1970 Plymouth GTX

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jeremyb

Haven't done one of these in a while. All ready to start spraying first thing in the morning.

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Yes on assembly. Hardest part is the front of the door jambs. You can crawl up in the front wheel houses and shoot them with the door shut.

I do these for a local mopar restorer and this is the way they were done going down the assembly line. That's how he likes em done.

There are pros and cons.
 
Well one of the pros has to be less chance of chipping doors and fenders trying to get them lined up after painting.
Some folks down the road have 68 GTX up on blocks. Its been there for 13 years that I know of and when I tried to talk to them about it they refused to even speak to me. If it wasn't in Arizona it would have rusted to pieces by now. Even so the interior is being destroyed by mice.
 
Yep! Most of the cons is usually from the painter..LOL. As you know, MOPAR guys are a different breed...I know guys around here that won't even look at you while their car is rotting away in the trees behind their house.
 
I don't envy you on that one! That looks like a challenge shooting all those areas at one time. I'd be seriously considering a pressure pot on something like that!
 
Jeremy, Do you spray the interior metal pieces before or after the outside? It's been awhile since I've looked at a new car (60's up), but from memory weren't the inside doors upper and lower,1/4's and dash a different color from the exterior?
 
Yea the insides of doors and int. quarter pieces are a semi gloss black. Will get taped off afterwards and done.

IT is challenging to say the least....wouldn't be fun if it wasn't though!
 
I would like to watch how you pattern your movements around a BIG job like that, how you open and shut the doors and deck lid, etc. Gotta use some SLOW material for sure!
 
lol.

2-1/2 gallons of universal later............

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I'm going to take the rest of the day off......
 
Did you get paint up under the package tray where the assembly line painters never did? My right arm is sore just looking at the photos:D
 
LOL Bob. I've done them like that before (complete coverage) and got accused of doing them too nice...go figure. I guess factory is factory....but it does have epoxy on it this go around instead of bare metal.

What is fascinating to me is, I still run into guys on the net who say that universal clear just doesn't work for all overs in downdraft booths. They say it is too fast/doesn't stay open long enough. HMM..must be using something else?
 
I think the Universal is perfect for everything-maybe that's why it called Universal?
 
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