Paint work is done!

[Chris_Masucci]

On the way to the shop...

Getting all masked up...

White coves...

On with the blue...

All finished.

It only took me 15 years to get here. I still can't believe I did it all myself.

 

[Bob_Spidell]

Awesome!

 

[HealeyRick]

Looks beautiful, Chris. Can never go wrong with Healey Blue I like to refer to this part of the restoration as when the unbolting stops and the bolting begins.

 

[Chris_Masucci]

Thanks guys, I couldn't be happier. Rick, do you by any chance know Bob Bender from Dalton Mass? He used to be president of the NE Region Healey club of america if I remember correctly. If you do, drop him a line if you can and let him know that this is his car I bought in 1998. I'm sure he would love to see what it has become.

 

[HealeyRick]

Thanks guys, I couldn't be happier. Rick, do you by any chance know Bob Bender from Dalton Mass? He used to be president of the NE Region Healey club of america if I remember correctly. If you do, drop him a line if you can and let him know that this is his car I bought in 1998. I'm sure he would love to see what it has become.

Chris,

I know Bob very well. I'll be happy to let him know.

 

[Keith_M]

That looks great! Now comes the fun part; everything you do from now on makes things look better.

 

[bighealeysource]

Beautiful Chris - you should be extremely proud of the job you have done ! Make sure to post more pics as it gets finished.
Regards,
Mike

 

[Rob Glasgow]

Chris, Your car looks beautiful. Would you mind sharing the paint products you used and the paint codes for both the blue and white?

 

[BigGreen]

Beautiful Chris - you should be extremely proud of the job you have done ! ... Mike

+1 Have fun !!

 

[rjc157]

Just curious how much did that job cost

 

[Chris_Masucci]

Chris, Your car looks beautiful. Would you mind sharing the paint products you used and the paint codes for both the blue and white?

Hi Rob,

I sprayed the car myself and used the DuPont Chroma system. These are the products I used in the order I used them:
226S Aluminum Prep
2540S Epoxy DTM (direct to metal)
7704S ChromaSurfacer
7740S ChromaSeal
ChromaBase Ice Blue Metallic and Old English White from R&R Paint (Dick Maine)
7779S ChromaClear

I probably have $1000 in paint and sundries, but I did paint it myself since I was lucky to find someone to let me rent their booth for the weekend.

Chris

 

[rjc157]

well you must be a body man nice job

 

[Chris_Masucci]

well you must be a body man nice job

Trial and error my friend, trial and error. Nice thing about metal is you can always add more by welding, which is why I stay away from finish woodwork

 

[Randy Forbes]

Looks good Chris, and you're at least five (>5) years ahead of the schedule to restore my car (and I couldn't come to grips with the finish bodywork or painting).

Looks beautiful, Chris. Can never go wrong with Healey Blue I like to refer to this part of the restoration as when the unbolting stops and the bolting begins.

Indeed, changing the direction on the ratchets is always a big day for me, though it does happen more often with more, but smaller jobs!

 

[Rob Glasgow]

Chris, Thank you for the paint info.

 

[Rob Glasgow]

Chris, Do you remember the quantity of the white and ice blue paint you used to do the entire car? Rob