just fine.

For my clear I am trying to settle in on a high quality high solids. I may have found that product in this SPI universal clear. By the end of this job I will have a better idea if I want to continue to use their product or not.

There is a good chance I will stick with them, they sell more to custom shops that do high end jobs. Lots of cars at pebble beach have SPI clear on them.

We will need to rev up the time machine so we can go back to the 90's for some ripped metal stickers, lol.

Don't forget the bullet hole stickers around the gas filler cover.

Tell your dad I found a guy in Italy that is selling the Sata Jet 5000 guns for what equates to about $400 US (should be closer to $800)

I will tell him. Thanks.

Did "Ultra Hot" decals make it up that way.?

Barbed wire would be sweet.

Stick on vents are where it's at. That's what the Mexicans put on their ford trucks around here. Lol

Wet sanding the clear now, really love this clear for blocking.

Of course the fact that the new gun helped me lay it slick reduced the amount of blocking needed too.

Man, this is going to be the slickest, straightest of all 65-66 full sized chev bodies. Its ridiculous.

I figured it would be with you doing the work Dave.

BTW, in my painting days Binks squirt guns we the hot schizz with a brand I do not remember "dripless" cup on em.

For sure T, I learned how to spray with the trusty old binks model 7. Arguably still today the worlds most popular spray gun.

And yes, I had the dripless cup too.

Lots of siphon rigs through the years.

my 2 current "high end" hot rods:

Jap on the left, German on the right.






It makes me sick to think of the 2 nice hand guns I could have with what these two set ups cost.

I hear ya Dave on the hand guns. IIRC my Binks #7's cost me like $65.00 each and the dripless cups were about $25.00, heady stuff in the $250.00 full paint job days!

Dave;
Good afternoon to you sir, I trust this finds you and yours well on this first Saturday in February.

Thanks once again for taking the time to shoot some photos of your projects and share them with us. I don't always comment - though I really should Dave - but I always thoroughly enjoy them.

I can't recall if I've ever mentioned this, but when I was 16 I bought a 1965 Impala SS rag top for parts. It was in pretty rough shape considering it was only 11 years old then, but anyway I pulled the Powerglide and the 283 out of it and sold it to a good friend who restored it and put it back on the road for a bit.

Once upon a time I worked with an older millwright who claimed the 1965 Impala had some front end issues that caused them to ditch unexpectedly and it was fixed in the 1966 models?

I don't know if that's so, but my buddy did report the one I sold him had some odd tendencies that way so he didn't drive it much.

Anyway sir, the current project brought back all those memories from almost 40 years ago now Dave - so thanks much for that too.

All the best to you and yours this February Dave.

Dwayne