The Joys of painting race cars.........

orangejuiced86 · Jul 9, 2020

So I genuinely have a standard of paint work I keep up with. I go all in.... Just how it is.... So I'll just share this one and let the images do the talking!!

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orangejuiced86 · Jul 9, 2020

First track day....

Raymond_B · Jul 9, 2020

Ouch! So he hit the wall the 1st day? Is that a no-prep/grudge car? I imagine those racers are job security

MDPotter · Jul 9, 2020

I knew when I saw the title of the thread. Sad day.

Jim C · Jul 9, 2020

well it was a nice job lol

Jorge M. · Jul 9, 2020

That’ll buff out

orangejuiced86 · Jul 9, 2020

Raymond_B said:
Ouch! So he hit the wall the 1st day? Is that a no-prep/grudge car? I imagine those racers are job security

it is a "grudge car" not not a no prep deal. This one runs on radials. He popped a headgasket on it and spun out around 170mph.

crashtech · Jul 9, 2020

Well, that's gonna be expensive! And never any insurance for track damage, right?

Raymond_B · Jul 9, 2020

I made a post then deleted, but now I am making it again

How are the front frame rails set up? It looks like it is still using part of the stock frame?

orangejuiced86 · Jul 10, 2020

It was a stock front frame rail deal. Now it will be cut off at the firewall and be all tube. For the most part it was a pretty much stock bodied camaro with a 4 link setup in the rear. Its all gonna be changed now. Full carbon front, carbon doors etc.....

crashtech · Jul 10, 2020

I need more customers with bottomless pockets, lol!

Hugh Hef · Jul 10, 2020

To think that I had a sigh of relief in photo #1 to see it wasn't a circle track car.....

orangejuiced86 · Jul 10, 2020

Check this one out, lol This is my current project...

Back in 2012 I think:

2020......:

ls60apache · Jul 12, 2020

ouch..thats always tuff seeing your hard work getting messed up,,but we know theirs always the potential for that happening...be glad its not a circle track car where you get to make the same repairs every monday tuesday and wednesday lol gets old quick if you want to have a nice looking car every weekend

metalman · Jul 12, 2020

We skipped the paint on this car. All the body parts were already black and they just get wrecked anyway. Looks fine from the grandstands.

Only one race so far and already replaced the right side number that got tire smeared from another car.

ls60apache · Jul 13, 2020

a clean car always have a target on it

orangejuiced86 · Sep 10, 2020

Updates on the GN I am redoing.

Body is in final prime(black epoxy) and some of the parts received some color this past weekend.......yes I know its not black!!!!! A Grand National that wont be black!! Oh the humanity!! lol

The car and remaining parts should be up in color next weekend.