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It has fins. I'll get pics next time I'm there.

Fun little hyperlapse video of the action:



The top of the hood gets painted tomorrow.

Final body work should get done at my house this week and the car will go in the booth the following week.

bkbimmer wrote:

leadphut wrote:Surprising, the welds had to be brought to his attention. I'm
sure it'll be fine.

It will be fine. People make mistakes, nice to see he stands behind his work and is going to rectify the issue.

Ok, that's too positive. Where is the real bkbimmer and what did you do to him?

I'm really glad we didn't do business together, we would have hated each other (if you don't already hate me). It is looking good, sir.

wkohler wrote:Also, when you said "El Camino," you didn't say "1959 El Camino," so pictures of that are required. Here I was thinking it was a '76.

59 El Camino's are the beez kneez!

I think the '60 is the better-looking car, but frankly, I'm not in too much of a position to bitch. I want a '60 with a 348 and a 4-speed.

Interesting approach painting the mounting brackets. The paint looks nice!

wkohler wrote:I think the '60 is the better-looking car, but frankly, I'm not in too much of a position to bitch. I want a '60 with a 348 and a 4-speed.

Interesting approach painting the mounting brackets. The paint looks nice!

They are both really cool cars, back to the boring BMW build.

bkbimmer wrote:I'm really glad we didn't do business together, we would have hated each other (if you don't already hate me). It is looking good, sir.

Haha. Yeah, given where I am on my learning curve, I think I really lucked out with Ken. He's actually very willing to teach me stuff. Letting me not only watch him work, but video it is pretty much over the top.

Of course I had to help him move a fricking couch yesterday though.

You did wear a respirator and all of the protective gear, right? Did you put a respirator on your phone?

wkohler wrote:You did wear a respirator and all of the protective gear, right? Did you put a respirator on your phone?

Yes. No.

Now my phone is kustom.

The paint is color matched to his toolbox, too!

Re-assembly of those freshly painted pieces is going to be so much fun - like seeing a puzzle finally coming together!

Jim

Bertiful. I like coming here.

5280 JB wrote:The paint is color matched to his toolbox, too!

"nice car, is that zinno?"
"no, it's harbor frieght red."

i kid, i kid.

1st 5er wrote:Bertiful. I like coming here.

Ditto. This thread always delivers.

Everything looks fantastic!

white chocolate wrote:

1st 5er wrote:Bertiful. I like coming here.

Ditto. This thread always delivers.

Everything looks fantastic!

Glad y'all enjoy it.

Ken finished all the welding this week and is almost done with surface prep. I didn't get any pics but the tow hooks look tits. The bumpers are at my place and the color match seems right on. The truth moment will be when he brings the hood by.

Plan is still to get car into the paint booth next weekend.

So, why bring the hood by and not take the car to the hood?

wkohler wrote:So, why bring the hood by and not take the car to the hood?

I have room to store it safely. He doesn't, really.

Also, we want to make sure the paint color is right before ordering more paint, which we need to do.

Well, as long as it can be transported safely. Just seems like a big risk.

wkohler wrote:Well, as long as it can be transported safely. Just seems like a big risk.

That's actually a great point.

No risk, no reward.

Tomorrow we will have the moment of truth of color matching. Right now the hood & bumpers look slightly brighter than the original paint. We're going to mount the hood and back the car into natural light to really compare because just holding parts up in florescents is just making us nervous.





This is the 2nd reason why we wanted to transport the hood back to my house. We need to order more paint to finish the job and if the tint isn't perfect we need to a) adjust it, and b) repaint at least the hood (the bumpers parts might be ok; we'll make that call).

I knew going in that using single-stage would be harder to match, so I'm not too freaked out... if it isn't right i'm committed to getting it right. But I am anxious.

It looks pretty but it isn't going to match.

I think it will be fine because the hood is horizontal and the rest vertical. this way you don't see much difference in color.

Jelmer538i wrote:I think it will be fine because the hood is horizontal and the rest vertical. this way you don't see much difference in color.

You obviously haven't met Charlie.

Wow - great work Charlie. Yet another thread that eats up the clock. Love the work, and I hope the color matches up well.....

Ken & I got the hood on. Looks really, really good in the garage light and with a camera flash. But we both think it may be just a smidgen light so we're going to back the car out into the sun tomorrow (hopefully).











He made more progress on the rear...





And the welding and filling is complete up front...

That's pretty damn friggin close on the paint match!

Great progress-

So far so good on the color but the Sun will tell...

looks great Man!

Holy red! Looks spectacular on camera...curious to see how it looks in the sun! Survey says....