I decided to put off the trans swap for a while and do the paint job.here is the bottom of the hood and trunk lid. Changing collors is a bunch of extra work but I didn't like the Avacado Gold at all ( about the same color as pond scum ) , besides Hemi Orange just sounds like a cool color. Chrysler never used Hemi Orange on a Plymouth, but I don't care.
I sanded all of the paint off, and left most of the original primer on. This car is very straight to be as old as it is. It had an old repair on the right front fender. I took the old bondo off and replaced it, the old stuff was cracked. I cut out some rust on the rear quarter, and welded in a patch. I sprayed primer on the car, them sanded it with a DA then sprayed more primer. Now I'm ready to wet sand. I use a paint paddle with 400 grit paper. A friend told me about painting the hood and trunklid seperate from the car, not only can you do a better job around the edges but it is easier on the arms too.
Here it is almost ready for paint. I still have some sanding to do on the roof. It had some wrinkles where it looks like someone bent in the roof at one time. I was triing to show the shine on the primer in these pics, but it's hard to see. I used a light guide coat of some cheap red spray can primer to be sure I was getting all the orange peel and small dents out.
The paint is on it finally. I had a very hard time with it. The base coat went on ok but the first coat of clear was a disaster. I had runs all over the car. I waited untill the next day and sanded out the runs. then I started again after a painting lesson at T&K paint. They were very helpful. I had my pressure too low and I needed to reduce the clear, once that was straight it flowed out smooth as glass.
