Gary's 2 442-S

HERE ARE SOME OF MY PICTURES OF THE PAINTING I AM PUTTING ON MY 442. THE COLOR IS BAMBO WHICH IS THE ORGINAL COLOR OF THE CAR. I COULD NOT DECIDE WHat COLOR I WANTED TO PAINT THE CAR SO I JUST DECIDED TO GO WITH THE ORIGINAL COLOR WHICH LOOKS LIKE YELLOW BUT NOT BRIGHT. ALSO I WILL BE PUTTING BLACK VINYL ON THE CAR. THE CUTTING AND BUFFING IS GOING BETTER THAT I THOUGHT.I HAD MINOR ORANGE PEEL BUT I USED 1000, 1200 AND THEN 1500 SAND PAPER AND IT WAS NOT TOO BAD REMOVING. I AM CUTTING THE LEFT SIDE AND SHOULD STARTING CUTTING THE RIGHT ON TOMORROW. I CUT THE PAINT WITH MAGUIARS DIAMOND CUT AND NOW I AM GOING TO HAVE TO POLISH IT, WHICH I WILL ALSO BE USING THE MAGUIARS DUAL ACTION CLEANER/POLISHER.

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gearheads78

Over all looks pretty good. Did you paint yourself or have it done? I'm assuming a sealer coat was used between that set of pictures? It does look a little dry on the rh front 1/4 but should look pretty good once buffed as long as you have enough material to clean it up

I love the color. Will look killer with a black top

cutlassjoe

Looks really good. When you were describing the color in your post I wasn't too sure, but it looks great. Especially with the black vinyl top.

firefrost gold

I have come to really like that color . very classic 70's retro keep up the good work. Any stripe or top going on it?

Gary's 2 442-S

I have done all the work myself so far except on today I had a glass company come out and install the front glass and also the rear which I had successfully removed but cracked the front glass when I tried to get it out. I did use sealer (PPG) which is sprayed the paint(PPG) while the sealer was about 30 minutes old. I think the angel that I took that picture on front 1/4 is showing that shadow like it is. but I find out tomorrow when I cut a buff it.

Gary's 2 442-S

yes I will have black stripes on it as well as the black vinyl top.

ziff396

Looks great! As I did my own body and paint and everything else. I do hope that you have lots of clear on her before color sanding. I went to 2000 grit and whished I had went to 3000 before buffing. Alot less work with the wheel.

gearheads78

Is that a run I see here about 1/3 the way down and 8-9 inches back from the jam? If so very carfully shave it down a little at a time with a razor blade until almost flush. Then finsh the last little bit with paper. Good luck

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71supreme

Yay!another bamboo (actually I think Olds may have called it Sandlewood.) anyway, it's the same color as my 71 supreme, and I love it! Congratulations! I can't wait to see it complete

Gary's 2 442-S

Yes there was a run there from the clear, it was from the last coat I put on it. had no problem sanding out the run. I just used sand paper. I had more that enough clear on it(4 coats) to be able to cut out the orange peel. Here is picture of the right panel after I cut it and got rid of the that run. thanks for pointing it out to me.

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also here is where I started the replacement of the quarter panel and truck

chrisrich

Good job! What a lot of work you're going to but the bamboo color sure looks great.

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Gary's 2 442-S

thanks everyone i will be painting the doors and fenders next and will post when I do

6inarow

Your car looks great. Nice to see you stuck with Bamboo.

gearheads78

looking good

bulldog

Looking good , nice job keep up the great work.

Joffroi

This may be a silly question, but are you just painting your car in a normal garage?

Gary's 2 442-S

Yes I am, not too bad either. Just have a problem with the dust getting on it. But mainly the dust is getting in the clear coat I have been able to sand it out. I had thought about trying to rent a spray booth, but I have been painting in stages.

Gary's 2 442-S

here are some more pictures, got the fenders,hood on and striped the car. I have to do some adjusting on the hood.I plan on cutting and buffing on Tuesday and then put the vinyl top on next weekend.I will post more pictures when I put the vinyl top on which will be black also













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CutlassLegend

Nice job looks great. I like the color bamboo, I think pontiac and chevy used the same color and called it Brittany Beige.

cutlassjoe

Wow...Does that ever look good. Great job. It brings back a lot of pain and memories from when I did my car...Can't wait to see what it looks like when it's done.

Gary's 2 442-S

Here are some more pictures. still got to align the doors correctly, but its coming alone. Not perfect but I am satisfied so for. Also got to put the interior in it. will be another learning experience.

Chumley

Very nice. Some Trumpets on the exhaust would be a nice finishing touch for the rear. The Ralley I's look great also. Fantastic result on your whole project! Chumley

Gary's 2 442-S

I got them just have not welded on yet. Also I got to put the sports mirror on driver side back on. I had to repaint because I chipped it

DENT

Nice looking car, whats the paint code?

Gary's 2 442-S

Code 81 (Bamboo)

oldsguybry

wow that looks great !

Allan R

You've done a really nice job - car looks good. Would look great though if you put the headlight bezels on the right sides...The deep part of the bezel is supposed to be closest to the grill.

Gary's 2 442-S

thanks Allan I did not know that. still learning

Allan R

Just commented because you appear to be doing such a nice job and I know it would be embarrasing at a show.....Just transpose them left/right. They need the alignment slots in the right place.

Just curious about a few things
1. On the rear deck stripes, why didn't you continue the stripes onto the quarter as original?
2. Those missing rear deck moldings on the curved sweep of the deck need to go on before the bottom flat piece. Did you have any problems mounting that trim with all the layers of clear coat? (like having to wetsand it down till the trim fit on ok?)
3. Should be a Rocket Trunk lid emblem over the lock area

I like your choice of original bamboo and vinyl roof with black stripes. You've got the 455/400 it looks like. Was your car a U code on the VIN? That could qualify it as a W30. Your hood lines up flawlessly - so unusual for a fibreglass part. Nice work. Is the hood OEM/come with the car?

How easy was the installation of the deck wing?

It's always nice to see a project that's coming along so well. Please don't mind the questions - they're all part of a resto fascination I go through each time I see one being done...

Gary's 2 442-S

I dont mind the question at all and I dont take offense either. Getting advise has help me tremendously from lots of you guys..This car is not for show. I will be enjoying the car with all of its flaws. I have not finished the car and somethings will be corrected later.I am building this car to drive it on occassion. Dont want a trailer queen. I did stripe the rear but when I removed the tape from the rear the paint pulled off. I guess I did not sand it good enough to adhere, I painted the stripes on after I put on a couple coats of clear. the The hood is from Thornton It was very straight and all I did was sand it and shoot epoxy primer block sand and shot it.. I do have 455/400. I did have a problem with the drip rail moulding and had to sand to get the stainless on. One thing I did learn from doing this project is that if I ever do another car, I will put everying back together and then paint I chipped the paint. on the wing I used the front/rear window sealer rope and I put epoxy primer on the holes drilled I did use the measurements from the from the assemb
ly manual. One thing I did do with the spoiler was that I removed the short studs and replaced them with longer ones I was going to have to cut additional holes underneath to bolt it down and did not want any parts of that

Allan R

A Thornton hood! Wow you're spending some serious $$$ on this car.

Who are you getting your interior from? Lots of guys here are recommending Legendary with the highest of marks.

I was curious about fitting the stainless because I have 4 coats of CC on my car too. But putting on the door edge guards and trunk reveal is super tight and I don't want to damage the paint installing them. I think I'm going to have to wet sand it down (probably start with 2000) until it fits ok. Then I'll have to polish before installing. Going to use new screws c/w the plastic washer.

re: stripes. Did you make your own stencil or get one from someone. They look really good.

tip: to avoid chipping or scratching paint? Tape off the area around where you are working. I use 2 or 3 layers of green painters tape. It's too thin for just one layer, but 2 or 3 prevents scratching or puncture. This is really effective when you're fitting bumpers, doors, fenders. I saw the 'gap' at the top of the drip rail. Looked to me like there was a missing part. How did you deal with that? (1st set of pics while car was in primer)

I thought about drilling a third hole for the base of the spoiler too. The originals had them that way. Glad to hear you used the mastic to seal the bottom fasteners inside the trunk - that's how GM did it too.

I know you're going to have a tremendous amount of fun driving and showing your car. Be sure to post those great pics for when you start doing the interior! You have the A51 Strato seats and console? There are several threads here that some of the guys have started that deal with restoring the dash and interior parts.

Gary's 2 442-S

The stripes came from Stencils And Stripes. Really great guy to deal with. I already have all the interior. I got all from Legendary in Dec 2010 during their sale.except the seats which I used Sems interior paint to change the color, see picture below. If it doesnt hold up I will get new seats but I will have them done in leather,IThe shop I used told me they could duplicate the present pattern with no problem . They also redid my dash.I only used 1500 to sand. I used Meguars Diamond Cur Compound 2.0 and followed that up with their Dual Action Polisher/Clearner and then their Polyseal. i also learned a hard lesson on not to use Harbour Freights sand paper on your clear.Those "missing peice on the drip rail I wasnt sure what sealed it becuase it was that way when I got it,but I did use seam sealer in them.

Allan R

Those seats look amazing. You sure it's not the naugahyde cover? It feels and looks a lot like leather but isn't. I wouldn't worry about the SEMS paint. Once it's into the fabric it stays there for a good long time. This won't likely be a daily driver so I think it will hold up really well. I tried it on my rear seat and am really happy with it.

Gary's 2 442-S

gh5168 - What did you do when you painted yours?? A makeshift booth?? Howd ya keep it a clean job? Could I talk you into posting some pics of your job??


this reply is to HOT 442. I did not use a makeshift paint booth. Before I painted it I wash down the floor the day before I painted it. I wanted to put plastic up and make a booth but it was just not doable with my garage doors. I shot the base coat one day and then the next day I shot the clear. I did get dust in the clear when I shot it but it came out when I cut and buffed it. Sure a paint booth is ideal but people have painted their cars in garages,shed,outside or wherever. Why I painted my car myself was not to save the money but to gain the experience for my next project. I also do see why a really good paint job cost money. It's a lot of labor involved. It also gave me an opportunity to increase my tools because you are most certainly going to need them doing paint and body work. One thing I owuld do different would be to assemble everything and then shot.

Hot 442

Wow.

That is incredible work!

So just for clarification, you got a stripe stencil from S&S and painted them on or are they decals? At what stage did you paint on the stripes if painted?

Did you have the paint mixed for you or just buy it all (reducer, hardener etc) and then mix it when you did it....?

Sorry...last Q - how much dough do you figure you had in just the paint job alone...not including the 1/4's. Im just talking the paint and filler, sandpaper etc?

Gary's 2 442-S

I did get those stripes from S&S and I did paint them on. What I found succesful for me was to clear the whole car the next day, then I waited a day and sanded the area on the car that I was going to put the stripes and then put the stripes on, I did not want to take a chance that the paint would not pull off when I taped it off over the base coat. This worked for me. I know I did not spend more than 2,000 on all the paint,epoxy primer, hardners,sand paper, cut and buff polishes, which I use Meguiars products for that. I would suggest that you dont use Harbour Freights sand paper however, I wasted my money on it. I got my sand paper, and polishes from Smart Shoppers http://www.smartshoppersinc.com/. I would say that good preporation is the key to a quality job. and also having a good paint gun. I was very suprised with the very little orange peel I had so I think the gun I used was the key. I know some people dont want to tackle a big project like I had but I learned a lot as I went and I would do it all over again. i guess we never really know what we can do unless we try. Also I had my local paint shop to mix my paint and that is the original color.