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#121
02-14-2014, 04:40 PM
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Greg and Steve... the car is really looking great! Love the color!!! By the way, Greg, all the glass showed up this week.
Cheers, Tim
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#122
02-15-2014, 09:24 AM
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#123
03-04-2014, 11:36 PM
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CODE 24 ALERT
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#124
03-04-2014, 11:48 PM
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I have to say, Steve and his team have done an amazing job matching the Adriatic Blue. We kept the original paint unrestored fender extractors for color reference.This picture has the original fender extractor mocked up in the newly painted fender.
And these are the replacement extractors we sprayed for the restoration:
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#125
03-05-2014, 12:22 AM
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Love the color can't wait to see it all done .
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ANDRE  1972 TRANS AM , UNDER RESTORATION http://forums.maxperformanceinc.com/...d.php?t=656067 1972 FIREBIRD FUTUR PROJECT http://forums.maxperformanceinc.com/...d.php?t=674551 1978 TRANS AM (PARTS CAR) MAYBE  1971 LEMANS T37 (PARTED OUT)  1976 TRANS AM (PARTED OUT) 1984 6000LE (SOLD) 2003 SILVERADO 1500 |
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#126
03-05-2014, 01:12 PM
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Awesome color/car!
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#127
03-05-2014, 01:14 PM
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Looks great
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#128
03-05-2014, 06:24 PM
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Greg, that looks fantastic!!!
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#129
03-05-2014, 10:03 PM
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ADRIATIC BLUE
after seeing so much of the car painted, its looking real nice!..I do prefer it over Lucerne blue as it is a lighter blue..it will be really something to see a side by side comparison
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#130
03-05-2014, 10:53 PM
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Looks great.
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#131
03-06-2014, 03:38 AM
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 Looking good!
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#132
03-06-2014, 08:46 AM
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Beautiful!
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Regards, Leigh Pontiacs I’ve owned…. 1960 Laurentian 283 1963 Laurentian 283 1976 Trans Am 400 1977 Trans Am 400 1951 Chieftain Flat head 6 1967 Firebird 400 convertible 1967 Firebird 400 coupe 1979 Trans Am 403 1971 Formula 455 (clone) 1969 Firebird 350 1968 Firebird 428 manual. Sydney, Australia |
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#133
03-07-2014, 12:49 AM
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blue TA
looks great, restorer doing great job... I wish some day my 71 blue TA project will see paint
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#134
03-07-2014, 02:44 AM
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I will 2nd that...
in regards to my car too...
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#135
03-07-2014, 10:32 AM
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You know its funny, when this thread was created I thought this car was badass in the highest degree, but thought to myself "Is there gonna be a noticeable difference in color?"
Well after seeing those pictures, I cant believe how different it looks even with the two colors being so close together. It looks incredible!
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#136
03-07-2014, 12:10 PM
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You have given me the inspiration to take my 72 T/A to the next level. Thanks for sharing.
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#137
03-10-2014, 04:23 AM
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As I see it, it looks very shiny, will it be left as painted or is it going through the whole wet sand/ buff process?
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#138
03-10-2014, 10:23 PM
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Very Nice!!!! Congrats to the expert craftsmen and a word of encouragement to continue along the path of excellence.
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#139
03-11-2014, 07:42 AM
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Very cool!
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#140
03-12-2014, 12:16 AM
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Thanks everyone for these very kind comments. I still get goosebumps like we started the project yesterday knowing this project is tracking as well as it is.
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Steve and I have also been discussing how excited we are to see those black and white stripes on this color! Can hardly wait. Quote:
After deciding not to go lacquer, and given that a bc/cc system shows immediately as modern paint, it didn't take long to decide to optimize the benefit of bc/cc to create the best result possible vs. trying to make the bc/cc look like period paint or stopping short of maximizing the performance of bc/cc. So (this is my personal preference)... a porcelain look became the target; flat as glass, striking color, and avoid having to look through the clear to find the color. To achieve this, sitting on top of two fresh coats of sealer that has been wetsanded, there are multiple color base coats that have been lightly wetsanded, a few mixed color/clear base coats, wetsanded and finally just right amount of Glamour clear coats that have been wetsanded with 800 to open up the paint for full cure. That's how she sits now in the pictures posted. Later, the other half of the work starts with wetsanding through increasing grits, followed by buffing with various products.
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