after 3 or 4 yrs of beatin the piss out of this old girl i figured its time to spruce it up with a nice shiney black paint job...as i progress ill put new pics up,im hopin to have it done in about a months sparetime.. when its done i will wear my goldchain with my head held high,and i probly wont aknowledge you punks anymore
save yourself the hassle, just quit where it's at and sell it to me. love the exhaust through the bumper thing, too! slick. tred.
Just saw your car in a magazine last night, but don't remember which. Got three new mags yesterday, so it was either in Streetscene, Street Rodder, or Fine Homebuilding.
Nothing wrong with shiny paint. Love to see progress photos. I'm really looking forward to seeing it painted.
shiny paint is for wussies im gettin my car into shiny paint once more after sitting for a year in half n half anyone got any blue rattle can??
has to be my fav chop on a merc ive ever seen. the chop reminds me of "fonzies" merc. im digging the shiney stuff! i dont think u could screw that car up no mater what kinda paint it has..(except pink )
This is gonna look fantastic when you're done, can't wait for more progress pics. I hope you're keeping the scallops!
Dave, While your doing all the body work anyways, put some lincoln quads in her, shes beggin for them.. Kirt says dont be afraid of the metalflake on her eithier.. Cant wait to see it done..maybe i can come down sometime and help you on a wednsday night or something... Nate
That POS isn't beatup until it's been run through a few Michigan winters Dave.Just pack it up and send it out here and I'll do it up right fer ya! BTW Jerry Bennett(the guy who built my 57 Safari)called last night and wanted his car back(yeah right).He's living over in back of Sonny Pasternak's shop in Hamilton now.I told him to go harass Sonny for awhile.Jerry had a pig valve installed in his ticker so he's housebound for awhile. Maybe if my wife gets hungry enough for a Hilltop steak or a couple of lobsters,we'll sneak out for a couple days.TTYL Ray
Hope you're going to re-do the speedlines just like ya had them - they just look SO right. Also one of my favorite Merc chops.
[ QUOTE ] Hope you're going to re-do the speedlines just like ya had them - they just look SO right. [/ QUOTE ] Dave, I have to agree with cleatus on that one!! ..i was just talking to a friend today about the body work etc that go's into these things when you want em to shine.. I said i doubt i'll do another one shiny!LOL At least not for a while..my 53 beat my ass up. I CAN'T WAIT to see that merc in shiny black!!! Badass dude! You think you'll let me park my lowly little chevy next to that PIMPED OUT Merc when it's done?? Tony.
Dave, Didn't you just tell me 2 days ago it was going to be one panel at a time so it didn't turn into a big f'in project???? I see how that works, thats one big panel my friend!! And what were we sayin about patience? It's lookin good as usual!
Your car has one of my favorite chops.... Shiny black Mercs look like this when finished. My buddie Brad at the HAMB Drags last year. The pic does not do it justice. -Abone.
thanks everyone for the compliments....the scallops are going back on the same way same colors. coz im to lazy to repaint the half harley to match..kieth.. i am painting it 1 panel at a time i mean it this time..its chopped 6 front aprox 8 back..the quarter panels are gonna take the most time there pretty f,d up..its gonna be a few long nites with diet bud and an air file...dave
hey cleatus is that your car in this months feb.. street rodder pg 169?? were both big shots this month
ok i said it would be done in a bout a month...but i forgot to take into consideration how fat, and lazy i am, and how much work this tank really needs so heres a few updates
last nite we also worked on leadsled53's (fred) bike welded on a hardtail conversion bodyworked it started mocking it back up..dont worry even though we got a lot acomplished with this and the merc we still made a LOT of empties
The Jalopy Journal
