Second Wind - a Packard Gasser

Got the frame and suspension pieces painted up.

Looks good!

A man on a mission!

I'm curious, what kind of paint did you use? What color? It looks good!

You are definitely a one man machine.
I like the color.

Very nice. How did you rotate the frame?

offroadrolls said:

I'm curious, what kind of paint did you use? What color? It looks good!

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PPG urethane, Silver Blue Poly, I think it was a Toyota color? Don't recall exactly, I used it on the 34 Caddy suspension parts and others since - still had a little so just showed them the label and got another gal. I wanted to make the suspension and chassis bright since with a high riding car it will be quite visible. Also it will go with just about any body color - which is yet to be decided on....

bob w said:

Very nice. How did you rotate the frame?

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Oh I wish, Bob! I just shot it the way you see it, rolling around on a creeper to do the underside - not ideal but got it done. Same deal when it comes to doing the underside of the body - I like doing things the hard way I guess....

It's a roller again.....

Man, did it even dry before reassembly?

05snopro440 said:

Man, did it even dry before reassembly?

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Kinda sorta...

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It don’t need a VIN, it’s got fingerprints![ddd[ddd[ddd

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Had the body blasted today, done with glass bead, nice finish and no warpage. Need a couple days to go over everything welding up the inevitable pin holes revealed by blasting the barnacles off, then everything gets a shot of epoxy primer.

That fella must be really good to dry blast it and no warpage.
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I remember when you were going to keep the patina and blend in the new stuff

It's coming along!

I have glass bead in my cabinet at home. I really like it for the stuff I use it for.

Old Iron said:

That fella must be really good to dry blast it and no warpage.
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Seems to be no problem, I think because the glass bead is not such an aggressive media, it doesn't produce as much heat as sand - also I'm sure if you go too hard at it you could still mess it up...

05snopro440 said:

I remember when you were going to keep the patina and blend in the new stuff

It's coming along!

I have glass bead in my cabinet at home. I really like it for the stuff I use it for.

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Yeah, well, after all the body mods and different colored fenders etc., I didn't want to do a faketina job - that and I have a problem stopping at the 'rough' stage...

Very Nice..... we stopped using glass bead due to some heath hazzard.

I wish I had a blast cabinet like that...

Splashed a nice juicy coat of epoxy primer on everything, time to get started on the bondo - er - bodywork, lots to do, gonna take while. I'd like to get some color on it before going south in October - have to see how it goes...

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