73 Road Race Cuda

[70chall440]

Thanks and I will. I can see the "light" now and am anxious to see it painted although I have a ways to go.

[Denison636]

I am in the same boat on paint.

[70chall440]

Guess we will make this journey together 

[Denison636]

I just wish I had the the money to do what I want with paint but I will probably settle with a Macco paint job after I get my body the way I want it.

[70chall440]

Not sure what you want to do, but I am going with Eastwood products for this one. I think they are decent and will deliver what I need. Prices are very good; sure it isn't ppg but it will get color on your car.

[EbodyMod]

  I hear you! I spent over a hundred just to get sample colors to do test sprays.  But better to be sure of your color rather than pay a ton for something  you don't like in the end.

[70chall440]

fortunately for me, I am not doing a resto, more like a restomod; so it can be however I like it or it turns out. The Eastwood sublime is close to the Chrysler version although not exactly, but for me it is close enough.

[70chall440]

Obviously there is a reason they call it body "work"... definitely get a good work out doing it. I was able to get the pass door sorted out and properly gapped. I think I liked it better when I didn't care...  I have also been working on getting the quarter and rocker seams filled and leveled out.

[loco340cuda]

The gap looks great. Body work is something I never attempted or had a desire to, hats off to you for what you are doing.

[70chall440]

Thanks. I cannot say I ever wished to do it, however I have one a number of occasions. I don't hate it, I just need to be more comfortable with it (which only comes with practice). If I could afford to hand it off, I might but then again I might not as I do like doing things myself.

[YellowThumper]

For every thing I accomplish on my cars it is done for the simple fact that I am mechanical in nature. The career of choice is manufacturing. I eat up the cad technology but what I accomplish with my hands is far more gratifying. Body and paint will just be part of the evolution.

It is also extremely gratifying to see how much more you get for the $$$ outlay.

[70chall440]

I do agree, doing it yourself while at times frustrating, it is very gratifying.

[Cudakiller70]

I was able to get the pass door sorted out and properly gapped. I think I liked it better when I didn't care...

Nice work and the shops staying clean!
You touched on something I've  struggle with before, where do you stop? Your thread title tells me it's not going to be a show car? You posted about auto X elsewhere so it sounds like your going to have fun with it. Anyway here's a video that your thread remindeds me of. Not sayin this is what your after. 

http://youtu.be/oghaMwMT7T8

[Lbs]

Hey cudakiller, what do you know about the car in that video? Is the car by any chance from the Bay Area in Northern California?


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[Cudakiller70]

Hey cudakiller, what do you know about the car in that video? Is the car by any chance from the Bay Area in Northern California?


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You noticed too, ya where he was driving it sure looks like the hills around here or nor cal. I don't know about this guy or car, have never seen this car anywhere around here. Cool story and car.