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After
all of that work, we decided the paint just wasn't a close enough match to the body panels that had already been painted.
This project was too important to settle for a car that was three or four different shades of coral, not to mention the fact
that the "professional" didn't put enough paint on the body panels to stand up to buffing, some were already
showing signs of being thin.
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We decided to repaint the
entire car, and that required ordering three more gallons of paint in the Cay coral color. We turned to TCPglobal
to try again to match the sample we had of the DuPont paint. While we were waiting on the new paint to be delivered,
we occupied our time by working under the dash, and on the steering column.
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In October Dad spent almost
three weeks in the hospital and in rehab, and I made it my mission to get the painting done while he was recovering.
I finished buffing an hour before he was released, and took these pictures the same day. He was very pleased with the
results, in fact if you look at the photos, you can see he's wiping down the car even before he removed his hospital bracelets.
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Here's some examples of how the
the car looks after painting. We got some great tips from our friend Ollie from chevytalk.org on proper materials to use in the compounding stage, and we're very pleased with the results. It took a while to
get the technique down, but I feel this is as good a paintjob as any professional could deliver.
Next, we finished up the dash,
put in the fuel system, and added the rear bumper, some of the chrome trim, and the taillights.
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