Jim_Gruber
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I wanted to share the latest pictures of Bugsy IV my 60BE. I just finished Painting, Cutting, Buffing and rolled him outside for washing down and pictures yesterday afternoon. All is done on the car with engine and tranny complete, suspension complete, braking systems complete, cooling complete, fuel system complete. Next step is new wiring harness and interior. He is coming along nicely, seats are totally redone awaiting install and he will be making vroom, vroom noises soon.
I discovered that in spite of adding 2 3/4" driveshaft spacers I still have a slight clearance issue with driveshaft yoke touching the bottom of the tranny tunnel( Datsun 210 5 Speed ). At this point rear end is still up in the air and suspension is not settled. Clearance was fine when car was on jackstands. Without the driveshaft spacers I had clearance issues. Hoping this resolved itself once suspension settles, stock 15 leaf springs are in place.
Paint is Rustoleum Canvas White, Oil Based Paint, applied via foam roller, 6 coats, and cut with Meguiars M105 Cutting Compound, and M205 Finishing Compound. After going through 2 painters, one who decided he didn't want to paint Bugsy when I delivered him, and a second painter that did fabulous work but gave me a quote of $8,000 to paint Bugsy I decided to paint him myself. The paint job while not show quality, is perfectly adequate for Bugsy as a very fun driver and I don't need to worry about nicks and scratches. I simply open the can of Rustoleum or pick up the spray can of the same color and do a touchup. I did not have facilities available to spray Bugsy and my garage is extremely messy now after buffing and cutting with dots of buffing compound decorating the walls, cabinets. and anything and everything in the garage. A massive garage cleaning is soon to follow cleaning everything in the garage.
My total cost for all materials including purchase of a buffer from Harbor Freight was less than $300. A far cry from the $8,000 quote I was given leaving me more money to spend on toys for Bugsy. Although I cna't sell the idea of upgrading to a supercharger based on the amount of money I saved on painting. It just won't fly in my household.
Questions about this method of painting, ping me.
I discovered that in spite of adding 2 3/4" driveshaft spacers I still have a slight clearance issue with driveshaft yoke touching the bottom of the tranny tunnel( Datsun 210 5 Speed ). At this point rear end is still up in the air and suspension is not settled. Clearance was fine when car was on jackstands. Without the driveshaft spacers I had clearance issues. Hoping this resolved itself once suspension settles, stock 15 leaf springs are in place.
Paint is Rustoleum Canvas White, Oil Based Paint, applied via foam roller, 6 coats, and cut with Meguiars M105 Cutting Compound, and M205 Finishing Compound. After going through 2 painters, one who decided he didn't want to paint Bugsy when I delivered him, and a second painter that did fabulous work but gave me a quote of $8,000 to paint Bugsy I decided to paint him myself. The paint job while not show quality, is perfectly adequate for Bugsy as a very fun driver and I don't need to worry about nicks and scratches. I simply open the can of Rustoleum or pick up the spray can of the same color and do a touchup. I did not have facilities available to spray Bugsy and my garage is extremely messy now after buffing and cutting with dots of buffing compound decorating the walls, cabinets. and anything and everything in the garage. A massive garage cleaning is soon to follow cleaning everything in the garage.
My total cost for all materials including purchase of a buffer from Harbor Freight was less than $300. A far cry from the $8,000 quote I was given leaving me more money to spend on toys for Bugsy. Although I cna't sell the idea of upgrading to a supercharger based on the amount of money I saved on painting. It just won't fly in my household.
Questions about this method of painting, ping me.