Funny how some projects get started. All I started out with was some blistered paint on the rear fenderwells that I wanted to patch. Too large of a tire, a change to Konis to replace very stiff KYBs, and the more progressive dampening allows the tires to make contact when hitting bumps in hard cornering. So, no problem - sand out and fair in the blisters, take the can of paint the previous owner gave me with the car to the paint shop, and have them match it. A little spraying, a little sanding, a little buffing, and I'm done, right? Ha!!
I am now the proud owner of a brand new 6 horse 33 gallon 9CFM @ 40 PSI air compressor, a really cool HVLP spray gun, and some air tools that were thrown in with the compressor. And blue fingernails. To make a long story short, I am now painting the whole damn car. Piece by piece. Fortunately for a first timer like me, I'm not changing the color, at least not much. What is going on now is truer to the original #325 Albert Blue that it was delivered with way back when.
Anyway, I'm down to just the doors and front fenders to paint. I'll take all four parts off to paint them. Funny, too, is that I just saw cnielson's thread about the seal between the fenders and body; pretty timely information. That part will have to wait a couple of weeks at this point, though. I have a track day with the Alfa club at Pacific Raceways in a week, and a PCA DE the week after that. Once those are behind me, I'll pull the doors and fenders and finish up. What a job. I never realized how much work this would turn into.
