Re: Tinpan's 39 Super Eight
Posted by Robin Adair On 2014/3/18 11:09:45
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So, I got a call from Tom last week telling me the engine is perfect and he can't wait to get it on the road. I went up to his place and sure enough, the engine is in good shape. One less thing to worry about.
Ahh the smoke filled garage, love it.
I finally decided to go ahead and have it repainted. The paint job the previous owner had done was pretty bad and both Tom and I think that's why he never got it put back together.
The big question was what color was this car originally. Tom tried buffing the previous paint job and the paint was pretty thin. A blue paint started coming through the black so we spent a lot of time trying to figure out what color the car was.
Half kiddingly I said go ahead a sand one of the door down so we can see what the original color is. He called me back ten minutes later to tell me there were 4 coats of paint in the car. Black, a blue primer, black and the original black.
I can't remember the color but there is a light blue metallic paint Packard released as an optional color that would look killer on this car. Anyway, that's where I am at, tom is finishing preping the car for paint and I'll have to decide on a color pretty soon.
So, I got a call from Tom last week telling me the engine is perfect and he can't wait to get it on the road. I went up to his place and sure enough, the engine is in good shape. One less thing to worry about.
Ahh the smoke filled garage, love it.
I finally decided to go ahead and have it repainted. The paint job the previous owner had done was pretty bad and both Tom and I think that's why he never got it put back together.
The big question was what color was this car originally. Tom tried buffing the previous paint job and the paint was pretty thin. A blue paint started coming through the black so we spent a lot of time trying to figure out what color the car was.
Half kiddingly I said go ahead a sand one of the door down so we can see what the original color is. He called me back ten minutes later to tell me there were 4 coats of paint in the car. Black, a blue primer, black and the original black.
I can't remember the color but there is a light blue metallic paint Packard released as an optional color that would look killer on this car. Anyway, that's where I am at, tom is finishing preping the car for paint and I'll have to decide on a color pretty soon.
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