Well, went down to Bob's in Toluca lake....just to check some rides out....it was a nice night for hot rods! I should have brought my camera with me

When my ride's done....I too, will show it off

Hers the paint system i used.

Wanda Base HS
Color: Silver Metallic Code 358C3

bought 1 gallon -used about 3/4 gallon to put on 3 coats.


Wanda Reducer/Base Activator
422.02999.15
bought 1.3 gallon, but used less than half - used for cleaning gun also.


Wanda High Speed Clear 418.08100.86
SLOW Enducer 418.03090.03...

Alot have asked so here is the setup I used when I painted my 67.

This was my first time attempting any of this .

Compressor was Sears Craftsman 30 Gallon, 6HP/2HP.


Compressor was probably a little small in reality. It would allow me to spray for about 1 minute before it kicked on and would run the entire time as i tried to paint the car. I would slow up a little...

My neighbor came cruising by today in his 89 RS. He just redid the paint and it looks great! I invited him for beers and some bodywork....he took me up on the beers Guess I'm stuck on the bodywork.....still need to take off the left side and "massage" the inner to fit better. I think that repop inner is hanging up the fender...but will have to play with that later. Honey Do list is always first Happy wife, happy life...

In this entry, I'll show you how I went about installing NEW tail light bucket mounting hardware.

The mounting bolt set I received wasn't "ready" to be installed when I removed them from the package. The bolt retaining clips fit very loosely and kept falling out. As you'll see in the photos, it was an easy fix that took me 15 seconds to apply, which had the tail light buckets installed in minutes.
The fix is to simply increase the bend in the retaining clips that are...