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JohnWPB
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NOV 20, 01:24 PM
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Wow... not a single comment on the color... I about wet myself when he opened the can to show it to me LOL!
Just headed home from work, then I am off to the paint shop to check the progress. I want to take off the black plastic cover over the key assembly in the truck, so it does not get painted. I also bought some new rubber stops, grommets and such to replace the old dried out stuff on the hood.
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1984whitesc
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NOV 20, 01:37 PM
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I liked to color you picked out. I know that car with that front bumper will look very very nice. I was contemplating on using the same color for my rebuild, but decided to stay with white.....ok my friends made that decision for me lol.
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NOV 20, 01:54 PM
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Its a great color. Blue is my fave. That matallic pearly blue speaks for itself!
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1984whitesc
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NOV 20, 01:58 PM
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Sorry double post [This message has been edited by 1984whitesc (edited 11-20-2012).]
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JohnWPB
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NOV 20, 03:10 PM
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Progress is MUCH faster than anticipated! They were supposed to have the car ready to paint the week after Thanksgiving. Now, it looks like it will be painted tomorrow! This morning they sanded down the 2nd layer of primer, and hit all the seams, jams and such with a coat of paint. They also did all of the detached parts, the fuel door surround and fuel door, spoiler, mirrors, bumper, headlight covers ect...
[While typing this I had to call and tell them, that they forgot the headlight doors, and the gas cap and surround, as it was not in the booth for the first layer with the other parts. He did a face palm when I called him LOL. He says he will have em shoot the first layer tomorrow when they shoot the car.]
Here is the car, with all the edges making sure to get a good coat of paint:
One of the mirrors:
Front bumper:
And finally, the spoiler / wing. Look at that mirror finish.... this is BEFORE wet sanding and the triple coats of clear that I asked for ! ! !
Crap! I forgot to take all the molding to them when I went over today. It needs to all be done in satin black.... Finishing this post, and headed back to the paint shop 
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mrfred8
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NOV 20, 03:16 PM
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redraif
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NOV 20, 03:31 PM
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Wow... did I see you are having macco do the painting? Cause it looks like they are really pulling out all the stops. I'm impressed
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rpro
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NOV 20, 03:53 PM
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John,
Is this the little sweetheart you're going to bring to Daytona? If so, I can't wait to see it up close and personal.
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JohnWPB
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NOV 20, 04:15 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by 1984whitesc:
I liked to color you picked out. I know that car with that front bumper will look very very nice. I was contemplating on using the same color for my rebuild, but decided to stay with white.....ok my friends made that decision for me lol. |
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Always go with YOUR instinct
| quote | Originally posted by mrfred8:
Looking good. You are going to have to bring that up north this summer for all of us to check out.
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Hey Fred! Sorry, probably never gonna happen 
Straight from Google:
2,094 mi, 35 hours
In current traffic: 44 hours
Now add at minimal 6 hours a night sleeping x 2 nights now makes it 66 Hours ONE way! That works out to almost 6 days of just driving and minimal sleep. That right there is one week out of my vacation! On the other hand, I fly in to Frazee, on a Thursday night, and can spend 3 full days there, and get back for work on Monday morning. Not saying that I would not love to bring the car up for the Tyler Show, just that it is totally unrealistic
| quote | Originally posted by redraif:
Wow... did I see you are having macco do the painting? Cause it looks like they are really pulling out all the stops. I'm impressed |
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Damn I slipped up there... I wanted to wait till I got pictures of the completed car, all up close and personal, get responses, and then say "guess what.... Maaco!" LOL I know all the Maaco and Econo horror stories, and have personally seen them. On the other hand, I have heard good things from a couple people here locally about this perticular shop. You just have to be specific with what you want, and spend more for the paint job, than their $299 specials LOL. The old addage, you get what you pay for...
| quote | Originally posted by rpro:
John,
Is this the little sweetheart you're going to bring to Daytona? If so, I can't wait to see it up close and personal.
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This is the one and only Fiero that I own, so yeppers this is the one  I hope to have it ready by March, and no reason that it should not be, barring some major snafu.
As time goes by, I get more and more anxious! Now it's just tomorrow before I probably will get to see the car fully painted and awaiting wet sanding.
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mrfred8
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NOV 20, 06:07 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by JohnWPB:
Hey Fred! Sorry, probably never gonna happen
Straight from Google:
2,094 mi, 35 hours
In current traffic: 44 hours
Now add at minimal 6 hours a night sleeping x 2 nights now makes it 66 Hours ONE way! That works out to almost 6 days of just driving and minimal sleep. That right there is one week out of my vacation! On the other hand, I fly in to Frazee, on a Thursday night, and can spend 3 full days there, and get back for work on Monday morning. Not saying that I would not love to bring the car up for the Tyler Show, just that it is totally unrealistic
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Bring it up the 30th in Indianapolis, only about 1/2 as far
1,132 mi, 18 hours 43 mins
In current traffic: 18 hours 43 mins
I-75 N
I totally get that flying is much easier. Two pretty long days of driving that weekend wore me out. I can't wait to see your car put together.
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--Jeff aka mrfred8 aka (Hat tip to Mr. J. Jones!)
http://jalopnik.com/5901950...or-her-sweet-sixteen
- 88 Yellow GT
- 86 Silver SE
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