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That is stunning! What a difference the clear coat makes. It's really interesting to see this process through each step.

As for the financial cost/investment - if all of us with "classic" cars only put work into the car if we expected to earn it back from resale, all these great cars would be junk. Hats off to you for pursuing this project because you love the car and you "want" to do it

Jim

wkohler wrote:Stuart, it's looking excellent. I know you must be excited. Congratulations.

-Chris

Dayum Stuart. i'm excited for you. very nice outcome. cant wait to see her back in one piece.

Hopefully one day I'll have a paint thread like this, done properly, these cars are worth it.

A couple more pictures:





They're color sanding and buffing this week and should be done by Friday, and then final assembly will begin.

I ordered a new windshield from the local dealer today; the old one isn't bad but it has one chip and some freckles from road grit, so I figured this is the time to replace it.

Wow!

You are one lucky dude!

This is the level of paint I wanted for my car, not that I could afford to pay someone else to do it, but lost the workspace to do it in.(not saying the actual finished product would be as good, but the process would have been correct and I would have layed the paint) Who cares about the money side of it, you can't take it with you! I bet you are having a blast seeing this project through!

now that's sexxy!!

Cant wait for the day to repaint my ride....

Its going to be nothing short of fantastic and good call on the windshield!

stuartinmn wrote:...but it's my car, I can afford to do it, and I'm happy with how it's coming out.

I hope one day I can be in the same position. It's looking awesome, and I'm totally stoked for you!

Really Nice!

Theres nothing as fun as putting a resprayed car back together, its like becomming a dad for the first time!

Will follow the progress on this one!

Ok its Friday now, PICTURES!!

WOW...just.....WOW...

Its looks like a piece of hard candy thats been licked...

warezdog wrote:Ok its Friday now, PICTURES!!

Is it? No one told me!

You know it's threads like this that have caused me to spend more on my car then I ever thought I would. This is simply fantastic Stewart, and I do envy you. I plan on doing this someday, but it's just not in the cards. Enjoy your freshly painted car, I can't wait to see the finished product!

Eric

wkohler wrote:

warezdog wrote:Ok its Friday now, PICTURES!!

Is it? No one told me!

greenwich meantime silly

Looks like they do good work, Congrats

ElGuappo wrote:WOW...just.....WOW...

Its looks like a piece of hard candy thats been licked...

That's what she said

Here are a couple photos of the final wet sand and buffing process.

wet sanded:



buffed:



This work should be completed this week, and then final assembly begins.

Very nice. Looking at the progress reports gets me really pumped to get the E12 into the process, but I can't do anything with it yet.

Really coming up beautifully, congrats.

Inspiring me to finally do something about my jewish racing gold fail paint..

That is amazing!

I'm filled with envy!Absolutely FANTABULOUS!

"My god...Its full of STARS!"

Beautiful.

Progress update. They got the rear window installed yesterday with a new gasket. I also picked up a new windshield from the dealer yesterday, and will deliver it to the shop Saturday morning. Before the rear glass went in I had them re-dye the rear package tray, while it was easy to access, since it was faded from the sun. They'll be working on the interior today, installing the new carpet, reinstalling the front seats, etc. Two of the doors are buffed out and ready to bolt back onto the car, they're working on the other two and those should be ready soon. They also cleaned up the taillights, and painted the shadowline trim on them since they were also faded from the sun.

Is that stuff sitting directly on that newly painted trunk!?

Looks great btw!

e281985 wrote:Is that stuff sitting directly on that newly painted trunk!?

No, in that picture the trunk lid hasn't been installed - you're seeing stuff piled up inside the trunk.

Ahhhh. Now I clearly see that.

The interior is going back in. Things are still pretty dusty, though.

Looks amazing so far, it's really coming along. How much is all of this running you, if you don't mind me asking?