Cleaned up the 40

[Twisty]

Came up awesome! Looks sweet!

 

[Sputnik40]

Very nice!

A little elbow grease looks like an understatement!

How did those add-a-leaves settle in? Did the ride height come down and flex improve over time?

 

[UNO_RACING]

Noah,

Nice work!... There's noting like a new coat of paint and there's nothing better than the 1st scratch...

Best,

Jeff

 

[car-car]

Had a chance to see this thing over at landcruisnman's shop yesterday, and it looked even better in person. You can see how all the prep and attention to detail made a huge difference in how well it turned out. Looked really good. Nicely done Noah.

 

[1973Guppie]

thanks guys, to be fair it's a 10 footer paint job, so it looks alot better from afar than up close, but I am happy with it, the add a leafs did settle a bit, I think it helped that they were the long ones and not the short ones, the stock springs quickly became inverted once I flexed them a bit after the initial SOA so something had to be done, it is a bit bumpy on the road, but whatever......

 

[MStars]

nice Noah, lookin good. Hope all is well out in Cali. Hope you haven't gotten rid of any of the toys yet.

Matt

 

[centerlineseal]

Looks good from Idaho!

 

[71AZFJ]

looks great,and besides if you make it too pretty, we might think you dont use it . great job.

 

[tyama]

Looking great! what did you use to remove the paint and what did you powder coat? Another kool feather in your cap! ty

 

[1973Guppie]

I used a scraper and a lot of paint remover, the jelly like type, that stuff works great. I powdercoated the front bumper, bezel, front grill and some other small various parts.

 

[1973Guppie]

Oh yeah, had some good luck today, got the optima shipped here from amazon, well UPS dropped it and it has a crack in it, but from what I can tell it is still good. Of course I told amazon I wanted to return it to get a good one, and they shipped me a new one and told me to dispose of that one. Seems that they can't take them back when they are damaged. Sooooooo, I am charging it now in the garage, if it doesn't blow up in the middle of the night, I plan to use it in the 80 and do an el cheapo dual batt setup. Score!

 

[shucksjay]

Noah,

Thinking of bringing my 40 into Earl. I noticed you took off the headlights, grill, etc. What else did you take off in preparation for the paint job?

 

[1973Guppie]

for the most part I took off everything besides the body panels. The hood was loose with a strap holding it on and the windshield was loose and able for them to pull, they did not end up pulling the windshield. I also pulled the rear doors and all the little parts and they sprayed them seperate.