sperkins

Devilbiss GFG-670 Plus. It really is an Awesome gun.
Base - 1.3 tip
Clear - 1.4 tip

Thanks again to everyone for the kind words.

Motor City Vette

Any new pix with the wet sanding and buffing all done??? You did an AWESOME job...I really love the way it came out. How much eperience did you have prior to this??? Thanks

jlelec

Just saw this post for the first time and you did a great job! I doubt it would have looked any better if you had it done! Please post more pics when you are all done! My neighbors don't like my back yard paint booth either

sperkins

Hey thanks again guys. I'm getting real close to having her all back together. I re-installed the rag top and deck lid this weekend. The interior is almost finished and the engine bay is done. The engine and trans are all done and ready to stab back in. The side pipes are here and the wheels are on the way as we speak. Next is a new rear mono spring and hanging the doors. I'm shooting for early May!

MYBAD79

I see you only have one bottle of assembly lube left in that six pack.... better run to the store

Nice job !!

sperkins

Saturday I went to ATL and bought the tires for the vette and had them mounted on the new TTII's. ( I know..I Know...)
Sunday I put in the new 360# VPB rear mono spring. It dropped it down pretty far, but I still have to drop it another 1 1/2 inches in the rear. I also droppped the engine in. I had a hell of a time with the new solid motor mounts. Even with the engine in, it still sits way too high on the front. I'll have to put everything else on and then cut the front springs. Here's a few pics from Sunday.
















Trying to get it ready for the CF Cruise to Bolingreen in May!!!

MsVetteMan

Keep up the good work!

gator79

the suspension will settle some after you drive it

rexx78

Great job

I am interested in your paint booth. I may attenpt to paint my vette in my attached garage.

Is your garage attached? How were the fumes?
Do you think that another filter would have worked to reduce the exhaust and not make your neighbor cranky?
What did you use for the frame on the booth?

sperkins

An exhaust filter would have worked to control fumes, but I didn't use one. The garage is attached. You can see in the follwing picture that I attached the plastic to the floor joists. I used duct tape to seal the plastic to the floor.

saudivette

Gorgeous Did the headlights come up without damaging any of the surrounding paint?

sperkins

Yep - I got really lucky. I was also able to put the doors back on without banging up the paint except one tiny tiny spot that I can touch up. A buddy of mine helped out and it wasn't nearly as bad as I had thought.

saudivette

It's looking damn good, that's for sure - makes me jealous Good job (or luck, who cares) that the headlight doors didn't give you any grief

Tommy Samuels

Red69,
does your garage door have windows? I once replaced the garage window with a box fan and put a 20X20 pleated paper central A/C filter.
It worked like a charm.

68 NJConv 454

Your garage is huge. Very envious. Great job on the paint!!! Car is coming along very nicely!

paulywannafly

Nice work want a job?

CorvetteTechInc

Scott, looks great, congrats on doing it yourself.

Is that my old motor after the rebuild? If so, great job. I hope that all worked out for you ok. Looks mean.

Joe..

big_G

BondoKing

Perkins it looks great brother.. You should be proud.. Which clear did you use?? Universal?? Looks deep and beautiful bro

sperkins

That's funny. I actually considered building a permanent paint booth for side jobs because it was so much fun. Here's a couple of pics of my second paint job for my father in law:





Thanks Joe. Yep that's the ole 327 a little hopped up. Full roller too. I am dying to fire her up.

Thanks man. I used Southern Polyurethanes "Universal clear". It really is a nice clear and so easy to apply.
http://www.southernpolyurethanes.com...ct%20lines.htm