Upper bag brackets welded in. And the air suspension is fully functioning! Posted using the Full Custom H.A.M.B. App!
The car is set in final primer, going up to the booth to get her black dress Posted using the Full Custom H.A.M.B. App!
First .... really great job you are doing ! Second...nice to see a young Lad picking up on this awesome hobby Third....good job Pops in getting him interested. Keep is in pics and info..
Pulled the engine apart today, didnt exactly like what we found. We're gonna have it hot tanked, bored over because of ring wear on the sleeves and put a bigger cam in it Posted using the Full Custom H.A.M.B. App!
Got the car back from paint, still has to be cut and buffed but she shines with her black dress! Posted using the Full Custom H.A.M.B. App!
that's beautiful. i always thought edsels were kind of funky. reminds me of a time back in the 60s when you almost had to give an edsel away, believe it or not. the guy that owned the local service station (where my friends and i hung out and learned a few things about working on cars) bought a really cherry '58 2-door hardtop edsel for $85. it only needed a water pump. he fixed that and added a dual exhaust with walker continental glasspacks, and it really sounded sweet! but local cops were down on "noisy" pipes, so he cut the mufflers off rather than risk a $15 ticket.
Great work! I love Edsels, and I also love metal flake and lacing....can't wait to see this one all finished, looks like its coming along very nicely!!
Love the flake and lace great work look forward to seeing this one done Posted using the Full Custom H.A.M.B. App!
What kind of flake did u use and what color of red did u use over top it if u don't mind me asking ... we flaked my 59 Chrysler but I don't like it ...we did red flake over a red base ... but this was a first time and we didn't know what we were doing Posted using the Full Custom H.A.M.B. App!
The kind of flake i cant remember, but its a real heavy boat flake. First a silver base goes on, then the flake was shot with clear. Then the lace goes over, and a candy smoke was sprayed. After that it was all covered in candy red Posted using the Full Custom H.A.M.B. App!
Awesome thanks for the info it will be a big help and your car is gonna be killer I always loved edsels keep up the good work Posted using the Full Custom H.A.M.B. App!
This roof was painted by a very talented friend of ours one of the best in my opinion......Joe Miller.... This is how it was done: Silver base two coats roth monster flake shot in inercoat clear four coats two coats clear wet sanded two more coats of clear wet sanded taped off panels streched the lace (tight) two light coats of black one coat of black with smoke candy hard line and fade shot with black two coats of clear wet sanded 5 coats of candy shot in clear base two coats of diamond clear in total time worked you are looking at about 30+ hours in the roof alone. Very special thanks to Joe for lending his talents to this kids project.
Thanks for the info. A ton of work im sure, but the results look amazing! What grit did you wet sand with between coats?
hello Greg The clear was all wet sanded with 800 paper final wet sand with be starter with 1200 then on to 2000 before it is buffed. We are going to let it all sit for about a month before it is final cut and buffed two allow for any die back which is to be expected with this much material..... it should look about a mile deep after that.......thank you im glad you like it Gary
I'm usually not too into the lace but that looks fantastic. Very cool edsel Posted using the Full Custom H.A.M.B. App!
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