Builds Total Restoration 1997 40th Anniversary Cruiser

[citadel]

color is going on.... 3 base coats and 4 coats of clear is the plan. That will give enough mill thickness to buff smooth and like glass.

 

[SebastianHDJ81]

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.

 

[missinglink]

quality work great job. your shop?

 

[citadel]

@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....

 

[citadel]

@missinglink .. Shop is Premiere Auto Sports in Dallas.

 

[SebastianHDJ81]

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 .

 

[fireball]

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:

 

[citadel]

@fireball... Looking good! How close to the original color is this?
How does it hold up?

 

[fireball]

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.

 

[citadel]

@fireball... I just ordered the paint from Amazon and will try it on my new emblems

 

[citadel]

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.

 

[QuarterPint]

You should just give up now and trade with me...cracked dash pad and all. LOL

Looks great!

 

[SeaDrifter]

Looking way nice!

 

[citadel]

Time to cut the paint, wet sand and buff

 

[citadel]

2nd cut completed... ready to buff....

 

[citadel]

Nice huge box of parts from Dan with all the replacement parts

 

[foeix]

Nice huge box of parts from Dan with all the replacement parts

Let's see some more parts porn...

 

[SeaDrifter]

Puurrrdy!!

 

[aviator31]

Very nice indeed! Where did you source the hood vents?

 

[citadel]

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