Just another 318 Challenger

[farmboy70]

Farmboy,
As always your cars look awesome!
What guns are you using? Devillbis correct? Plus, CVi or ?

Thanks, Wes

I used a Devilbiss  GTI on this car, but we also use SATA'S.
Dave

[farmboy70]

Hey Dave! :wave:Or should Im say,Coach Dave. Good to hear from you. Thanks for the update. I've been working on my '69 barracuda to pass the time till' the engine/trans. goes in over here. I can't believe how much fun it is to fix these cars up and drive them around.I'm getting plates for it this week. First time in 11 yrs. it's seen the road.   Hope to see you around here more.We miss your fantastic updates. And you are a life time member here bro. A nut just like the rest of us.   See Ya' Robert

Thanks for the welcome back. Your right the baseball and shop have cut out all of my free time for my car, but I am having a blast with the games.
Dave

[farmboy70]

Its great to have you back Dave. I was thinking you had that car finished and had dropped out. Are you going to put a black vinyl top on that bad boy? It sure looks nice.

It looks like I'm 90% on going Gator Grain on the top .Just waiting for the color sa,ple to arrive
Dave

[Chlngrcrzy]

Sweeet. Can hardly wait to see it then.

[bb71challenger]

Man that car will really be a head turner with the color AND a gator grain top. I cant wait to see that either 

[hemiken]

 

It looks like I'm 90% on going Gator Grain on the top .Just waiting for the color sa,ple to arrive
Dave

Let me know how the Gator Grain deal goes old mate

[71bigblock]

Looks great, Dave!  Love that color.   

Whats the story on the '70 Runner?   

[farmboy70]

If you mean the the one in the Carlisle flier,it was a 70 six barrel that I had a couple of years ago. four speed dana. Like to have that one back.
Dave

[farmboy70]

Got my sample of Gator gain top material today. The color doesn't look right to me from the picture in the link below .What do you think?
http://www.scatpack.com/gatorgrain/gatorgrain.html
It looks like the one pictured beside the brown colored one to me. I havent seen if the hole roll has the same pattern as the sample I was sent, if it does it's not Gatore grain.
Let me know what you guy's think. I think it is what they are calling "Baby Gator Grain"
Dave

[RDF]

Got my sample of Gatore gain top material today. The color doesn't look right to me from the picture in the link below .What do you think?
http://www.scatpack.com/gatorgrain/gatorgrain.html
It looks like the one pictured beside the brown colored one to me. I havent seen if the hole roll has the same pattern as the sample I was sent, if it does it's not Gatore grain.
Let me know what you guy's think. I think it is what they are calling "Baby Gator Grain"
Dave

The image in the link is more glossy looking.  They may have photoshoped it to make it look good. 

[farmboy70]

Here are some pictures to compare. It looks like the pattern is for the baby gator grain But this may have been cut from the section with out the squarer pattern.
Dave

[RDF]

To me, it looks like there's a pattern to the "pattern" if you will.....I don't think true gator skin has patters as I outlined in my pics below....although I could be way off on this, but my gut feeling is that it's not real.  There's too much of the same rectangular pattern to be real, IMO anyhow.   

[farmboy70]

The pictures you out-lined on are from a 20K original paint car. That car is near perfect which is why I think the sample that is taped to my car has me thinking it is the Baby gator grain mentioned in Scat pack.I need to see the roll that the sample was cut from to be sure if it is the real deal or not.
Dave

[hemiken]

To me, it looks like there's a pattern to the "pattern" if you will.....I don't think true gator skin has patters as I outlined in my pics below....although I could be way off on this, but my gut feeling is that it's not real.  There's too much of the same rectangular pattern to be real, IMO anyhow.   

Hi RDF,

That picture you posted is the propure pattern for Gator Grain.

Dave, the sample piece you have is not Gator Grain.   It is called Tortise Grain.  What a bummer.  Looks like you will have to wait for Legendary to finish off their run, as they are in the process of making the Gator Grain vinyl available again.

[farmboy70]

That's what I was thinking but hoped I was wrong.
Dave