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duginabug
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Well...that's a story all its own. Initially I had somebody else paint it. The body was painted first and I took it home. Then, a few days later he painted the fenders, doors, etc, etc,. The problem was, when he did, he mixed a little clear in with the paint, but he did NOT do this when he shot the body.
When I put the doors, fenders and such on, the color seemd to be ever so slightly “brighter” than the body. Not drastic, but noticeable if you looked close.
Well, I told him about it and he agreed to pay for all the paint (at $349 a gallon) reducer, catalyst and clear coat that I would need to reshoot the body with clear mixed in.
So, I went to a friend of mine who has a brand spankin’ new body shopy with a state of the art paint booth, and I mean it is saaaweeeeeet, and he said I could use it on a weekend whenever I wanted, so I took it there and resprayed the body myself. Now everything matches just fine and all is good.
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normajeanrx
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Location: Modesto, Ca
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Wow. Its nice to see that you resurrected that bug from a sad existence. Most people would not have been able to get anywhere near as far as you did with it.
I am jealous. Thats for sure.
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roy63
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| Posted: Sat Nov 14, 2009 1:50 pm Post subject: |
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| roy63 wrote: |
| did you paint it yourself? |
Well...that's a story all its own. Initially I had somebody else paint it. The body was painted first and I took it home. Then, a few days later he painted the fenders, doors, etc, etc,. The problem was, when he did, he mixed a little clear in with the paint, but he did NOT do this when he shot the body.
When I put the doors, fenders and such on, the color seemd to be ever so slightly “brighter” than the body. Not drastic, but noticeable if you looked close.
Well, I told him about it and he agreed to pay for all the paint (at $349 a gallon) reducer, catalyst and clear coat that I would need to reshoot the body with clear mixed in.
So, I went to a friend of mine who has a brand spankin’ new body shopy with a state of the art paint booth, and I mean it is saaaweeeeeet, and he said I could use it on a weekend whenever I wanted, so I took it there and resprayed the body myself. Now everything matches just fine and all is good. |
That is a interesting story, I love the color. So you now have the clear mixed in that paint on the body too? I have seen a Truck's episode on Spike where they did this and it made a amazing diffrence in the end result. i have been toiling with this concept for my car when it is finaly to ready to paint.
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Mike Fisher
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Tram paints that way and it's pretty hard to argue against the idea!
P.S. Light/dark greens are the New hot colors! 
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duginabug
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Another cool aspect of this restoration is that I worked out a deal with a local VW shop called Happy Motors, an obscure VW repair shop owned and run by these two brothers that have had this place since the early sixties and that's all they do is VWs. They have acres of old bugs, busses, ghias, you name it. The deal we made was that I would sell parts online for them (and they have parts and parts and parts that you would not believe) in exchange for parts that I might need, so I have free run of their cars and parts to pilfer whatever I need for my car. Consequently, I have been able to salvage and use a lot of OG parts that would have cost me hundreds of dollars and/or I would have had to settle for after market parts.
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duginabug
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FINISHED. Finally.
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EZ Gruv
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Gorgeous.
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LeviMan2001
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millerje78
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tell me about that headliner material you used. it looks amazing, as does the rest of your immaculate project.
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4Doora
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FINISHED. Finally.
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so... clean
my new wallpaper 
your car is top notch!
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bayville ss
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| Wow! Now that is sharp! Nicely done. Can't wait to see the progress pics. |
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6Kabrio7
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some guy near where I live had a mango 60 sitting in his backyard for sale here on the samba for cheap and i didn't buy it..It had almost no rust and no accident damage if I remember correctly. the only thing was it wasn't running. i hate remembering opportunities like that 
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BigAlVB
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| WOW! Two thumbs WAY UP! Absolutely beautiful. |
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technik
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| thats what you call a resto! |
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technik
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| thats what you call a resto! |
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dlxcoupe
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Sure nice to see it the way it was intended.. Really Nice  |
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SkooobaSteve
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zozo
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World class gorgeous! Excellent job.
Now get it back in the garage before something happens to it!!  |
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Rowroy
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Now get it back in the garage before something happens to it!! |
Screw that. Let's go for a ride!
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Beetlebaum
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(The car, that is)