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Post by canadian74se on Dec 12, 2009 18:30:57 GMT -5
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Post by canadian74se on Dec 14, 2009 19:15:53 GMT -5
I also have to add this this! lol on complete cheap street, Again its in a GM soooo it can slide. So i finished installing and get my friends truck runnign with a rebuild 350 and some go go parts. Now we needed Gauge's installed in the dash, 80's GM trucks interior are flat square and lack room(unless you have a saws-all, time and a idea). We cut a hole in the dash to put in a after market radio and sound system in(thats good so what about the old radio?) Where the old was we pulled out and gutted. To make a smooth face for the gauges we simply used a clear plastic box that the timing chain came in, spray painted it black a few times on one followed by 2 coats of clear coat. Grabbed his moms hot glue gun glued it to the radio face. Grabbed a 2" wood drill bit drilled the 2 holes needed in the plastic radio front, sanded them smooth, took the back metal plate cut the back off with a grinder, clear coated the front plastic about 4 times. Once she dried it looked good and we just did some trimming and installed it int he stock location for the radio Thats improvising with what we found in a basement, I'll grab a picture of it and post it.
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Post by 71greengo on Dec 14, 2009 19:47:19 GMT -5
I also have to add this this! (Laughing Out Loud) on complete cheap street, Again its in a GM soooo it can slide. So I finished installing and get my friends truck runnign with a rebuild 350 and some go go parts. Now we needed Gauge's installed in the dash, 80's GM trucks interior are flat square and lack room(unless you have a saws-all, time and a idea). We cut a hole in the dash to put in a after market radio and sound system in(thats good so what about the old radio?) Where the old was we pulled out and gutted. To make a smooth face for the gauges we simply used a clear plastic box that the timing chain came in, spray painted it black a few times on one followed by 2 coats of clear coat. Grabbed his moms hot glue gun glued it to the radio face. Grabbed a 2" wood drill bit drilled the 2 holes needed in the plastic radio front, sanded them smooth, took the back metal plate cut the back off with a grinder, clear coated the front plastic about 4 times. Once she dried it looked good and we just did some trimming and installed it int he stock location for the radio Thats improvising with what we found in a basement, I'll grab a picture of it and post it. Your making us Canadians look bad........turn your citizenship over at the border on your way out......... ;D Just kidding I wouldn't do that to our southern neighbors...how do you feel about Quebec?
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Post by Deleted on Dec 15, 2009 6:48:12 GMT -5
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Post by hotrodder on Dec 15, 2009 12:56:17 GMT -5
Yeah Bob, I think you got your work cut out for ya there, lol
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Post by 74joedirtcharger on Mar 12, 2010 13:28:15 GMT -5
HotRod mag did this procedure on a Ford of some kind, there is a big article on it from a few years back. It looked pretty goot in a rat-rod kind of way. Definitely not for everyone, but in these trying times it is a very cheap alternative to ugly paint.
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Post by Doright on Mar 14, 2010 8:01:53 GMT -5
I believe we have chatted before about this...DONT DO IT...Tremclad or any other oil based paint is barely good enough for painting small chassis parts etc.....it certainly is not good enough for the body........it will fade in the sunlight...it does not toughen up like 2 part paints....and it does no way shine like a half decent paint job......I do not like tremclad/rustoleum for other then painting lawn furniture......Just imagine how tough it would be to repaint that car...all would have to be removed before repainting with decent material..... In my opinion he ruined that car! I cant imagine why any one would use non catalyzed paint on any car #SillyMe# #doh# #Slap# #eek4# #ThumbDown# #NutKick# #Puke# If its worth doing do it right! there are cheap 2k products available.
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Post by malthewolf on Jun 30, 2010 13:40:21 GMT -5
When I saw the title about a paint job on a 50 dollar budget I expected to read something involving pistol and a body shop crew locked in the paint booth over the weekend......
why is it people wanna get cheap on the biggest defining aspect of a restoration?...... pet peeve of mine... I guess it comes from growing up in the land of primered camaros with 7 thousand dollar drive trains
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Post by Doright on Jun 30, 2010 20:20:47 GMT -5
When I saw the title about a paint job on a 50 dollar budget I expected to read something involving pistol and a body shop crew locked in the paint booth over the weekend...... why is it people wanna get cheap on the biggest defining aspect of a restoration?...... pet peeve of mine... I guess it comes from growing up in the land of primered camaros with 7 thousand dollar drive trains with you I think its more of a Kid thing than us old farts trying too restore these old things. Dupont has some single stage paints for 200 a gal with Activator Matrix has some Base coat colors in the 200 a gal range as well. I dont know why some would try using a Junk alternative like this.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 9, 2010 21:33:19 GMT -5
I can see why someone would try this on an old beater car. ultra low cost, and you can do it in your driveway or back yard. When the thread first started a few years ago on Moparts...I was seriously thinking about giving it a try on one of my Chargers. When I went to HD, I did not like the color selection, so I basically forgot about the idea. Its definitely not for everybody. I would not do it to a "classic" car....but I have owned some beater commuter cars in the past that would have been good candidates for a cheap "roller job" Back around 96 or so, I had a 4 door Plymouth Sundance that was gold with a blue front clip. After getting divorced and back in the dating game...a young lady I took on a date asked me why my car was two colors. Without hesitating, I answered "to make it easier to find in parking lots" That car would have been a good candidate for a roller job. ...
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