Building the nest.. colour me blind!!!

[Ed]

Hello,

Progress pics.  the car is now in colour!!

Alfio aligned the panels, fixed up areas of my prep and finished some off and of course applied the colour.  It was great to watch him work and help him where I could, lots of things learnt that will help in the future.

ok the results speak for themselves.. so here are some pics.

after a 5am start, got to Alf's to pick up the car which was based during the week.  I was already happy seeing this.




Alf showed Peter and myself how to help him mask and this was the end result after about 1.5 hours or so.  (actually this is after it was based and the roof was to be hit again but you get the idea).  Its bloody hard ripping a straight line on the masking machine..



After some brekky it was Alf's go to do his stuff.

reaching for the roof...


bending his knees to get those low bits too!


watching him race around the workshop in/out of booth is tiring.... don't forget the booth is about 45 degrees in there!  I bet this guy never goes to the sauna.. he works in one!

based, topcoat then cleared.. this is the result.. OMG it's alive!!!



what a beautiful rear end, smooth as a baby's they say...


what does it look like in the sun??


and again..


now the fun begins for the re-fit..

Cheers

Ed

[graham_fuller]

hey Ed,
Looks fantastic can't wait as I'm sure you can't for the finished result.Alfi's done a terrific job to.what a great Christmas present.
Cheers,
Graham

[the_love_god]

thank you Ed, yes guys and gals if you want a top paint job call me,you will be happy what l can do with a spray gun in my hand. l have been in the trade for 20 years and l love my work.if you need advice call me or email.with ed car need very little or no buffing.or if you need panels l will restore them for you.my number is 0298208979 or 0418195715.merry xmas to all and have a safe happy FE FC new year lol lol from Alfio Musumeci

[ChrisB]

Ed,
Looks really good, love the colour



ChrisB  

[ACE]

Great work Ed and Alf,
Ed I remember what it looked like before you bought it
Regards ACE  

[nicko]

thats just incredible  boys,

[normd]

Hey  Ed & "the-spray-god" ? ? ?  
  Looks absolutely "brilliant" ......  Ok Ed , head down & bum up ....  we wanna see it on the road now.
 Credit to both of you

  Norm  

[Emu]

Ed and Spray-God,

Wow!! Love it!

Ed, I know how hard you worked! Some people don't appreciate what goes into making coffee and bringing cold drinks on a project like this. Not to mention all the waiting for others to finish! Bloody exhausting  

But, as your excellent pics show......... its all worth it in the end. How good is that finish straight off the gun!

I'm with Norm, get up.... work to be done.

Emu

[Ed]

thx guys,

It has been a long time to get this far, driveline is ready to be re-fitted, so not much longer now.

Very happy with the body & paint.

The driveline should add some more grin factor.

Cheers

Ed

[customFC]

I'm drooling.
That finish is just mouth watering.
Fantastic job guys.
The work you have put in Ed is really showing.....congrats.
Regards
Alex

[smithy]

 ed nice one mate, you should be very, very happy with that finish, and well done alf, i love the colours and those louvres in the bonnet. been watching the bird slowly builds its nest over the year or so
what colour will the interior be??
well done cant wait to see it in the flesh.
dean

[oldgmh]

Question?

Bonnet louvres are :

a/ for better airflow through the radiator or
b/ to enable fresh air to get to the carbies or
c/ to enable the underbonnet oily fumes to cover the windscreen or,
d/ to make it hard to clean the bonnet or
e/ just to look good or
f/ to have a better view of the revving engine from the cabin
g/ to attract the chicks.


Earlee.

[Glenn 'Stinky' Stankevicius]

answer - h: none of the above.
It's coz they look cool!  

[zulu]

Verrry nice, congrats Ed on some Kool body mods & a well prepared car, & to Alfio, for his talent with the paint.
Gary

[FC0058]

Ed
The nest is now built all you need to do now is fill it with egg's lol.

Car looks great and Alfio has done a fantastic job on your paint. He has a passion for his paint and panel work and strives for perfection and it has definently showed through on your car.

Great Job gents Ed no sleep for you its work work and more work, christmas is upon us and easter is not to far away.

[RET]

Ed,

Great stuff - I see the front of Alf's "Rosie" peeking into one of those photos - I bet the two of them together will make a great shot.

All that hard work with the prep is paying off now, it must be great to see it finally taking shape and looking like a real car again.

And in response to ACE's comment, yeah!  Here's a blast from this car's ancient past...

cheers
RET

[Spinner]

Ed, Alfio & Steve,

You've done almost as good a masking job as that on the spray gun wielder.

The wagon looks better than good.  The finished result will be quite a sight for sore eyes.  


Brett

[Revhead_Fc]

Hey ED

Mate ill have nothing to hassle you over its finally painted and how awesome does it look???  Im like the rest cant wait to see it finished but you reckon the grin on your face is big now wait till you first drive it.  Well done might have to pull my finger out of my arse and get stuck into my ute.  Good on you alf top job mate I reckon you might just get a shit load of work out of this.


very envious

Ben

GO THE WAGON  

[bent8-58]

Excellent work guys!!!
Is it possible to get a better Christmas present? I think not!  There is Nothing that compares with standing back & looking at your blood-sweat & tears in a fresh shiny coat of paint! Congrats Ed!
(p.s. its nice to know there are painters out there that take pride in their work, I know there's plenty of them out there,but where were they when my car was sanded,bogged,sprayed & pushed back out?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Never mind-live & learn hey!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Ed]

thx for all the kind comments,

jut posting a before shot i found the other day.

Cheers

Ed