Build Total Restoration 1997 40th Anniversary Cruiser
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Nice Work , but just curious why you didn't remove the two fender and paint it separate it makes the restoration much cleaner , as well as the door jam and the rear lift gate when I did my restoration of my 97LC I remove them and paint them all separate , but I just saying.
quality work great job. your shop?
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@SebastianHDJ81 nope we didn't pull the front fenders. If I was taking the paint to bare metal or doing a color change we would have done that. But since I know the full history on this car since 97 there is no need to go to bare metal as there isn't any bodywork or damage hidden under the paint.
I have mopar muscle cars and when we restore them we go to bare metal and remove everything, sand blast and place on a rotisserie to restore. That takes us about 12 months to complete and the price to do that would blow your mind.
This cruiser isn't a 1970 Dodge Challenger RT 4 speed six pack matching numbers project or a 1970 Challenger TA 4 speed all original restoration....
I have mopar muscle cars and when we restore them we go to bare metal and remove everything, sand blast and place on a rotisserie to restore. That takes us about 12 months to complete and the price to do that would blow your mind.
This cruiser isn't a 1970 Dodge Challenger RT 4 speed six pack matching numbers project or a 1970 Challenger TA 4 speed all original restoration....
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Citadel I see what you mean , and that's amazing work you did on that Challenger I always want to get one of that classic Challenger and restore it myself but to find one now days in such is very slim .
I have a actual can down in the basement I will try and find it when I get home today. Pretty sure is made by testers. Here are two pictures showing you what you can expect:
Testors 1813 black pearl metallic. Scuff the originals, 3 light coats of color, then 2 coats of clear. It has held up really well, done about 2 years ago but the 100 only gets used on big family trips. It is very close to the OEM color...you'd be hard pressed to tell the difference.
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Base and clear coats completed. Baking in hot Texas sun for a few days before we will start the cutting process....
Some paint jobs stop here but cutting the paint via different grits and then buffing and polishing are what make a great paint job.
Some paint jobs stop here but cutting the paint via different grits and then buffing and polishing are what make a great paint job.
You should just give up now and trade with me...cracked dash pad and all. LOL
Looks great!
Looks great!
Looking way nice!
Let's see some more parts porn...Nice huge box of parts from Dan with all the replacement parts
Puurrrdy!!
