NewB from Iceland

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Offline 360FISH

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Re: NewB from Iceland
« Reply #15 on: December 24, 2013 - 03:27:25 PM »
Yes!  Groovy paint job!

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Offline atlimann

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Re: NewB from Iceland
« Reply #16 on: December 24, 2013 - 04:00:51 PM »
Cool car, love the "old skool" paint scheme. Welcome to the site, a lot of knowledge on here. By the way, from the pics now we all know why it's called "Iceland"! Burrrr
Yeah it was very cold that day -15°c
It was a bit hazzle pushing the car in the snow in to the garage ;)

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Offline moparstyle

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Re: NewB from Iceland
« Reply #17 on: December 24, 2013 - 06:12:17 PM »
That paint job is groooovvvyyy, keep it!

One (of many) thing i like about this site, we have members from all over the world and you must be the first from Iceland.

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Offline MizzouRT

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Re: NewB from Iceland
« Reply #18 on: December 24, 2013 - 07:08:31 PM »
Welcome, curious how long is the warm weather "summer" driving season in Iceland?

On the paint, I usually prefer more of a "Day 2" look on my car, but that paint scheme, wild as it is, looks sharp (i.e. looks good!).  Using a nice looking magazine car as a template was a good idea.  Unless you need to paint the car, I like the paint and it will be unique and stand out.  So I would spend money elsewhere before changing the paint.  Probably the one thing I would change on appearance is swap out the mirrors for the factory rallye mirrors.  To my eye, that would improve the looks more than a new paint job.

Hard to argue with the 392 as a street engine.  Seems highly likely that gasoline is Euro-priced (very high price!) with  high taxes (and perhaps imported with no domestic refinery?)

In any case, sure looks like a fun car!
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Offline AU6pack

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Re: NewB from Iceland
« Reply #19 on: December 24, 2013 - 07:34:40 PM »
Welcome from  :aussie:

The paint job looks super cool - DON"T CHANGE IT!

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Offline atlimann

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Re: NewB from Iceland
« Reply #20 on: December 25, 2013 - 12:17:47 PM »
Welcome, curious how long is the warm weather "summer" driving season in Iceland?

On the paint, I usually prefer more of a "Day 2" look on my car, but that paint scheme, wild as it is, looks sharp (i.e. looks good!).  Using a nice looking magazine car as a template was a good idea.  Unless you need to paint the car, I like the paint and it will be unique and stand out.  So I would spend money elsewhere before changing the paint.  Probably the one thing I would change on appearance is swap out the mirrors for the factory rallye mirrors.  To my eye, that would improve the looks more than a new paint job.

Hard to argue with the 392 as a street engine.  Seems highly likely that gasoline is Euro-priced (very high price!) with  high taxes (and perhaps imported with no domestic refinery?) 

In any case, sure looks like a fun car!

The driving season in Iceland is from around middle of April until maybe middle of August/September... in a good year  :bigsmile: but if the winters are mild then we sometime´s have a day here and there to drive in the winter time. The paint looks good from afar but if you look closely there are tiny bubbles all over from a condensation when the car was painted 30+ years ago... i don´t know if that can be worked out of the paint, but i´m not optimistic, the main thing now is to get the car on the road again and have fun in it ;) the paint can wait and i am going to spend money on brakes and suspension before paint ;)
And yes i am going to change the mirrors... there not cool in my opinion ;)

Gas prizes in Iceland are ridiculously high... i.e. one Litre costs 240 icelandic Krona, that is equal to one us gallon would cost 7.4 dollars  ;)  that´s INSANE !!
 
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Offline jimynick

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Re: NewB from Iceland
« Reply #21 on: December 25, 2013 - 02:48:57 PM »
Atli, those tiny bubbles you mentioned are probably "solvent pop" caused by the top coat curing too fast and trapping the solvents in the base/lower coat where they force their way to the surface and leave a tiny bubble-like mark. You're right that there's no real good way to fix them except sanding them off. But, they won't slow you down even a little bit, so enjoy the car!  :thumbsup:

Offline MizzouRT

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« Reply #22 on: December 25, 2013 - 04:06:42 PM »
Yes, brakes and suspension are always a good place to start spending money.  Sounds like the bubbles in the paint are an issue that can't be resolved without a repaint.  Good thing is the paint looks cool and isn't an urgent item to address.  The mid-80's wild paint does capture an era that you just don't see any more.  Some would say the bubbles are patina and part of the whole 80's vibe the car conveys so well.

Glad your get a decent amount of good weather, but as expected your gas prices are awful!
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