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 5/9/09 7:58pm
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D Day is upon us!! Stern Smile
 
Starting on May 16th, we'll be working around the clock to block, seal, prime, block, fill and block one more time, then wetsand and base clear the Lil Lukester. I decided to go with 1972 Targa Blue - I'm a blue car freak and that color just ROCKS!!Cool
 
The goal is to knock all of this  out between sunday and Fri with me and my bro!! Thumbs Up
 
Wish us luck - I'll take a ton of pics and post the transformation. STAY TUNED!!!Wink
 
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 5/9/09 8:45pm
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FANTASTIC!  Can't hardly wait to see the pics......love that stuff!Tongue
 
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Please take a ton a picts, my little guy and I plan to do that to the Red Vette.

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 5/9/09 9:13pm
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Sounds great, Paul, I'm a BLUE fan too.  Thumbs Up  Gee, Ebo, ya say yer gonna repaint yer red vette BLUE??  Wink LOL
 
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 5/9/09 11:07pm
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Hey Paul,
    Good luck on the new paint ,Let me know if you need a hand color sanding and buffing it outI'm just down the road....speaking of roads I had the roadster out friday night down onRt 9 in Freehold taking the wife out to dinner it ran pretty good just got to get the vacuum canister issues fixed and the side pipes on ......Bill 
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 5/9/09 11:15pm
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Thanks for the offer Bill. If ya want to come out to Pittsburgh (that's where we're doing the work - u-haulin' out there next Saturday...) to my brothers place, we'll hire ya!! Thumbs Up
 
 
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 5/10/09 12:39am
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Good luck with the Lukester !!  Love to see final pics!!
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 5/10/09 9:39am
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good luck paul. you have been waiting a long time for this hope it goes as smooth as can be. daveThumbs Up

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Yer dar tootin' Dave!! I've been planning this for 5 years!!!! I'm somewhat nervous about using one of those uhaul carriers so I'm just going to take it slow and let the speeders blow by me...
 
Anyone ever use one of these before? Pulling it with my Yukon. One of me friends recommended investing in a brake controller. any thoughts on this?
 
Thanks all,
 
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The BEST to ya...........I know everything will work out beautifully.........can't wait to see and hear of the results......Thumbs Up

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 5/10/09 10:21am
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I can't think of a better color than the blue you selected.  But then, I may be a bit prejudiced.

You might give uhaul a call about the electric brake as I do believe you have to have it to use the trailer.  Hauled my vette from New Jersey to Houston, Texas with one a few years ago.  The trailer is very heavy and will reallly put the Yukon to the test.  I have an Envoy I use to tow my vette.  You will use gas.  Also, be sure to have them show you how to set the electric brake properly so you don't (a) have it so sensitive it locks the brakes up with the slightest touch or (b) not come on in a timely manner and have the trailer "Push" you exactly when you don't want to be "Pushed."

 

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 5/10/09 10:57am
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Hey Paul,
Great color you're going with!
Good luck on this & keep us posted.
(It's Mother's Day, so I'd better get the hell off the computer. See ya.)
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 5/10/09 11:09am
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I'm good with blue too!!!!Wink
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 5/10/09 6:01pm
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don't know about the uhaul trailers but some trailers have a hydraulic brake on them. it is built in to the hitch on the trailer. if it is electric it shouldn't be hard to adjust. as you said just take your time and you should do great. i might be looking into one for my 1990 as soon as allstate decides to pay me as i might be taking it up to north jersey to a body shop up there to get fixed. my sister knows the guy and says he does awesome work. btw...blue is an excellent color for a c3.


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 5/10/09 8:14pm
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Good luck with it Paul, it should come out great!
I had a U-Haul trailer once and it had a hydraulic surge controller on the hitch coupler, you did not need a controller on the truck. Ask the U-Haul guy.
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In case it's not obvious to everyone, I'd like to mention that it's extremely dangerous to tow a vehicle mounted back wards on a trailer. Something about weight distribution. A little over a year ago, in the Sacramento area I believe, a fellow bought a vette and went to pick it up with wife and children along. The vette being very low in the front was scraping the ramp while trying to load on to the trailer so he backed it on. I'm not entirely sure of the details but on the highway something happened to cause the trailer to fishtail and the ensuing accident took the lives of the entire family. Be careful out there.

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Well, that comment by the ace really sucks !!! 

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Confirmed surge breaks and will load nose first. What a sad story Ace.
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 5/11/09 10:28pm
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Sounds like an outstanding project, Paul!!

I agree with you, for obvious reasons, 1972 Targa Blue ROCKS!!!

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 5/19/09 10:49pm
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Update:

Uhaul car carrier worked out flawlessly. Towed great with the Yukon and almost forgot I had the car behind me a few times!!

Now for the real fun: the Lukester was DA'd with 150, then 220 and wet sanded with 400 and then 600. Some minor body repair included as well as some birdcage repair and a new windshield. All that in 3 days. Tomorrow we mask, epoxy seal and paint!!!

I can't belief the day is finally here. No computer to attach pics right now but will post some when I return home tv NJ next week. She's looking GOOD!!!! Stay tuned

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 5/19/09 11:10pm
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You Go!   Thumbs Up
New motor, windshield & paint (plus some other goodies I'm sure).
Keep at it & show it off to the crowd as soon as you can.
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 5/19/09 11:15pm
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 5/20/09 6:30am
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it's gonna look great paul. can't wait to see it.Thumbs Up

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Can't wait to see it also!  I don't envy all the work you have to do, been there, done that, but end result is great!

Fretting on doing my vette, putting it off as long as I can, for now, till I run out of other to do list items!

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 5/20/09 11:31pm
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I'm actually enjoying all of the work and get to say that I took part in the transformation!! Color went on this afternoon, wetsanded then 3 more coats of color and 2 coats of clear. I couldn't stick around for the last 2 sequences and will be walking in to see the final prduct for the first time tomorrow morning at 9.

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 5/21/09 11:01am
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I hope it turnes out great. I also am a Targa Blue Fan. Hopefully redoing mine in the near future. Ley us see some good Pics.
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 5/23/09 10:01pm
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Well folks, after a 6 day marathon of dry and wet sanding, body work, birdcage repair and new windshield and 9 coats of paint (2 black epoxy sealer, 5 1972 targa blue color and 2 clear) below is an idea of how it turned out.
 
 
Also here's a link to the 6 day chronology in some level of order...  
 
 
Lovin the color and the new looks!!Wink

Enjoy!!
 
Paul
 
 
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 5/23/09 10:18pm
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looks awesome paul..bet it looks even better in person. hope to get to see it soon. i can imagine the satisfaction you feel on see ing how great your work came out.Thumbs Up

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 5/24/09 8:16am
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All I can say is that it came out so much better than I had hoped that I am afraid to touch it!!  My brother and his network of friends really came through!! Clap
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Wow!  Nice work!  You make it look a lot easier than I'm sure it was.
 
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Awesum Paul, thanks for the pict's.
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Uh....Paul?......
It's the rong COLOR!!!!!



Looks great!! Thumbs Up  Clap  Thumbs Up  Clap  Thumbs Up  Clap(other than the color thang)
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 5/24/09 11:28am
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That's a sharp looking car you have there. The chick magnet force has been increased by a factor of 200, hope you can handle that sonny.   Looks great.

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Paul,
You nailed it!
Beeeeyoooooteeefulll!!!
Thanks for the updates and photos!
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 5/24/09 12:09pm
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Paul that blue looks great! I'm kinda partial to blue anyways!Thumbs Up
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 5/24/09 1:14pm
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Thanks all. Joel, what COLOR should I hadda paintid it?? Ebo, already sanded and buffed the clear 24 hours after it dried - looks like blue glass!! In the fall, we'll hit her again with 2000 and the machine one last time.
 
I'm workin on re-installin all the trim n trinkits today...
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What can ya say, If ya have the means, that's the ONLY way to do it "the best you can". Fabulous job Paul, you did the job right and with the proper care it should last another 30 yrs.

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Great Job!! That inspires me to get started on my paint project. I liked the way you masked everything to keep from trashing the engine compartment and avoiding the complete removal of the interior. Had thaought about removing the doors but looks like you guys avoided that with good results. Great pictures and fantastic results - thanks for sharing.Clap
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Paul, what color did you say that was again, flounder blue? Star It looks great!!

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Comments from 3 Jims in a row - must be a good omen!! The masking was very tedious - spent half a day doing all of it...well worth the results and getting the door jambs done right. A good painter can get the jambs painted pretty decently when they are all the way open.

Jersey Jim, I had the flounder blues the same day that we went fishing!!! Wink
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great pics paul. it really looks great. only onw thing has me puzzledConfused. with all them pics showing everyone working on the car, how come there are no pics of you working on the carLOL? seriously. was a lot of work you did in a short time and it came out great. good luck with itThumbs Up. i think joel is jealous and may be thinking about painting his blueRolling On The Floor Laughing. c3s look great in blueClap

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Really sweet job, Paul!TongueThumbs Up  Thanks for posting the pics.  Some day I dream of painting my car, but can't afford it now, so I'm just driving her around "ugly."Dead  Mechanically, she's good and kept up.....Thumbs Up

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Kinda gives ya the goose bumps when ya see that shiney new paint don't it...!!!  Know the feeling.

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 5/28/09 2:13pm
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VERY nice job Thumbs Up
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 5/28/09 11:08pm
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Thanks all. All I can say is hard work and perserverence pays off!!
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 5/29/09 7:44pm
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Looks great Paul Thumbs Up.
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 5/30/09 11:36pm
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Thumbs UpWay to go Paul... great job.Thumbs Up  The pics look great.Thumbs Up

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 6/2/09 11:29am
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Hi Paul,
I have really enjoyed and taken an interest in your project of painting Lukesvette Targa Blue. (Love the color)
Sorry this reply is a little late but I have been out of touch lately.  (Went to the Indy 500 then spent a week on a lake in Southern Ill away from computers.)
 
The pictures were great and I have a few questions.  Did you replace the weather stripping? 
Did you have to rebond the seams on the fenders?
My 72 has a rippling efect in front between the bumper and headlights.  I assume this is from the rivits that hold the metal strip under there.  Did you have the same issue?
Did you use a chemical to strip the paint?  I have heard of a citris chemical that does not damage the fiberglas.
I have been following, on another forum, the repainting of a 72 back to Steel Cities Gray and they used this citris chemical.  Does anyone else have info on this?  Looks like a very painful process.
 
I would like to paint mine, but it is going to take a lot of fiberglas work.  Besides they've got this recession thing going on.  Maybe in a few years.
 
It looks like your project went very well and very quickly.  Congratulations on a job well done.  I know you will love the color.
 
Dean
 
Oh.......Did I mention I love the color.Thumbs Up
 


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Dean,

    Thanks and glad you got something out of the pictures. In no particular order:

Weatherstripping was only about 4 years old so we carefully masked it off.

Fender bonding was in very good shape.

No ripples by the headlights but some on the sides where the fenders bonded to the cowl. Filled and smoothed.

As for stripping, this car had a very bad repaint with one exception - the adhesion was so great that we decided to treat this as a sort of high build primer layer. Once all filling work was done, we sealed it with 2 coats of black epoxy sealer. Basically since there was no checking/alligatoring in the original and second coats of paint, we decided to just sand the orange peel smooth. It worked out great.

I helped with bodywork on 2 cars that were stripped with wlanut shells - amazing results but a tremendous mess.

As for the color, my wife is officially wierded out seeing me stare at it silently on the garage with a smile on my face!!! Lovin it!!!
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As for the color, my wife is officially wierded out seeing me stare at it silently on the garage with a smile on my face!!! Lovin it!!! [/QUOTE]

watch out paul. that's how it started out here and now my wife loves the car as much as i do. must be a combination of a vette and blue paint.Rolling On The Floor LaughingThumbs UpBig smile


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