After many trials and tribulations, Ole Paint will soon have new paint. Finally I can see some cranberry red parts here and there!!! www.chevelles.com/showroom/seeingred.jpg (http://www.chevelles.com/showroom/seeingred.jpg)

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Elcaminos are special!
I'd rather walk around with a Chevrolet hubcap in my hand than drive a Ford


work in progress
Big James Elky(AKA Ol Paint) (http://www.chevelles.com/showroom/Big%20James4XL-Ol%20Paint1.jpg)
www.chevelles.com/showroom/workgoeson1.jpg (http://www.chevelles.com/showroom/workgoeson1.jpg)

Are you painting the whole car apart,or are just edging?

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70 chevelle,400cid turbo400.blue with silver stripes.
http://members.spree.com/entertainment/ochrisl/

Yes, I decided to paint the parts , then reassemble. It is a color change plus I had to rebuild the hinges, also, one fender and one inner fender had to be replaced. It's much easier for me to do the dent and ding repair plus I can paint these parts laying flat which will help a rookie like me reduce he chance of runs(only one small one so far).

I must admit however that I am worried about damaging the parts during assembly but I'm going to wrap the pieces in plastic and maybe this will help, I used to do that when assembling custom motorcycles with good success.

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Elcaminos are special!
I'd rather walk around with a Chevrolet hubcap in my hand than drive a Ford


work in progress
Big James Elky(AKA Ol Paint) (http://www.chevelles.com/showroom/Big%20James4XL-Ol%20Paint1.jpg)
www.chevelles.com/showroom/workgoeson1.jpg (http://www.chevelles.com/showroom/workgoeson1.jpg)

I was thinking of doing it tht way to,because i hate that tape line between the jamb and the outer side.Just run masking tape on the edges befor you assemble it.Looks good though.

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70 chevelle,400cid turbo400.blue with silver stripes.
http://members.spree.com/entertainment/ochrisl/

Big, Cool on the progress http://www.chevelles.com/forum/biggrin.gif Nothing sweeter than giving you car its first bath without snagging the mitt on rust holes http://www.chevelles.com/forum/eek.gif

The only probelm I see is..What are you going to nickname your car after it is all pretty? Ole Paint don't fit any more? http://www.chevelles.com/forum/confused.gif

Looks good, can't wait for completed pics!!

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TC #364
Aces #4309
Jeff's 69 (http://www.chevelles.com/showroom/daytonajeff1.jpg)

Lookin Good... Now if you bust your knuckles open wrenching on the beast the blood will match http://www.chevelles.com/forum/biggrin.gif

James,

Lookin' good! FWIW, when I redid our 69 Impala, I had all the parts painted off the car. Just put a strip of masking tape on the fender & door edges when I hung 'em, and got off without a nick. Take your time & be careful, and you can do it. Definitely worth the effort.

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Bill Pritchard
69 SS396 Convertible
"Life is short; eat dessert first." - Ogden Nash
My low tech web page (http://home.att.net/~bpritchard/index.html)

Thanks guys!!! Just shot the doors today after work, now I've got to move things out and bring Ole Paint back in for its treatment.

By the way Jeff, Ole Paint will always be Ole Paint!

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Elcaminos are special!
I'd rather walk around with a Chevrolet hubcap in my hand than drive a Ford


work in progress
Big James Elky(AKA Ol Paint) (http://www.chevelles.com/showroom/Big%20James4XL-Ol%20Paint1.jpg)
www.chevelles.com/showroom/workgoeson1.jpg (http://www.chevelles.com/showroom/workgoeson1.jpg)

Lookin good. I like Cranberry Red.

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von '69 300 Dlx SS TC #15 ACES #1575
My '69 SS (http://sites.netscape.net/von69ss/homepage)

Looking very good there, big!! Wish I was that far along on mine. http://www.chevelles.com/forum/tongue.gif

Keep the pics coming!

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Eric Taylor
72 Malibu 350

Excellent! I am at the same stage as Big James 4XL. My Chevelle looked just like his pic here: Big James 4XL pic (http://www.chevelles.com/showroom/workgoeson1.jpg)

This past weekend we painted the trunk with GM trunk spatter paint and clearcoated it. Also painted the area where the trunk weatherstrip goes and in back of where the rear bumper mounts (rear outer part of trunk). Also painted the doors and fenders. Wish I had a digicam - maybe I'll borrow one and post the pics soon. Will squirt some cran red paint on entire car sometime in the next few weeks to a month. I don't think I'm going to be making it to Super Chevy this Aug. http://www.chevelles.com/forum/frown.gif

[This message has been edited by Super70 (edited 07-18-2001).]