No problem about the lag; it’s been a surreal day.
I had a ‘72 F-250 running the stock 360FT Wedge motor into a C6 automatic with a pair of aftermarket headers, and glasspacks dumped ahead of the axle. I shaved it old school; did proper lead fill on the trim holes then got a Maaco shop to shoot it Porsche Yellow. The guy phoned me up and asks, “We shot two coats, going on three and it’s still too clear. Ya mind if we dope it with Titanium White?”
Ended up with five coats of acryllic inside and out, under the hood, and throughout the bed, and it was so yellow it put a fresh banana to shame.
I then proceeded to black out nearly everything else. Only bright metal I left was the chrome front bumper, wheel center caps, and aluminum parts of the front grille. OEM “elephant ear” mirrors went away with the trim moldings & I mounted satin black missile-cone mirrors that were a popular ‘70’s style.
ALWAYS turned heads and got smiles.
Sounds like a labor of love.
I’ll bet she was a looker.
I went thru just the same with
the CJ. Frame off. Everything
replaced with new or rebuilt.
I waited for a dead still hot
(100 deg) day and painted it
in my driveway. Amazingly,
it came out almost perfect,
with very little finish work.
The Plymouth truck I’m working
on now has required a custom
built bed due to the shortened
wheelbase. The finished floor
depth from the top rails is 6”,
with no wheel tubs. The rear
axle (85 Volare) is shortened
6” per side. 4 link rear with
Koni coil overs. The trans is
a 727 w/shift kit coupled to
a 2500 stall converter (3.55
rear gears). I designed the
headers. Engine is a ‘68 446
Mopar with rollers, bored .030
with a TRW-TP238 cam. Koni
coil overs on the front with
custom a-arms. Aluminum 4 core
rad with e-fan & trans oil cooler.
I have yet to fire this thing up,
as I’m just starting the wiring.