Next phase... ready for paint. Here I have to mention the enormous help and talents of Mr. Rustybus. I hooked up with Chris to help with the paint section of the build. He was really helpful in the prep phase, not to mention that with his expertise, we managed to paint this thing in 1 day. He really knows his stuff well. All I told him was an idea of what I wanted it to look like and he layed out the plan.
We hooked up one day at Lordco in Lang to pick out my supplies that I would need and to choose a color. The minute I bought it, I knew it would be an old school beach cruiser...
Here I am off to meet Chris at a buddies shop of his to spray the beast Sat:
Into the booth she goes:
Here is the first layer of primer/ sealer:
Then the magic ingredient to make it come to life in the sunshine. Plus, what old school buggy would be complete without this:
After a couple coats of flake:
Then Chris layed down a couple coats of clear base:
Then after a nice bake, comes the color. Originally I wanted to go with a killer old school gold, like you would have seen on some 70's style ski boat. But something happened while in Lordco picking out paint and I ended up picking a whole different color - Candy red! Here is after 3 coats of red candy.
A couple hours later, and 3 coats of candy red and 3 coats of clear, it was really fun to watch as you could really see the color start to shine:
So that brings it up to today... Next is the chassis, a few holes to weld up and probably some Por15. Then the interior of the tub is going to get some new gravel guard, then the drive train...
More updates to come hopefully soon.
Chris, thanx soooo much for all the help, you did a kick ass job.
