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Three rattle cans it is then....lol
I expect after thinking on it, it would probably take a special tip to spray it anyway.
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Greg Reid Palmetto, Georgia |
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Actually you'll need nine cans total.
Three cans of trunk paint + six cans of beer to celebrate after your done |
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If using rattle cans be sure to put a black base down first, then 2cans will be more than enough ,should have leftover.Some can do it this way w/1 can,it took about 1 1/4 on mine.Don't forget the clear coat to seal it.
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6869GTO, I had thought about that. Good to hear that's an option.
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Greg Reid Palmetto, Georgia |
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Paint the trunk flat black, then SPATTER the "Spatter paint" over the black. I can do a trunk with LESS than one can of "Spatter Paint". We don't use it anymore, but it looks fine. Don't forget to clear it with satin. Your job looks great Greg! I'm a little late to this party but I'll add a few things... -For the extra 100 dollars I would have replaced that tail panel, it's easier than using the original. I noticed the mounds of filler that are probably filling rust holes under the rear "eyebrows" of your quarters... -You mentioned how difficult it was separating the rear seat pan and the seat backing pan from the front of the trunk floor where it is sandwiched in place... Definately late with this little time saver, when that seam is not rusted out, we cut off the front edge that is sandwiched and install our new trunk floor underneath. It is maybe an 1/8th low but has no effect on anything aligning propperly. it is totally undetectable when the job is done. It also keeps the cars structural intergity more sound throughout the entire project. We drill 3/8" holes every 1 1/2" and plug weld from the bottom. Those welds are easily accessible to grind and the top still is 100% factory.
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Paul FAST Automotive -The Pontiac restoration shop, not the fuel injection guys! I had the name first. My site... needs updated- www.fastrestorations.com 68 GTO's (RA II, RA I, HO, convert, Pro Street, Racecar, etc.), 2 69 GTO Judges, 70 GTO racecar -10.77 @ 124mph, 68 Tempest survivor, 3 03 Aztecs! |
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It doesn't on a 69! The 68 panel is different at the rear, that is what was reproduced. On a 69 the entire rear section must be reused. I wish the parts companies would correct this issue in thier books, I get calls all the time from guys that removed and scrapped thier entire factory trunk, only to find out they needed to reuse a large portion of it.
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Paul FAST Automotive -The Pontiac restoration shop, not the fuel injection guys! I had the name first. My site... needs updated- www.fastrestorations.com 68 GTO's (RA II, RA I, HO, convert, Pro Street, Racecar, etc.), 2 69 GTO Judges, 70 GTO racecar -10.77 @ 124mph, 68 Tempest survivor, 3 03 Aztecs! |
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There is a little confusion going on here early. There is a REPAIR panel that is referred to as a "One Peice trunk floor". It is 34" front to back and 56" wide. The problem is the trunk floor is actually 61"! They leave 2 1/2" off of each side that need fabbed or reused. The way I count, that makes 3 pieces! If you have a large hole to patch in the center of your trunk, this panel would be good for you. having been doing these cars for a long time I can honestly say we have never found these panels to be usefull. I have two leaning in the corner. Folks like to throw them in rotted out trunks to hide the mess and make the trunk semi-usable.
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Paul FAST Automotive -The Pontiac restoration shop, not the fuel injection guys! I had the name first. My site... needs updated- www.fastrestorations.com 68 GTO's (RA II, RA I, HO, convert, Pro Street, Racecar, etc.), 2 69 GTO Judges, 70 GTO racecar -10.77 @ 124mph, 68 Tempest survivor, 3 03 Aztecs! |
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You're right about the tail panel. I should have changed it... although it's not real bad, just not as good as I'd like. As for the filler under the eyebrows...funny you should mention it. I just ground it out on the driver's side night before last. Had never noticed it before!. Metal is not terrible under there but I'll patch it before I get to paint. One can of splatter it is. Already got the black paint.
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Greg Reid Palmetto, Georgia |
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There are two three piece repop trunk pans available for these cars. The ones you used are from Classic Reproductions in Greenville OH. They are patterned after the 70-72 trunk pans that have a different hump on the shelf. They are identified by the bare metal, uncut drain holes and lack of definaition since the dies have been in use since the eighties. Still a good piece and we use them often. The other three piece, made in asia, is easily identified by the black ecoat. They are patterned after a 68-69 trunk. I must note that the hump changed around April 69 and the late cars used the 70 style hump.
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Paul FAST Automotive -The Pontiac restoration shop, not the fuel injection guys! I had the name first. My site... needs updated- www.fastrestorations.com 68 GTO's (RA II, RA I, HO, convert, Pro Street, Racecar, etc.), 2 69 GTO Judges, 70 GTO racecar -10.77 @ 124mph, 68 Tempest survivor, 3 03 Aztecs! |
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-J
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"If you can’t fly then run, if you can’t run then walk, if you can’t walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward." |
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FINISHED!
Finally finished everything. Still have it up in the air until I get my Pypes system installed which is in process right now. I'm really pleased with it.
The photos don't do it justice. Not as grey as it appears in the photos and the 'speckle' is not as heavy as it appears. It's more apparent that it's black with aqua 'splatter' when viewed in person. I used two cans of flat black and one can of spatter per Paul's advice. I threw the gas tank pics in because I really didn't consider it complete until I'd done the tank.
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That looks amazing Greg!
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Nice job Greg. Glad you followed Paul's advice and didn't go with the 3 cans of spatter.Trunk needs to look black.The tank looks great too! Those the stainless straps?
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NICE Greg!
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That looks really good, nice work.
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Nice work Greg.
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Thanks guys. This car is never gonna be a show car. I just want it to be a solid driver with no GLARING problems.
The tank straps are the cheap galvanized but I misted them with a little argent paint. Just gotta finish my exhaust system and I can get back to working on getting it painted.
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Greg Reid Palmetto, Georgia |
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Greg you still getting it painted in hogansville?
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Looks great! Nice work.
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Ken '68 GTO - 464 - Ram Air II heads - 236/242 roller - 9.5” TSP converter - Moser 3.55 Truetrac (build thread | walk around) '95 Comp T/A #6 M6 - bone stock (pics) |
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Maybe not, but the trunk damn sure is.
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