lancemb Posted March 23, 2020 Share Posted March 23, 2020 Those are some mighty fine fenders sitting up on that parts car! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sebastienbuick Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 The other car is to restore too ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smartin Posted March 24, 2020 Author Share Posted March 24, 2020 Yes, it is next in line. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sebastienbuick Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 2 hours ago, Smartin said: Yes, it is next in line. Great ! , I can't wait to see the start of the restoration ! What is the model? a Buick Skylark ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smartin Posted March 24, 2020 Author Share Posted March 24, 2020 It’s a 72 GS Stage1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sebastienbuick Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 On 3/24/2020 at 5:27 PM, Smartin said: It’s a 72 GS Stage1 Woww awesome ! , I can't wait to see its restoration ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smartin Posted April 5, 2020 Author Share Posted April 5, 2020 Fenders and hood are in 2K primer...color is near! Possibly this weekend. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smartin Posted April 8, 2020 Author Share Posted April 8, 2020 First burst of color! 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lancemb Posted April 8, 2020 Share Posted April 8, 2020 That is an awesome color! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Harwood Posted April 8, 2020 Share Posted April 8, 2020 Adam, I can't believe how far you've come in so little time. I'm really excited to see this car finished--great car, great colors. I really admire your work. Nice job! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sebastienbuick Posted April 8, 2020 Share Posted April 8, 2020 Very beautiful color , is it the original shade ?The Buick will be very beautiful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smartin Posted April 8, 2020 Author Share Posted April 8, 2020 It is supposed to be. The doors still have original paint on them inside the jambs, so I will confirm. But it looks very close. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sebastienbuick Posted April 8, 2020 Share Posted April 8, 2020 54 minutes ago, Smartin said: It is supposed to be. The doors still have original paint on them inside the jambs, so I will confirm. But it looks very close. Okay , this color is superb ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smartin Posted April 9, 2020 Author Share Posted April 9, 2020 It is very pretty! I final sanded the passenger fender today, only to find a large low area running along the middle length of the fender. Compared it with the other fender...definitely a low spot. So, I worked it out, but I now have to start over with body work on this fender. Bummer, since I was shooting to have paint done this weekend. This will put me behind (hopefully) about a week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lancemb Posted April 9, 2020 Share Posted April 9, 2020 3 hours ago, Smartin said: It is very pretty! I final sanded the passenger fender today, only to find a large low area running along the middle length of the fender. Compared it with the other fender...definitely a low spot. So, I worked it out, but I now have to start over with body work on this fender. Bummer, since I was shooting to have paint done this weekend. This will put me behind (hopefully) about a week. Bummer, but better now than post-color! When Big Blue was color matched with base coat against original it looked perfect. It looks brighter in direct light because of metallic glistening under clear coat. When it's not in direct light though, you can still tell the match is great. I suspect this car will be similar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smartin Posted April 17, 2020 Author Share Posted April 17, 2020 I fixed the fender...got them both hung on the rotisserie ends in the position that they will hang on the car. Hoping for paint on Saturday evening into Sunday morning! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smartin Posted April 19, 2020 Author Share Posted April 19, 2020 When I painted the underside of the trunk lid, it seemed like it was a touch too green. I didn't pursue the issue until I could get it into some good light. Well, it was. So some adjustments were made at the supply store (thank god they were open yesterday) and we have what I can safely say is as close as I could get to the original color. There was some original paint left on the top inside of the doors, but it wasn't true to the color because it was somewhat thin. So, here we are. I shot the base late yesterday, and got up early this morning and hosed a bunch of clear on it. It's nice and sunny today, so that made for some good photo opportunities. 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dei Posted April 19, 2020 Share Posted April 19, 2020 Beautiful Adam! Wish I could have you do my Limited... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sebastienbuick Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 Beautiful ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smartin Posted April 22, 2020 Author Share Posted April 22, 2020 Now starts all the little fun stuff... 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnD1956 Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 Good luck with all that! Looks like it was a mouse nest at one time? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smartin Posted April 22, 2020 Author Share Posted April 22, 2020 That might be an understatement 😬 These parts are all from the parts car I bought last November in KS. It had a complete dashboard and AC system that this car needed badly. Pretty sure it was a complete mouse community before I got it. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnD1956 Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 That explains it. Leave anything around for 30 days untouched and those little buggers will make a stab at moving in. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smartin Posted April 25, 2020 Author Share Posted April 25, 2020 Inner and outer AC boxes, and all associated doodads are cleaned up and installed. Still need to buy some flex duct to connect the boxes. The firewall insulation was a pain in the arse to get the pins through the firewall. Seemed like that took more time than anything else. All pedal assemblies are installed. I started to get some wiring in. Threaded the power window harnesses through the doors and roughly hung the dash harness. Mounted the fuse block and left everything else hanging for now...until I can get the instrument cluster back from my spray chrome guy. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lancemb Posted April 25, 2020 Share Posted April 25, 2020 Damn that's gorgeous! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmTee Posted April 26, 2020 Share Posted April 26, 2020 13 hours ago, Smartin said: from my spray chrome guy Hey, what's that??? I have some interior plastic pieces (e.g. arm rest bases) on my GP that need to be 'rechromed'. I was thinking about trying some 'chrome' spray paint as a temporary measure... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ted "Wildcat65" Nagel Posted April 26, 2020 Share Posted April 26, 2020 (edited) 36 minutes ago, EmTee said: Hey, what's that??? I have some interior plastic pieces (e.g. arm rest bases) on my GP that need to be 'rechromed'. I was thinking about trying some 'chrome' spray paint as a temporary measure... A little topic deviation - I found this place recomended by some Ford guys for plastic chrome resto- https://www.vacuumorna-metal.com/content/restoration I'm going to try them on some 65 Skylark armrests. I tried some Duplicolor chrome paint an was disappointed but not surprised-kinda dull looking. Man that Tealmist color is FINE. Would look good on a 68 Wildcat Edited April 26, 2020 by Ted "Wildcat65" Nagel ad info (see edit history) 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smartin Posted April 26, 2020 Author Share Posted April 26, 2020 It's called Spectra Chrome...Jay Leno featured it a few years ago on one of his short videos. A local guy that I know bought into it and offers it now. He wanted me to partner up as his painter but I don't have time for it. This is going to be a bit of a guinea pig project for both of us. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smartin Posted April 28, 2020 Author Share Posted April 28, 2020 I started installing door guts yesterday. I forget how much crap is bolted to these doors, until I have to remove ,clean, paint, grease, from the old door to the new door. The original glass to the car was really worn and scratched up. I ended up ordering a set of side glass from Auto City Classic. I had already ordered a windshield from Summit (Pilkington date coded). The side glass will be here in a couple weeks. Not sure on the windshield. Here's a really exciting picture of what appears to be no progress, but it represents about 6 hours of fiddling with parts and bolts. Thank god for Todd's fastener kit! 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smartin Posted May 1, 2020 Author Share Posted May 1, 2020 It's the little things sometimes... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smartin Posted May 2, 2020 Author Share Posted May 2, 2020 I assembled all of the hardware onto the new glass today. I got a hardware kit from Todd, which includes a good portion of new parts, but some I had to reuse from the old glass. I'm really glad we got new glass for this car. The old stuff was so scratched up and worn out...would've been a bummer to install it on such a nice car. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smartin Posted May 10, 2020 Author Share Posted May 10, 2020 More small victories. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smartin Posted May 18, 2020 Author Share Posted May 18, 2020 I have been busy with installing all the door guts, and rear window guts. Wiring harnesses, cleaning and painting other small parts. Time to take a break from that and start cutting and buffing this thing. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sebastienbuick Posted May 19, 2020 Share Posted May 19, 2020 great work ! , well done 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smartin Posted May 25, 2020 Author Share Posted May 25, 2020 1000 grit finished early this morning. Buzzed through the 2000 round, and then 3000 DA. Before I quit for the day, I ran the buffer over the RH door to get some motivation. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmTee Posted May 26, 2020 Share Posted May 26, 2020 Wow - that's crazy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smartin Posted May 30, 2020 Author Share Posted May 30, 2020 Buffing is complete. I couldn't resist throwing some bling on it.. 10 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buick5563 Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 Dayum!!! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roadmaster75 Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 Another stellar endeavor, Adam! Home run, my Friend! Mike 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sebastienbuick Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 Beautiful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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