Working on the bumper covers. Found some ultra cheapo paint on Ebay, for $117, ( so it's real, real cheap). But in this case, I pulled a swerve, basically enamel paint is a mechanical adherence proposition, lacquer is a chemical bond. So everything was sanded, but to hedge my bet, and since the covers are flexible, instead of using the enamel reducer/ hardener, I used an old painter's trick of mixing it with lacquer thinner to improve the adherence qualities.

blacksheep-1 said:

All buttoned up with the zoomy hoses installed

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Hi Rob, love the build! Where did you get those hoses?

I think from Late Model Restoration (LMR)

Scuff and buffed the bumper covers, I can only show you the rear since I launched the front off of the saw horse with the buffer and I have to re shoot it.
Came out pretty good, I put a " hanger" in the license plate indent, but it'll be covered.
Making Earl Scheib look like George Barris.. lol
(You youngsters will have to Google that)

misterpeanut said:

Hi Rob, love the build! Where did you get those hoses?

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Correction, American Muscle has them

blacksheep-1 said:

Making Earl Scheib look like George Barris.. lol
(You youngsters will have to Google that)

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In by 9:00, out by 5:00. Whats “Google”?

Done..

blacksheep-1 said:

Done..

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Nice!

Earl Scheib if it ain’t taped it gets paint

So I'm a bit torn here, I was thinking solid black with gold letters, with red outline, but I keep looking at Parnelli's old 69 trans am car....
Basically what is now gold will be a dark red.
The thing is, the new cars don't have the zoomy looking shark nose ( thanks NHTSA) that the old cars have. To me, the 69 was the best mustang body style.. ever

Well, there has been a development, a neighbor came by and commented that the old black paint looked pretty good, so we sanded the real bad spots with 1K and hand rubbed it and holy nuts, it shined right up once the funk was sanded out of it. I never even considered repairing the paint instead of fully painting it. This means I would only have to change the gold to red, since that is where all the damage is... hhmmmm
What do you guys think?

blacksheep-1 said:

Well, there has been a development, a neighbor came by and commented that the old black paint looked pretty good, so we sanded the real bad spots with 1K and hand rubbed it and holy nuts, it shined right up once the funk was sanded out of it. I never even considered repairing the paint instead of fully painting it. This means I would only have to change the gold to red, since that is where all the damage is... hhmmmm
What do you guys think?

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I think the red and black vintage look would be sweet !! I agree, best looking Mustang.
My mom had a 69 stang back when I was high school. My brother and I kicked the crap out of that car........oh if we only knew.......ended up selling to my buddy for $500 and he finished it off .

Red/Black

I agree, the Red and Black. Are you going to go for the full Parnelli look and paint the roof white?

misterpeanut said:

go for the full Parnelli look and paint the roof white

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Do it.

RES_22 said:

Do it.

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Prolly not, a couple of his TA cars had black roofs and the 302 stripes were white. This will have a small white strip in vinyl to seperate the black/ red, and the lettering will be white.
Besides,I'm trying to do less work, not more.

blacksheep-1 said:

Besides,I'm trying to do less work, not more.

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BS-1, I believe you did a little more than you were planning on, but that comes with the territory, as we all well know! You don't need a white roof for your "beater" to look stellar.If it goes as good as it will look you should be a happy camper............

What kind of go kart is that on top of your gas station/office???

Sjohnson1800 said:

What kind of go kart is that on top of your gas station/office???

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My old Kali / Yamaha that I won the Florida State Championship with back in 1992

On its' way