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Oct 18, 2011 | 04:54 PM

GS977

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From: springtown Texas

back together after new paint

well it's all back together. i still have a couple of things left to do but it's almost complete. all total i spent @ $900.00 to paint it.
here are some pics.

Oct 18, 2011 | 04:56 PM

GS977

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Oct 18, 2011 | 04:59 PM

Lupigiato

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From: Ocean County NJ

GS, looks great. Just to confirm, $900 or $9,000 ? If $900.00 Im guessing thats materials and you painted it yourself in that cool looking barn?

Oct 18, 2011 | 05:08 PM

GS977

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thanks!!! yes i painted it myself. materials were @ $900.00 and it took @30-40 hours working on it spread out over a month or so.
glad it's just about over

Oct 18, 2011 | 05:16 PM

DZRick

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From: Syracuse NY

Nice job GS!

Wish I had tried my hand at painting mine, you did great.

Oct 18, 2011 | 05:23 PM

Corey_68

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Looks great!

Oct 18, 2011 | 05:58 PM

Dose11

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Nice...I love that hood and overall color combo

Oct 18, 2011 | 06:19 PM

Alan 71

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Hi GS,
Your paint job looks great in the pictures.
You must be pretty quick to do it in only 30-40 hours!
Well Done!!!
Regards,
Alan

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Oct 18, 2011 | 06:24 PM

gregmuzila

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is the only black accent on the hood? or did you carry it onto the rear somehow too?

Oct 18, 2011 | 06:49 PM

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garage-ghost

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Cool...Looks great.

Oct 18, 2011 | 07:21 PM

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81pilot

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Nice job. Fill us in on what you did. Did you strip it completely or sand it down? What is the color? Great Job!!! I like that year best. :O) Painting mine this winter or early spring.

Oct 18, 2011 | 07:50 PM

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oldsarge

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Great job !!!!!

Oct 18, 2011 | 07:56 PM

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gotz06?

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nice job!

Oct 18, 2011 | 08:47 PM

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C3Dave

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Beautiful!!! Nice job

Oct 18, 2011 | 09:48 PM

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mrmagrath

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That's very nice. Did you knock up a booth?

Oct 18, 2011 | 10:29 PM

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rogman16

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Great job GS!! What product line of paint did you use??

Rogman

Oct 19, 2011 | 10:36 AM

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GS977

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From: springtown Texas

Quote:

Originally Posted by gregmuzila

is the only black accent on the hood? or did you carry it onto the rear somehow too?

greg, i almost put the black on the rear but wasn't sure it would look ok.
i couldn't decide where i should stop the black on the rear, so i decided not to do it and see how it looks without it.

alan, it wasn't in bad shape when i started so it didnt take alot of hours. i did the hard part years ago when i painted it the first time.
it just had chips and nicks here and there.

dose, i thought the 2 colors would good together before i sprayed it and now that it's done i'm happy with the way it turned out.

thanks everyone for the compliments

Oct 19, 2011 | 10:58 AM

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GS977

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From: springtown Texas

heres the first part of my paint job.
mrmagrath you can see i just made a temp spraybooth in my garage till my permenent spraybooth is finished.

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c3-g...ress-pics.html

81pilot, i totaly stripped the whole car down the the glass about 3 years ago and painted it. so the hard part was done already. it just had chips and scratches that had to be repaired. and the hood was new. this was only the 2nd paint job on the car. if i have to paint it again i will strip it down again. i don't like more then 2 paint jobs on a car.
the colors are 90-91 corvette steel blue and some black pearl i have.
the blue pinstripe is 93 kawasaki zx7 blue i had left over.

rogman, i've used just about every paint line but i've been using DeBeers paint for the last 7 or 8 years and really like it!!!
i've sprayed my truck, grand sport hayabusa and prob over a hundred other cars with it and never had a prob with it.