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Final Pics!! - Lukesvette gets a new look!! (44/54)
 5/25/09 12:24am
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West Burke, VT - USA

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SOLD - "The Toy" - '70 Convertible
SOLD - "The Beast" - '90 ZR-1 (#682)
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Kinda gives ya the goose bumps when ya see that shiney new paint don't it...!!!  Know the feeling.

CONGRATS...!!!


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Final Pics!! - Lukesvette gets a new look!! (45/54)
 5/28/09 2:13pm
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Quincy, CA - USA

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1970 LS5 4-speed 500 HP 468 C.I.


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VERY nice job Thumbs Up
Final Pics!! - Lukesvette gets a new look!! (46/54)
 5/28/09 11:08pm
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HOWELL, NJ - USA

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1979, Targa Blue (72 Color), Pace Car rear spoiler, L88 hood, Dark blue factory interior, 525HP 406, HD 700R4, 370 gears,Steeroids, composite rear spring, TT IIs wrapped in T/A Radials.


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Thanks all. All I can say is hard work and perserverence pays off!!
Final Pics!! - Lukesvette gets a new look!! (47/54)
 5/29/09 7:44pm
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1975 convertible,with the hard top and power streering.it a 350 L48 with auto trans. the color is light blue.


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Looks great Paul Thumbs Up.
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 5/30/09 11:36pm
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74 coupe 4 speed 350, 54K actual miles, all original; paint, interior, engine, split bumper. #'s match. 2nd owner, no stress cracks.


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Thumbs UpWay to go Paul... great job.Thumbs Up  The pics look great.Thumbs Up

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Final Pics!! - Lukesvette gets a new look!! (49/54)
 6/2/09 11:29am
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Lodi, WI - USA

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1972 Targa Blue, T-Top, Saddle leather, 350 auto,numbers match, all original except '69 factory side exhaust. Previously owned: 1969 427, 390hp, 4sp, Riverside Gold coupe, factory side exhaust


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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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 6/2/09 7:33pm
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HOWELL, NJ - USA

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1979, Targa Blue (72 Color), Pace Car rear spoiler, L88 hood, Dark blue factory interior, 525HP 406, HD 700R4, 370 gears,Steeroids, composite rear spring, TT IIs wrapped in T/A Radials.


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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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 6/2/09 10:26pm
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1975 metallic blue coupe with t-tops,L48, t/t steering, black leather interior. 1990 L98, white/red leather interior, auto,a/c


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[QUOTE=LukesVette]

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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Final Pics!! - Lukesvette gets a new look!! (52/54)
 6/2/09 10:50pm
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Hey Paul,
P.S.....The wheels look great, too. I'd seen 'em before but they really pop with the new paint. Nice touch! Thumbs Up
Kevin
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 6/6/09 8:09pm
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68 COUPE 454 HAS MOTION HOOD SCOOP, REVERSED GILLS ZL-1 FENDER FLARES AND MOTION REAR SPOILER, LEMAN'S GAS CAP, BUCKET HEADLIGHTS. CAN-AM FRONT RACING SPOILER. CHROME HOOKER HEADERS AND SIDE PIPES! 4 SPEED M20, LOOKS FAST STANDING STILL !!


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Paul,
looks great !!!!!
what brand of paint, sealer, clear did you use?
joe
Final Pics!! - Lukesvette gets a new look!! (54/54)
 6/6/09 9:19pm
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HOWELL, NJ - USA

Vette(s):
1979, Targa Blue (72 Color), Pace Car rear spoiler, L88 hood, Dark blue factory interior, 525HP 406, HD 700R4, 370 gears,Steeroids, composite rear spring, TT IIs wrapped in T/A Radials.


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All PPG - great stuff!!! The clear is hard as a rock and looks like glass Thumbs Up
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