Picked the car up from paint today

Discussion in 'General Maverick/Comet' started by Jason M, May 28, 2005.

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To Add Stripes or Not???

  1. Add Stripes

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  2. Leave It Alone

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  1. Jason M

    Jason M Hibernatin for the Winter

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    Picked the car up today and put it all back together this afternoon...... except I have not put on the other pop open windows with chrome yet....... thats for all you guys who have a fine eye for detail
     

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    Dan Starnes Original owner

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    Looks really nice,, you should be proud.
    Dan
     
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  3. maverick1970

    maverick1970 MCG State Rep

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    I can smell the fresh paint!

    Looks good

    Congrats!
     
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    Looks good!
     
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  5. Jean Doll

    Jean Doll Maverick Restoration Tech

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    Very nice!(y) Great job.
     
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    LUUUUVVVVV the color!!!
     
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  7. Jason M

    Jason M Hibernatin for the Winter

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    I really love the yellow, still have not decided if I want stripes to break the car up or leave it as is.........
     
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    Add the black stripe down the side, black-out the taillight panel, black Grabber hood sceme, black-out headlight bezels, and powder-coat windshield wiper arms semi-flat black. The sport sideview mirrors should be body-color. Why make them black when nothing else on the car is black? These details really "make" the tough and sporty appearance of the car...
     
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  9. M.A.V.

    M.A.V. Yep,my real initials.

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    Yep ...if it were mine I`d do exactly what T.L. said. :yup:
     
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  10. blugene

    blugene Senior member Supporting Member

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    I like chrome myself. Seems that when one goes with yellow, black is the other color though, which does look good. I do like the yellow and I agree with the guys on putting stripes on the sides and all that other stuf. I would also have a black vinyl top, but that's me. The fact you even have paint on your car makes me gelious(spelling). Again, It look great!
    How about black that reflects white?:hmmm:
     
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    That is a nice looking car you have...the paint color is definitely an eye catcher!! (y)
     
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    very nice
     
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  13. Mavaholic

    Mavaholic Growing older but not up!

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    I'd leave it alone. It looks great just the way it is. All that black will dull the over all effect. I would however, remove the wheels and paint the wheel wells black as well as any undercarriage that has yellow on it.
     
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  14. Jason M

    Jason M Hibernatin for the Winter

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    The sport mirrors are those cheap aftermarket mirrors that swivel at the base...... I did manage to get a set of sport mirrors off a 66 Montego..... they were sitting in the girlfriends fathers barn for 15 years....... I found out about them after the car was already back from paint..... I left the stone shield the factory grey thats why I put on the grey headlight bezels... I do have a set of black ones that I could have put on, but with the grey ones they match the stone shield.....
     
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    Jason M Hibernatin for the Winter

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    He was gonna paint it black for me, but I didn't give him the wheel lock key to get the wheels off....... so he told me to grab a can of black paint...... I also have to go get a new antenna..... the other one seems to have been misplaced
     
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