Saving a 32 Ford Body

Thank You!

 

Hello

It's been quite a while since I posted . Time to bring everyone up to speed on some of the things happening to the coupe.

Lets' rewind back to last September, when I made a run at painting the car.

Here is a shot as the base coat flashed. Everything was going well until I began laying on the clear.

At that point I had a major spray gun failure and had to abort .

 

here's what the clear looked like. The gun was aerosolizing the paint internally due to a broken part, the pattern was not controllable and i had no back up when this happened.

The result was a need to prepare the car all over again .

 

View attachment 3535639 View attachment 3535639 View attachment 3535639 Before moving to far forward I decided to make a few changes while the paint was not finalized. One was adding a semi-roll cage for the car. this was to address the seat belt mounting location and given strength to the body.

 

Nice to see you back posting, one of the best HAMB saves. Bob

 

Are you going to run shoulder belts? Was thinking of doing something similar in my A coupe

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Thanks Bob-The37kid

Yes , 31Apickup. I am running shoulder belts , it will be a vertical post behind the quarter window. not sure i have a picture

 

The entire car was wet sanded with 500. A few issues were uncovered and fixed during the process

 

Here are pictures from approximately a month ago. First to get color were the interior pieces and the under side of the deck lid.

 

Here's the steering column. painted and then complete.

 

What you have done with this car is nothing short of remarkable.

Excellent workmanship and style.

Carry on...

 

Next we masked off the car and painted the inner trunk area . This was April 26th

 

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Time for some paint. Base coat , Washington Blue
April 27th

 

.Paint is by the master! Jason Garfoot!

 

Thank you for posting those pics, gives me some motivation!

 

That's a beautiful color and seeing this confirms my prior decision to paint my RPU Washington blue

 

Thanks! Glad it has been an inspiration.

The paint has been shear frustration on my end

I let the car sit for 6 months after the issue with the first paint job.

It's nice finally seeing this thing come together.

 

Absolute automotive art.
So beautiful! RC you must be so relieved to finally see your vision realized into such a beautiful car!

 

Yes I am. What was fun to begin with, became stressful with the issues I was having. Some self induced others not of my doing.

Almost hate to admit it but I stopped on this thing 3 times in the past 3 years. These were pauses of 6 month or more .

Since the end of March , I've been working every night and weekend now. An appointment with Doug's Auto Trim for the interior created a deadline for me that I had to adhere too! More on that as I continue to post updates


Thanks Mike

 

Very nice
Washington Blue and Wimbledon White for the firewall. My exact recipe for my 26 RPU.
If I had a 32 5 window it would be the same.
I already have my wheels powder coated in the Wimbledon White and my Excelsiors are mounted.

 

awesome!

 

Mike, it's beautiful.

 

I am partial to Washington Blue as well and the Wimbledon white wheels and firewall just make the blue pop!

 

Looking more like a car !

 

Looks more like a bad ass hot rod, instead of just a car.

 

Thanks Greg!