Red sun shines on, sees no tomorrow!

The colour has been applied to the Austang and it looks like a fire on wheels!
Out of the sun, it is a blood red and in the sun, a burning beast.

So far, the colour is on, the gold pearl over the top and 3 coats of clear layer over the top of all that.

Next job is to sand and polish out any orange peel or imperfections in the clear coat to get a mirror finish. At least that is what the painter told me. Man it looks like a shiny peach as it is.

When you get the light on the angles there is a gold line that traces the highlights.

Scope the scoop! Now is that sweet or what? Put a lump on a jellyfish man ;-)
Click on a pic to see a bigger view . . .

There comes a time in the restoration process, where the whole mess starts to resemble the machine you were expecting to see . . . that time is getting very close!

The guards are mounted and adjusted for gaps, I helped Martin get the bonnett in place and lined up.




There are a heap of little bits that need finished sanding and painting, still to be done. eg the beaver panels, the rear corner bits and blinker retainers. That will slow the job down some.

The next job is to position and drill the holes for the bonnett pin latches.

The red with pearlescent is an interesting paint job. Looking at the under surface of the bonnett, which has paint applied, the paint just looks dark red, the gold fleck is virtually invisible without direct sunlight.
Have a go at this rear quarter and compare it to the shots of the original "repair". The panel is very straight and back in the correct shape.

This is a credit to the skills of Martin the panel beater.

He tells me that tomorrow, paint will be applied!!

Woohoo!

Colouring my ride

Okay, the door shuts across the back and the front cowl has copped some colour. The pearlescent paint looks amazing!

When you see the without direct sunlight, the colour looks like a strong dark red.

Not the hot rod red that it used to be painted in, but in Rover Red, a juicy scarlet.

A high gloss coat or two over the top really sets it off!



Here's the way the gold fleck appears when the sun hits the car then hits your eye.

Man, I can't wait to see the whole thing covered in the glossy coat.


There is still a bit of work to go on the fiddly bits, around the lights etc.

The bonnet has received a lot of attention and is looking outstanding, even in primer.

Look at the way the scoop works into the lid, doesn't it look great? The bonnet is like the visual entrance to the look of the car and so has to be perfect.

I have a set of bonnet pin latches with billet aluminium bases that will set this off nicely.