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General Category => CF Bedford Chat => Topic started by: John Abbott on April 20, 2011, 11:07:38 AM
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Wadda reckon...?? :-\ 2 cars that have the pastel orange colour i like. These are not metallic.
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa315/johnabbott_2007/orangetonnerjpg_0006.jpg)
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa315/johnabbott_2007/orangemonarojpg_0003.jpg)
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nothing wrong with orange buddy. :)
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hey John....i was gunna paint the v8 truck burnt orange......non metalic......the same colour as the ford fairmont xc gxl.......noice!!!!!
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Yeah.... i want a colour that can be easily matched and blended for when i scratch it coz after all she will still be a bit of a workhorse for me. ;) ;) ;D
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When I was racing stock cars my tow car was a HQ ute, I painted it wild plum (found in hot rod mag), the stock car was wild plum with white flames and my helmet was white with wild plum flames.
It turns out that wild plum is actually a factory ford colour from '78 (somewhere in the 70's) but was never used in production, is on the old colour charts. Thats a colour that really stands out
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I think that might have been called Wild Violet it was a special order in the 70ts You could order it on the early XW \ XY Falcon GT or GS & it always came with white upolstry looked great Also on sporty Escorts & Capries always with White interious Wernt many around but looked GREAT
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Johno are you going to paint it yourself?
Have a look at the stock colors for Killrust/Rustoleum and search the web for "the 70 dollar paint job"
You could easily do a great job yourself.
Warren
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Yep Warren i sure am.... ;D I definately cant afford a spray painter to do it so, i am going to give it a go myself. I have done one car years ago and it came up a real treat so i think why not :-\ ;D
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Good one Johno, have at it eh.
If you havent got a compressor have a look at the results this guy got HERE (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qPJTTRWttQ&feature=related)
Warren
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MMMM interesting, the good old roller, lol ;D ;D i dont think that would work on a show van. ;) I noticed also,he is working in a forest, under a canopy of trees, i dont think orange peel would be of concern, maybe leaf litter. ;D ;D ;D ;D Looks good though.
I love the colour on that monaro johnno, i have seen a few hotrods, 34s and so on with that colour, popular, go for it mate, it is going to look awesome. Maybe you can do a video of the paint job as it is happening.
george.
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Oh Boy George....If i did a vid of that it would be entitled "Spraypainting for dummies by a dummy" :D ;D :D ;D :D
You do realize that if i am going to paint it this will open up a can of worms....EG. Have to take the tray off to get access to the back of the cab. So that means if im going to make up a new tray(which i was going to do anyway) it would have to be done then.And all rust might as well be cut out before painting. And if i am going to fit another motor ,that means new bushes for the front end whilst it is out. :-\ Oh my goodness what am i going to do if i start???? ;D ;D
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Look up for help johnno. ;D ;D when i start up on my van again in august i will be setting up 2 video cameras in my workshop to record the rest of the build. Now i have a new battery for my big camera i can record for hrs and just edit later, also i have my 2 miniture palm size cameras that i can move around for different shots and jobs. I can also grab stills from the video to post here, and when i finish the dvd it will be here for all to see.
george.