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Proper engine bay and under hood paint treatment (1/15)
 3/11/14 12:54am
HighDesertDave
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Just wanted to check what the proper color would be for the underside of our hoods. My car is OE pewter silver with the engine bay a satin black. The bay looks OE. Would that be correct? The underside of the stock hood is silver as well but the car has one respray. I picked up an all black L-88 hood, satin under and gloss on top. Should the underside of the hood for my car be silver or black? I'm going to spray it this spring.....

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Re: Proper engine bay and under hood paint treatment (2/15)
 3/11/14 6:05am
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My 72 has been repainted also , but the underside of the hood remains black. I don't think BUBA touched it. Probably one of the few spots he left alone . I continue to find surprises almost weekly Big Al

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Re: Proper engine bay and under hood paint treatment (3/15)
 3/11/14 9:13am
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Under the hood the Vettes have the outside edge body color but the entire center section is semi- gloss or satin black, as is the engine bay. Of course you can do what you want with your's. I kinda like when under the hood is gloss body color, but it IS more to polish!
 
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Re: Proper engine bay and under hood paint treatment (4/15)
 3/11/14 9:27am
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BlueBarry am correct...the undersides of the hood should be a satin-to-flat black, with the outer edges having a ragged line of body colored paint. After the body was painted, they used a "mask" to block off the outside edge of the hood, and sprayed the blackout paint. The "mask" was basically just a piece of cardboard, with a jagged edge, so the paint line is NOT smooth and even. But...you can do yours any way ya want. If you plan on ever having it judged NCRS/Bloomington, you will need to do a crappy job of spraying the blackout on the edges of the hood. Thumbs Up

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Re: Proper engine bay and under hood paint treatment (5/15)
 3/11/14 5:17pm
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Yeah, Joel, I've talked to people that were "marked down" because it looked TOO good under the hood! It's nice to know how "careful" they were back then!
 
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Re: Proper engine bay and under hood paint treatment (6/15)
 3/12/14 2:15am
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Its sooo hard to intentionally do a crappy job! The L88 is an aftermarket piece. Nice on top but chopper gun underneath. The flat black will look better on all that rough glass. So OE it is! I thought about smoothing it all out with additional resin but then was like...OMG, I want to drive this thing this summer! Paint it and be done. It does have the cold air box glassed into it. Maybe I'll gather up those parts some day. 

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Re: Proper engine bay and under hood paint treatment (7/15)
 3/12/14 7:33am
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I have some really good pics of an un-restored '73 hood. I'll have to scan/upload them this evening, to show just how crappy the blackout paint really was. I went thru a lot of trouble to get my '74 painted to approximate the shoddy blackout on the bottom of the hood....LOL

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Re: Proper engine bay and under hood paint treatment (8/15)
 3/12/14 12:53pm
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We are weird aren't we....us car people. I know guys with the Mopar bug who are artists at spraying half the engine's negative battery cable blue. When Dodge/Plymouth painted the engines the ground cable was already attached so they just shot most of it with the engine, valve covers, intake, edges of the all the compressed gaskets sticking out. Its the American way!

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Re: Proper engine bay and under hood paint treatment (9/15)
 3/12/14 1:13pm
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HighDesertDave said: We are weird aren't we....us car people.

SMILE when ya say that, Pawdner!!! Angry

And...speak for yerself...I'm quite normal meself...ask anyone........ LOL

There is a distinct difference between the restorers, and the show guys/gals. Restorers want it EXACTLY the way it was when it left the assembly line, flaws and all(and there were plenty of flaws). Some can be quite anal about it. Other folks just want to make it better, and prettier....ain't nuttin wrong with either side.
If your car has never been repainted(this is for anyone..just some info)....run your hand up under the body right behind the top of  the rear window on a '68-'77 car(the "sugar scoop" area)...chances are, you'll rub some skin off your hand. Why? Because that area is next to impossible to get to with a buffer after paint....so it doesn't get a very smooth surface. Also, on original paint cars, have a look up under the front fenders, right where they curve in towards the grill area....you're likely to see NO paint, or very thin paint coverage in those areas. The paint was applied by hand....not machine sprayers. Some of them fellers dint like bending down that far to get the bottoms of the fenders covered. Besides...you can't see it anyway, right? Wink
Restorers will go the extra mile to duplicate all of the flaws like that. Others will go the extra mile to correct the flaws...
That's not weird.... that's just car guys(and gals)! Hug



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Re: Proper engine bay and under hood paint treatment (10/15)
 3/12/14 1:28pm
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Adams' Apple said:
HighDesertDave said: We are weird aren't we....us car people.


That's not weird.... that's just car guys(and gals)! Hug


And this is why I'm re-glassing and drilling all those blown out screw holes on like under the sill plates, rear deck garnishes etc etc. You won't see it...but I will know its there and I cannot concentrate on driving when I know there is a stripped screw hole on that interior panel....ya I get it!



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Re: Proper engine bay and under hood paint treatment (11/15)
 3/12/14 5:31pm
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Adams' Apple said:
SMILE when ya say that, Pawdner!!! Angry

And...speak for yerself...I'm quite normal meself...ask anyone........ LOL




Will we be getting any type of evidence to show that?  Any, any at all?Big smile

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Re: Proper engine bay and under hood paint treatment (12/15)
 3/12/14 10:58pm
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Dave....just ax anybody here that has ever met me....I'm as normal as they come....whoever "they" are....Wink
Wacko LOL

And..as promised...here's some pics of the underside of an un-restored, original hood. This one happens to be a '73, but it representative of every year model up until the BG cars. Thses pics were taken at an NCRS National Meet a few years back.

Hood blackout pic 1


Hood blackout down the side


As you can see...not the best masking job in the world. Earl Shiebe is even laughing at this....LOL  Also not the easiest job to replicate. I used a piece of thin cardboard that I ripped in half, and put the rough edge against the hood, then sprayed the black on. 

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Re: Proper engine bay and under hood paint treatment (13/15)
 3/13/14 1:00am
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Wow...that's pretty crappy! Good job! Confused ha ha ha.....

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Re: Proper engine bay and under hood paint treatment (14/15)
 3/13/14 10:14am
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I remember seeing a restoration show maybe 10 yrs ago done by BASF.  They showed a 1st generation Camaro getting "re-restored" to factory after a $15k paint job.  My jaw dropped as they started to over spray almost everywhere.  They had various density foam they could apply, paint over then remove in order to leave the proper flaws.

I plan on smoothing some of the rough spots on my car then using a couple cans of paint to make it look better.  Sounds like a C3VR annual gathering project!  I'll buy the beer!  ( and I question Joel's sanity)Wacko


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Re: Proper engine bay and under hood paint treatment (15/15)
 3/13/14 1:04pm
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merriam-webster said:
re·store
transitive verb \ri-ˈstr\
: to give back (someone or something that was lost or taken) : to return (someone or something
: to put or bring (something) back into existence or use
: to return (something) to an earlier or original condition by repairing it, cleaning it, etc.




Different folks have different interpretations of the term, but in Judging events for "restored" vehicles, "restored" means to put them back to original condition, without ANY additions/subtractions of equipment, changing of colors, finishes, interior, etc etc ad nauseaum....
Fact is, if yo own the car, you can do it any way ya want...make it better, or leave it as is was....whatever floats yer boat. Plenty o room in the werld for both factions, imo. I like restored cars best, but I'll also get a kick out of a full custom, if done right. Ain't nuttin but a thang, as we-uns say. Thumbs Up

Dave......I AM normal, I tell ya!! NORMAL!!  It's everyone else that's NUTZ!!



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