Painting parts...

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  1. car-nut

    car-nut Glenn

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    I sent a bunch of parts off to the sand blaster to get rid of nearly 40 years of crud. Blast
    Techniques in South Windsor, Ct. did a great job for me. Included in the parts
    bin was all the rear leaf springs. I took them all apart and had them blast the leaves individually.
    The shock plates, two mount to the bottom of the springs and two mount to the bottom of the
    car. I also threw in the front radiator support braces. These parts along with the rear end itself
    went the same chassis black as I painted the bottom of the car. I painted the oil pan, timing
    cover and harmonic balancer a gloss black. I am painting the engine black because I have not
    chosen a color for the car and don't want anything to clash. I love having access to a spray booth!!

    I spent several hours in the garage last weekend with my brother in law putting the 5.0 302 together.
    By days end we had the crank, pistons, cam, timing chain and the heads assembled. I
    painted the block and heads yesterday. Now that the timing cover and oil pan are painted
    we can assemble those parts as well as the water pump. I still need to figure out what I am
    going to do to the intake as far as a finish. I don't know whether to paint, or send them out
    and have them coated, like an HPC coating? Still up in the air with that one.

    Time to do a job that pays so I can have some Maverick money! No more palying with the Maverick
    for a bit. Now in the shop I have a 50ish Chevy pick up cab that I need to get done for a friend.

    Glenn
     

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    Nice attention to detail you're putting in there! :yup:
     
  3. Bryant

    Bryant forgot more than learned

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    going to look nice. that oil pan is a rear sump. you must have a mustang 2 suspension.
     
  4. Dave B

    Dave B I like Mavericks!

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    Very Nice (as usual) It's nice to see someone else doing what alot of us have done, kinda raises the bar, even more.
     
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    car-nut Glenn

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    Yup, I have the Rod & Custom front end already in the car. The engine is an 89 5.0, I am going to be running a 94-95 Cobra EFI intake that I just picked up.


    You know it's funny, I just can't help myself! When I first got this car I figured I would swap in the 302, repaint and clean up the interior. Minimal investment right? I should have known better of myself. Now I am going for a full blown nut & bolt rebuild. However, I am still going to try and not go insane with the cost. This is all be payed for by doing side work in the garage, no $$ comes from the house bank accounts, so it may take a bit longer than I like. By doing it this way I never get any grief from my wife. It's the same way I did my '47.

    Glenn
     
  6. 1973Maverick357

    1973Maverick357 Cooler then a Camaro

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    Just a little curious- How come you took the leaf springs apart to paint them? That just creates more work and bigger chance of scratching them or dinging them putting them back together.
     
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    car-nut Glenn

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    Fair question....

    Because sometimes I am not smart enough to leave things alone!:hmmm:

    They had a bunch of rust on them everywhere. The only way to do it right (in my eyes) was to take them apart. I had them blasted perfectly clean. I have access to the complete PPG line of coatings. Here I put down a coat of DP90LF epoxy, let it set up for twenty minutes, then sprayed two coats of a Urethane product from their "light industrial coatings" line. The stuff is bullit proof and dries to a perfect semi gloss, chassis black look. That is the same way I sprayed the entire underside of the car and all the rear suspension parts, rear end housing included.

    Because of my job and the access to the PPG products I tend to go overboard when it comes to body work, and especially painting.
     
  8. Matterick

    Matterick Matt Somerville

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    very nice! (y) if you have it taken apart that far you might as well go all out! :yup:
     
  9. 1973Maverick357

    1973Maverick357 Cooler then a Camaro

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    Well it looks great. I was just curious. I work at a restoration shop and they just look them and blasted them then painted them. Thats why i was curious.
     
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    car-nut Glenn

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    That's cool. Everyone does things differently. I am Tech. Rep. for a very large paint distributer, and with that I am fortunate enough that I don't have to pay for any of my PPG paint products.
     
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    guessing you`ve h eard of Cheswick Pa! ppg plant
     
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    yeah free is always nice
    glenn all the parts look real nice keep up the good work.cant wait to see the end result.
    john
     
  13. 1973Maverick357

    1973Maverick357 Cooler then a Camaro

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    I need some paint :D
     
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    PPG is the best!! My green car was done with PPG.
     
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    Popbumper PINTO unashamed

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    Gawd, I love shiny parts - NICE WORK!!

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