in the NUDE

[NMike]

any updates?

[SFRT]

yep big update no pics yet as I have been traveling....Rolfe tried spraying the new water based crap( california has outlawed real paint) every which way and could not stop it tiger striping , so finally i said fuck it make it GLOSS black...so went with the last of pre-change 'real' black paint Rolfe had stashed and a clear over that.

car was successfully reshot and is now in the cut n polish phase.While I havent seen it reports indicate it is lookin good. I dont know if I will like it with a shiny paint job, but , gotta have something. Ill take plenty of pics when its done.

[Brock Samson]

    

[SFRT]

the changeover to the water bourne paint is proving to be the final nail in the final nail in the coffin for alot of the smaller. classic car painters around here. the stuff is like garbage and I know of at leats 3 dudes that are throwing in the towel and quitting the biz, as this fiasco on top of lean times in general has made it an untenable position.

[Rolling_Thunder]

the changeover to the water bourne paint is proving to be the final nail in the final nail in the coffin for alot of the smaller. classic car painters around here. the stuff is like garbage and I know of at leats 3 dudes that are throwing in the towel and quitting the biz, as this fiasco on top of lean times in general has made it an untenable position.

Yep - The person who painted my Charger was swapping over to the water based stuff (shit) as he painted my car - mine was the last one he did before switching over...    he has since complained about what it is - his major complaint is the same....    tiger striping. 

[chargergirl]

sexy...won't you lose time with a stick...or it just feels right?

[SFRT]

I never learned to drive an automatic.

[chargergirl]

We'll have to compare times. My die hard never buy something you can't shift husband has a 4000 stall converter, reverse manual shift Cheetah vavle body, 456 spool in his '65 Belvedere. He has to shift...but no pedal to push. Is that what you are talking about?

[SFRT]

no..I just have never owned an automatic drive car. The Charger is a factory 4 speed...one reason I bought it. the fancy racing automatics will always beat me, but, I like to shift manually...what can I say im goofy that way.

the altered wheelbase 65 coronet im building will be an auto tho...to make it 'correct' so I guess I will have to learn to adapt.

[chargergirl]

no..I just have never owned an automatic drive car. The Charger is a factory 4 speed...one reason I bought it. the fancy racing automatics will always beat me, but, I like to shift manually...what can I say im goofy that way.

the altered wheelbase 65 coronet im building will be an auto tho...to make it 'correct' so I guess I will have to learn to adapt.

Every time Mark drives my auto truck he clutches air...cool to keep the car as original as possible. The Belvedere was built to be a race car so many things changed...they didn't come with a roll bar. Seen stick beat auto a few times there is always a way. Your car is sweet.

[Texaco]

Holy sheet! I am jealous of your ghetto warrior! Curious whats the penalty for using real paint in CA? Do you know if NV allow "real painting"? I am in Sacramento area so wondering if I should risk the fine or find a booth in NV.