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Yes Belmont green is a factory color for 57. This is a little more turquoise and very bright. In the sun it really pops out at you.
Its not factory colors. I just pocked colors I liked but still fit the 50s look.
Made a little more process. Stuffs slowed down a bit. Pregnant wife , family car died all that stuff to deal with. Got all the major painting done...
The body is painted and 4 coats of clear on. Once its cut and buffed its gonna be sweet [IMG] [IMG]
Yes but at the same time soon I have to start worrying about chrome and I know chrome is very expensive ! But yeah its looking like a car again.
My wife is fine with me doing it but she has no interest in cars herself. Since I am a mechanic working on cars for a living kinda takes all the...
I did some of the body and paint. I have a friend that's a paint and body guy that helping out. I've done body and paint some before but I don't...
Looking good ! [IMG] [IMG]
Finished all the body work. Got it all apart and its paint time ! Here's a sneak peak 1st coat going on. [IMG] [IMG]
Anyone have any opinions / experience with speedway wiring harnesses ? [IMG]
I have the manual. I haven't used it too much but it's good to have for things like torque specs
No. I replaced everything with the suspension. Really I'm replacing or rebuilding pretty much every part on the car.
Yes I know about the calipers. I didn't leave it on just wanted to test fit it and just grabbed closest one. Haven't posed in a while still...
Yeah I'll be cleaning out the shop and wetting the floor first too.
Since I'll be painting soon and don't want water messing up my expensive ass paint I built a manifold / water trap with some copper pipes. I know...
I bought the factory service manual.
The clear coat wasn't cheap either so I sure hope so Got DuPont chromabase paint PPG 2002 clear
colors are very close to this pic . Interior will be as close to the same colors as I can get . won't be 57 Buick original interior but will be...
I'm doing a two tone. I actually just bought all the paint and bodywork supplies. Holy shit paint is expensive ! I did buy high end paint but damn...
It is my first time doing a full restoration on a classic car but I am a ASE certified master tech so I do work on cars for a living. Most of this...
I got the mounts and a lot of other parts from oldbuickparts.com also kanter.com and fusick.com have a lot of stuff.
there's a 2 inch square 1/2 inch thick rubber mount that goes between the body and frame and a 2 inch diameter 1/2 in thick circle rubber pad that...
I'm normally the same way but I actually like 4 doors on this particular car and its a win win for me since I have kids. I have had people asking...
These went on easy. In that picture they are pretty much just slapped on there with no real time spent aligning them or anything. For basically...
Got the doors and fenders in primer. I'm really getting tired of sanding ! Got the doors and the fenders on. Everything is going together pretty...
Got the body all down to bare metal and got a coat of primer on it. Didn't want to leave it bare metal too long. Didn't mask off the inside cause...
The only reason I wasn't sure if that bar was supposed to be straight or not was cause the one in this car had that bend in it when I got it and...
Holy shit boys the body is back on. Sprayed the underside with raptor bed liner and got it set back on. The rear end needs to come left a bit I...
Got the torque ball all rebuilt and the trans and motor in. The trans mount I got from CARS was a real piece of precision engineering lol. Wasn't...
These pics are from Google cause I'm not at home. Mine is basically like this except the flywheel I guess you' call it that the starter engages...
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