Re: KPack's 1954 Panama
Posted by kevinpackard On 2024/2/15 1:21:47
Made some slight progress tonight. Been busy with a bunch of other stuff so haven't touched the car for a week.
A package came in from the good folks at Max Merritt. I finally replaced the missing antenna grommet, which will keep the antenna from rattling around and scuffing up the paint. Looks much better with the grommet in place. The motor on the antenna works, but the mast and nylon were broken off long before I got the car. Eventually I'll figure out a replacement or repair option, but that is the lowest thing on my list right now.
I also replaced the four missing bumpers on the front of the hood. The hood hardly rattled before, since my side bumpers were in decent shape, but these front ones will keep it rock solid.
A trim screw kit also came in. All of my interior trim was already removed from the car when I got it, with pieces spread all over the trunk. The screws (what was left of them) were all mixed together in various containers. Many of the screws on the windshield trim were nearly rusted in half. So I figured I might as well replace them with new. Problem is I have no idea where all these screws go since none were there previously. This set is for the rear window. I think I figured most of it out, but not everything. The screw heads are definitely larger than the original ones. Not sure they make smaller heads now. But most of the old ones are not useable now.
I also spent a solid hour and a half at an automotive paint store (also an hour and a half away) to try and find a good match for the exterior paint. Looking through every possible cross reference to the original code didn't yield anything remotely close. Paint matching camera gave me an old Toyota color that turned out not to be close. So we had to resort to flipping through binders of paint chips to find something. Eventually we settled on one that was really the only color in the ballpark. From some angles it's right on, from other angles it's too dark. But that's the best I could do. Testing it on the car it looks much closer to the existing exterior color. Not perfect, but better than the bright blue I sprayed.
Talking to the guys at the paint shop (only automotive paint..they knew their stuff), they recommended that I not shoot another layer of sealer/primer. With the underlying paint being a blue color it will take less of the new paint to cover correctly. This paint should cover the incorrect blue without any issue according to them.
Started scuffing all the door jambs again tonight. Great fun. I hope to mask this weekend and spray Monday.
-Kevin
A package came in from the good folks at Max Merritt. I finally replaced the missing antenna grommet, which will keep the antenna from rattling around and scuffing up the paint. Looks much better with the grommet in place. The motor on the antenna works, but the mast and nylon were broken off long before I got the car. Eventually I'll figure out a replacement or repair option, but that is the lowest thing on my list right now.
I also replaced the four missing bumpers on the front of the hood. The hood hardly rattled before, since my side bumpers were in decent shape, but these front ones will keep it rock solid.
A trim screw kit also came in. All of my interior trim was already removed from the car when I got it, with pieces spread all over the trunk. The screws (what was left of them) were all mixed together in various containers. Many of the screws on the windshield trim were nearly rusted in half. So I figured I might as well replace them with new. Problem is I have no idea where all these screws go since none were there previously. This set is for the rear window. I think I figured most of it out, but not everything. The screw heads are definitely larger than the original ones. Not sure they make smaller heads now. But most of the old ones are not useable now.
I also spent a solid hour and a half at an automotive paint store (also an hour and a half away) to try and find a good match for the exterior paint. Looking through every possible cross reference to the original code didn't yield anything remotely close. Paint matching camera gave me an old Toyota color that turned out not to be close. So we had to resort to flipping through binders of paint chips to find something. Eventually we settled on one that was really the only color in the ballpark. From some angles it's right on, from other angles it's too dark. But that's the best I could do. Testing it on the car it looks much closer to the existing exterior color. Not perfect, but better than the bright blue I sprayed.
Talking to the guys at the paint shop (only automotive paint..they knew their stuff), they recommended that I not shoot another layer of sealer/primer. With the underlying paint being a blue color it will take less of the new paint to cover correctly. This paint should cover the incorrect blue without any issue according to them.
Started scuffing all the door jambs again tonight. Great fun. I hope to mask this weekend and spray Monday.
-Kevin
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