My 77 Monte Carlo daily driver
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Re: My 77 Monte Carlo daily driver
That's a really nice looking paint job from the pic. Come down to Ky and paint mine now.
I've got to replace the quarter and patch the other first.
I've got to replace the quarter and patch the other first.
driveit- Donating Member
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Thanks . All that's left now us to color sand it twice . Once with 1200 then 1500 . " argh will the sanding ever end?" . Also I think the transmission leak I had has stopped , changed over the speedometer fitting in the tranny so fingers crossed it won't have a little accident on my garage floor .
I'm really pleased with the color . Thought it was going to be a tad lighter looking at it in the can but glad it wasn't
I'm really pleased with the color . Thought it was going to be a tad lighter looking at it in the can but glad it wasn't
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lookn good
now we know your MAGIC
now we know your MAGIC
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1973montec- Donating Member
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magic marouke wrote:driveit wrote:? I am taking back the street cred now!
chris and i found this 77 monte a year ago in a storage lot.the counter lady said the man has been paying storage for almost 10 years.
1973montec- Donating Member
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That will buff right out.1973montec wrote:magic marouke wrote:driveit wrote:? I am taking back the street cred now!
chris and i found this 77 monte a year ago in a storage lot.the counter lady said the man has been paying storage for almost 10 years.
dynchel- Donating Member
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Dang , ten years !! Who does that. ? He must have easily payed over what the car is worth
magic marouke- G3GM Member
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Around here, outdoor storage is at least $75-$100/mo. Multiplied by 10 yrs...yeah, I'd say he's over-payed for this! Hate to say it, but there doesn't appear to be much left as a foundation to work with.
Mcarlo77- Donating Member
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Such a shame how this happens . Anyway I'm off down to Vernon TX to the car show so a few hours off from color sanding boo hoo !
magic marouke- G3GM Member
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Here are a few pics of the car outside in the sun so you can get a better idea of the color. The left side is sanded in 1200 . Had to turn it round to get it in the garage to do the right side . So I'm about a quarter way done with the color sanding
magic marouke- G3GM Member
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I've always liked that color, I have my living room painted that color. JB
JB2wheeler- G3GM Fanatic
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Nice. Are you sanding color or clearcoat?
77mali- Donating Member
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Thanks guys . Mali I'm sanding the clear coat , it goes on straight after the paint . There's two coats of clear but I still have to be real careful not to burn through when sanding
magic marouke- G3GM Member
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holy
you did that quik.
great job
you did that quik.
great job
1973 454 MONTE- Donating Member
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I've been working on it most days after work and weekends for the last few weeks . I used to do this kind of work for a job so that helped .1973 454 MONTE wrote:holy
you did that quik.
great job
magic marouke- G3GM Member
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Just curious- How many color coats did you end up using & what brand-name? I'm looking for a good quality material for color. Thanks.
77mali- Donating Member
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I bought a gallon of paint at first then two more quarts just in case we ran out half way through shooting it . Used all but a small amount on the car . Kept a little back for the rear filler panel I haven't got yet and for any touch ups .77mali wrote:Just curious- How many color coats did you end up using & what brand-name? I'm looking for a good quality material for color. Thanks.
Can't remember the paint brand but we've got paint from napa for years with no problems and are helpful I'm finding the color you want . Mine is a factory color so was fairly easy to get right .
magic marouke- G3GM Member
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Martin Seymour is the brand most Napa stores carry.
dynchel- Donating Member
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Huge difference between the before and after shots in a short amount of time. Excellent work!
thatfnthing- Donating Member
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Once I'd made the decision to paint it there was no stopping me . No way was my car going to be one of those cars that sat in a paint shop for months and years like where I used to work . I want to get mine done and drive the out of itthatfnthing wrote:Huge difference between the before and after shots in a short amount of time. Excellent work!
magic marouke- G3GM Member
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I just made sure I had a good quality rust inhibitor primer on that metal . A gallon of Z chrome was $200dynchel wrote:Martin Seymour is the brand most Napa stores carry.
magic marouke- G3GM Member
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Dang that looks Great!! Like the others said, it's amazing how fast you got it done. Great Job!! It looks really close to the Carmel Beige that my 75 Grand Am is painted, Cool!!......." />
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Hey yea that is a nice color on that car . Like i said before I was blessed with a very straight body to start with . The first pics make the car look really rough but it was all just surface rust . There was no rust holes at all so this gave us a really good head startPontichev327 wrote:Dang that looks Great!! Like the others said, it's amazing how fast you got it done. Great Job!! It looks really close to the Carmel Beige that my 75 Grand Am is painted, Cool!!......." />
magic marouke- G3GM Member
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Didja get the flies out? LOL:P
Pontichev327- G3GM Enthusiast
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Kinda sorta . They are real small luckily and both on the back of the hood . Not going to worry about them to much . It's way to much time and work to mask the whole car off and shoot the hood againPontichev327 wrote:Didja get the flies out? LOL:P
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