BB2: Primer Day
 

The work continues:

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Even the saddlebags get covered:

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You're enjoying this aren't you Jack!!!

Looks like she's coming on a treat, have you got an ETA on the finished product yet?

Cheers

What kind of gun is he using that it allows him to be able to shoot outside of the booth? Project looks great btw.
Joe

I'm using my SATA . AQMD allows me to shoot a limited amount of primer (water based) outside of the booth. I'm working in front of a work station with a filtered vent system running. When it comes time to shoot the final color I'll have the car in the booth (or I'll turn the camera off!!).

Kevin
Didnt mean to come across as the paint police ;-). Just wondering how you kept the overspray down.
Joe

with the HVLP gun, low air pressure (29lbs) and the workstation vent running, overspray is kept to a minimum. but anything of real value is either covered or taken outside during primer.

And so the obvious implication relative to the 914 is?

(just kiddin' around)

I love watching, and wish I could bring my car to you, Kevin.

kevin, you guys are fast....not to many people can acomplish what has been done to jacks car in this kind of time frame. i would hate to know what your bill is going to be but it will be sweet forsure!

Jack, it's not too late to change you mind about the color.

I'd say, paint it Speed Yellow, Ferrari Fly Yellow or Orange. Just like Orange Crate of the mid sixties.

Hope Kev dosen't smear the paint!

The 914 is setting on a jet ski stand and a couple of saw horses. Far too difficult to move !! Besides it's in the early stages of construction. I really should have covered it though.

Just trying to visualize, here:

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...ualizeBB2C.jpg

I love the "Primer Cam"!

Jack

Maybe I've missed a thread or two, is this the same car?

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploads/Kevin017.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...sThatCar-T.jpg

One's replacing the other. The pretty one one the right got, well, dented at Laguna Seca.

Well it seems you got as many condolences as Princess Diana, but your car was prettier. It has inspired me to build up a '70 E that I am negociating on at the moment.

BTW the crash page is not there anymore

bender (the server) is pretty ill right now, as am I (damn flu). I will be in tomorrow and swap over to another machine.

Much like BB2, bender2 will be better than ever...although it will have the same name.

wow...it's really coming along nicely!

Of course, there's <u>a lot</u> of sanding involved.

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploads/Kevin019.jpg

Is that BB1 in the background right now?

No, that's Hans Stoehr's car. It's a backdated SC with a recently rebuilt 3.0. It weighs in at about 2100 pounds, thanks to lots of fiberglass and Lexan. He's the guy who graciously towed BB1 the 7 hours back from Laguna Seca after the crash. I got to drive his car (while watching BB1 on the trailer ahead of me), and it convinced me to go with fiberglass in the new version of the car.

His hood flipped up and shattered a couple of weeks ago, and he used BB2's hood for an event at Willow Springs, coming in 2nd in his class.

With your new hood are you going to have race-pins or those traditional RS/RSR style rubber hood holders?

Neither. I plan on using the good ol' fashioned factory latch.

Wouldn't want the thing to look like a 'race car,' would I? ;)

Don't you have to have a bonnet pin to scrutineer in the US?

Just checked the earthcam, where is your car Jack? I do not see how you are able to work, I check the cam 3-4 times a day at work. It must be nice to be at a shop that actually will work on your car!
John:cool:

Nick: not in the groups I run with. I have a set of the tie-downs, though, if it ever comes up.

John: it's out in the sun, curing. And I don't get a whole lot of work done. :rolleyes:

:confused:

Hans was using the early-style tie-downs -- but he forgot to secure them. The factory latch has two levels of protection (and nothing to clutter up the look of the hood).

Hey Jack - I'm behind a firewall here at work, and cannot watch the progress. Any chance you could post the occasional screen cap?

As of today at 10:00 PST.

mmmmm Yellow! I like the yellow one.

here is a shot...6:50 GMT

It looks like either the front bumper is being fitted, or he's working on installing the ducting for the front AC vent. The new car came with dealer-installed air, which meant no cutaway in the front hood for the condenser fan. We've cut one out from a 73, and it's going to get welded in.

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G*&D#@^% firewall. I am still getting the image I posted earlier. I thought I was helping but I guess I am not. Sorry.

Jack,
Love watching the progress. I'm trying to get a handle on the order of the re-assembly. Can you give a rundown of the schedule after the paint and when you expect to be back on the street.
Mark

DDP

Yup, condenser shroud:

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploads/Kevin021.jpg

Jack, how the hell do you get anything done? I would be looking slack jawed at my computer screen all day!

I <u>don't</u> get anything done. I'm already a week late on a project I've got to turn in, and it looks like it's going to be another 10 days before I'm done.

Who cares. :p

I went by Kevin's shop today to drop off the last piece of trim. Here are two views of the still-being-sanded beauty:

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...owardPaint.jpg

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...wardPaintB.jpg

Anybody got any 6-inch spacers I can use to fill out those rear fenders? ;)

Looks very smooth, Jack.

Kevin's testing out your cupholders in that first pic, eh? ;)