Shiny New Dimes
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I agree with Phil.. as I am disappointed with almost all the paint jobs that I have seen in person, Paint looks good on top , then you look at welds and patch repair and..... garbage. Trust me I have seen it!!! Makes me unsettle. Then the painter will say "I've spent so many hrs on this and that" to try to compensate on something. I like your car, looks good!!! better late than rushed!!!
I have new OEM rubber for the rear side glass
I have new OEM rubber for the rear side glass
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I agree, It's seldom that a paint shop actually delivers what they promise. I did most of the body work on my car, and for the most part I think it turned out really good. It's the paint job that fell short. In all fairness I should preface my complaint by saying I never intended to build a show car, and I paid only $2,700 for the paint job I got. That being said there were mistakes that could have been avoided and should have been addressed. On the advice of the shop owner we used a single stage solvent based Emron boat paint that is rock hard. Unfortunately the painter didn't thin the paint enough so there was an excessive amount of orange peal. Even with two days of wet sanding and buffing at the shop I have found areas on the lower body and door panels that sill have work to do. As my intent was a clean track car I guess I shouldn't really be so concerned with that level of detail.NICKLE&DIME wrote:I agree with Phil.. as I am disappointed with almost all the paint jobs that I have seen in person, Paint looks good on top , then you look at welds and patch repair and..... garbage. Trust me I have seen it!!! Makes me unsettle. Then the painter will say "I've spent so many hrs on this and that" to try to compensate on something. I like your car, looks good!!! better late than rushed!!!
I have new OEM rubber for the rear side glass
Another thing I did not anticipate with the yellow color is that in the sun all the highlight reflections make the color look a bit muted and washed out. Inside my shop however the color is deep and saturated. If I had it to do over again I would go a shade darker.
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Sometimes people loose touch with subjectivity, because they've got they're heads stuck too far up they're own,,, Reality.
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I can contribute !!! Cinderella story. I cant complain I did it all
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^^ Is that the same car? Looks like you converted it to a '68, wipers, taillights, grill, fenders, and all. Hard to tell from the photos, but it looks right-hand-drive, too. Looks nice!
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Naw dude, that's just your imagination.....put down the crack pipe and do a little search for his build thread!! you will be amazed what this site has to offer. Phil is an amazing builder of the mighty 510.....one of the best.
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Sorry, been out of the loop for a little while. That's pretty cool.
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Hey can anyone tell me what color code or where to find this blue
(its the car at the beginning of the thread)
http://www.the510realm.com/download/fil ... &mode=view
(its the car at the beginning of the thread)
http://www.the510realm.com/download/fil ... &mode=view
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here is my before and after......still in progress.
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73 240Z 3.1 liter Rebello power, 70 510 2.1 liter Rebello power, 16 Porsche GT3, 06 Ferrari F430, 12 BMW E92 M3, 08 Chevy 2500 DMax, 16 High Caliber LS3 powered jet boat.
73 240Z 3.1 liter Rebello power, 70 510 2.1 liter Rebello power, 16 Porsche GT3, 06 Ferrari F430, 12 BMW E92 M3, 08 Chevy 2500 DMax, 16 High Caliber LS3 powered jet boat.
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we finally finished the body and paint on my sons '68. hard to believe this use to be Byrons old blue 4door.
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its not the having. its the doing...
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Holly Molly that looks fantastic! I am a huge fan of black on yellow stemming from my Yamaha YZ125 days long long ago. As it sits now my car is sold yellow with all black trim, pictures above. This configuration doesn't have long for this world. My brother and I are already talking about the next step in graphics. We both agree that the body look now is too flat, but just how we are going to get that dimensionality without loosing respect for the body shape is not so easy. Right now Ken's talking about a black fade from the front to about mid car. Only the leading edge would be solid black, and then we'd have BRE stripes ghosted in relief. I'm not so sure about that design.
Please keep posting, I'd love to see how this comes together.
Please keep posting, I'd love to see how this comes together.
Sometimes people loose touch with subjectivity, because they've got they're heads stuck too far up they're own,,, Reality.
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Dan, that looks great. Yes it is hard to believe that was my old 4 door! Thank you so much for taking the touch and carrying it so well. I was sure that car got scrapped, I was so happy to hear it turned up again, and now look at it. It was a pretty solid shell when I sold it over 10 years ago. Keep us posted.
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nice conversion from 4door to 2door
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Better late than never. 72 Midnight blue, painted in Sherwin-Williams base/clear.
Project Builds - http://www.the510realm.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=15214
Project Builds - http://www.the510realm.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=15214
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My start and finish Actually finish and start the pixs are reversed.
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1966 Sunbeam Tiger MK1A
1970 Datsun 510 KA24DE
1973 Toyota Celica
1972 Triumph GT6 SCCA Vintage Race Car
1974 Mazda RX3 former IMSA race car
1970 Datsun 510 KA24DE
1973 Toyota Celica
1972 Triumph GT6 SCCA Vintage Race Car
1974 Mazda RX3 former IMSA race car
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So many nice cars!! Cant wait to get mine sorted. Nice job guys