Looks Great Joe!!

Do you already have your 4 speed hump and console brackets installed on the floor? I think the 4 speed bracketry is different from the auto somehow.

Tav

Car was a 3 spd car not auto so hump was already there. Also, car was a non console car and I don't want to add one so I should be good there too. But thanks for the heads up. That's the kind of stuff that can come back and make you go..

Joe

Wow! It's movin along Have you decided on a color yet?

I chose the color about a month ago after agonizing about it ever since I got the car. Should have a sprayout sample this week and then the cat will be out of the bag regarding the color. The painter usually paints with Dupont and I told him I wanted to go with PPG mainly because I think the PPG color will be closer to what I want. He and I talked and he mixes his own color so I told him to give it a go in the Dupont and I'd look at the sprayout and let him know what I thought.

Hey man, Nice work so far!

I too am doin a T/A replica.
What paint did you use on the grill/bezels? Also how did you make the silver trim lining the headlights on the bezels?

Thanks Public,

Here's a pic. of what I used to paint the grille. The Silver Truck paint was used to lightly dust or fog the grate portion of the grille. I took the whole grille apart so that I could get the best job possible.

For the bezel masking I used the blue painters tape like you would use for the inside of your house and slowly/carefully masked it off by hand. There is a ring that you can see that I guess the factory stampings left and I used that as my guide.
Burbar asked about the bumper bracket paint, I've looked for what I used but did not find it yet. I'm almost certain it was Semi Gloss Engine paint.

Joe

Joe, I checked the sound deadener on the inside of my quarters on the A66 car. They are painted body color, and have never been repainted or messed with. If you need them, I can make pics of both sides for you when you get to the point of needing them. Thanks again for the dog & drink.

I agree, the sound deadener inside the quarters in the trunk is applied before paint. I think resto rick sells it if you need some. He sent me pics of untouched cars before.

(not only was the deadener applied before paint, it was actually applied before the quarter was welded onto the car.)

Tav

Darn Joe, You caught up to me! The car is looking great. Not a lot of rust either.

We should meet up at carlisle one year when our cars are done. Have you been there, or is it to far from you???

Tom, I have not been to Carlisle yet but my old RR was taken up by a friend many years ago and sold there. I do plan on going to one of the big events when the car is closer to being done.

Here's an update everyone. I've been wrapped up with life and have not been able to work on the car for a few weeks now. Built a dolly to hold the glass so that I wouldn't break it last week. You can see it here:
https://board.moparts.org/ubbthreads/show...e=2#Post5474493

Had planned on doing a good bit this past weekend but threw my back out on Friday

Still feeling pain but did get a little bit done today. I wasn't totally happy with the way the driveshaft turned out and the more I looked at it, the more it bothered me. So, had a little time today and redid it. Much happier with the finish now. It looks a little gold looking in the photo but it isn't in person. Hope to get some done on the car this weekend if the back will cooperate.

Wait till I tell Katie you got paint on her bike! It'll be like an old Challenger commercial...."You in a HEAP o' trouble boy!" Looks good. If your back trouble is a pulled muscle right above your butt cheek, a massage therapist will do more good than anything. I've pulled those muscles a few times myself

C'mon...give me some credit. The bike is safe...trust me.

Went to MT and he worked on me last weekend. Just now getting to where I can move around a bit better. May go back for one more round though.

Joe

I think that drive shaft looks real nice. I think I saw that Allen Auto dusted some tranparent blue paint around the welds to simulate the blueing from weld heat.
Just an idea.

Get Well Soon Joe.
Tav

Allen Auto? Who is this guy
There's actually 5 different spray bombs used here....
Rattle-can Restoration

Had some free time this morning so I was able to get the headlamp buckets and side marker retainers lightly bead blasted. I would love to have them replated but it's not in the budget right now. So I lightly cleared them so they would not look too shiny.

Joe

Hey Joe,
Looking good!

I ran across a picture this morning when relaxing with some coffee.....

Would this be yours???

Tom

Hey Tom! Yes, that is what it looked like when I bought it. The previous owner took the photo in his yard and emailed it to me with some others before I bought it from him.