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Old Sep 23, 2018 | 03:17 PM
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Painted the doors on my 66...looking good so far. Painting the body this week. And working on the hood. Interior is pretty much complete, everything restored by Rick. just have to put the console and seats back in after the doors are reassembled. Had the vent window frames rechromed and I replaced the regulators while I was at it. Restored the grill this morning...masking took a while but it came out nice. I will post some more pictures as I reassemble.
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Old Sep 23, 2018 | 03:40 PM
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Painted the doors on my 66...looking good so far. Painting the body this week. And working on the hood. Interior is pretty much complete, everything restored by Rick. just have to put the console and seats back in after the doors are reassembled. Had the vent window frames rechromed and I replaced the regulators while I was at it. Restored the grill this morning...masking took a while but it came out nice. I will post some more pictures as I reassemble.

Trophy Blue

Polished and painted

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Old Sep 23, 2018 | 03:56 PM
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looking good...love the silver. Is the SOP to paint the body with the dash in place? Or can the dash tabs be touched up with color afterwards?
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I am just masking off the interior and painting. The color is trophy blue (original color). I can retouch the pads afterwards if needed but I don't think it will be a problem. There wasn't much corrosion around the windshield but it is all cleaned up, primed and ready to paint now.

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Looking good. Like your paint choice.
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That looks nice! Love the color too.

I would like to be able to paint a few things too, but I'm a bit worried about spraying things at different times.

Do you still have to worry about spraying the same paint with the possibility of different temperatures involved?

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