Topic: What to paint
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who is going to paint the car. i am just like you. my wife lays out my clothes because i cant match anything. my wife and daughter picked the final color for my 72. i had the painter and supplier mix the factory paint. we painted a piece of flat metal in the original color. it was as you said boring for me. then we had the supplier mix up different versions with pearl added. then we painted a piece of metal in 4 sections with each color variations. then i left the wife and daughter make the final decision. i believe the best thing is letting the supplier create. i was lucky and the supplier actually came to the house to see the car/interior. they see so many colors that they can use better imagination. good luck!
Rodney
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Vette(s): 1982 C3 Collectors Edition 44000 miles, sat in the sun most of its life, My wife purchased it for me for Father's Day in 2007 from her girlfriend that had it for 19 years. It is on the road again. I'm retired but it is now my daily driver.
That is a different idea. I'm having my car painted by the same guys that the guy that I get a lot of parts from uses. Steve not only
parts out cars but restores and sells C3’s.
He has a paint shop that does 8 or 10 cars a year for him. I have seen their work on two other 82CEs
with the faders did a good driver plus paint job in the $2000 - $2500 range.
I also will pay him to do the major prep and repair some fiberglass damage I have.
Then take it to them as one of his cars.
I figured that they will be doing a better job if they know that it
comes from him as they have a significant business interest in doing so. I will
then let Steve color sand it for me. I’m
not capable of doing all that work and while I could hire someone to do it they
would not have the experience with C3’s that the three guys that work for him
do.
That will not stop me from doing what you said. Pearl is different than metal flak and may make a lot of difference event with the same basic colors. I will have to go down to the auto paint store (where I got my DuPont paint mix for the interior) and see what you are talking about.
Being the proud owner of an '82 CE myself, my preference would be to keep the original colors. However, if you want to be different and stand out more, how about doing something like a photograpic negative of the original colors. You could paint the car deep Black (maybe even metallic Black) and do the faders on the hood and doors from light to dark (Silver/Beige to Black). You could also do all the CE style pinstriping in Silver/Beige. I think the CE interior would be a nice contrast with the Black exterior. Just throwing out a suggestion. Good luck with the color choice.
Jon
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Jon
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1971 CORVETTE (BLU BYU)
1982 COLLECTOR EDITION CORVETTE (COOL CE)
I was kinda thinking like Jon said about the photo negative idea.
Flip-flop the colors. I've seen a couple late C3's that flip flopped the original 2 tone paint. They looked pretty cool.
Flip-flop the colors. I've seen a couple late C3's that flip flopped the original 2 tone paint. They looked pretty cool.
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Lifetime MemberLemon Grove, CA - USA
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Vette(s): 1982 C3 Collectors Edition 44000 miles, sat in the sun most of its life, My wife purchased it for me for Father's Day in 2007 from her girlfriend that had it for 19 years. It is on the road again. I'm retired but it is now my daily driver.
That is a really good idea. The black is not really a black but a dark black brown (if I had to describe it to someone). Making in pearl or more metal flake with light faders would be interesting idea. Need to give that some serious thought.
It would match the interior for sure. Light pin strips could look sharp.
Thanks again for ideas I would never have thought of.
Larry I like that idea also, it would for sure get some looks
ebo
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ebo
Lifetime MemberLemon Grove, CA - USA
Joined: 10/17/2007
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Vette(s): 1982 C3 Collectors Edition 44000 miles, sat in the sun most of its life, My wife purchased it for me for Father's Day in 2007 from her girlfriend that had it for 19 years. It is on the road again. I'm retired but it is now my daily driver.
I got to finish off some things under the hood first. I have to fix the Air conditioning & Cruise control. Then I have the heating system nothing works in that area.
After that I will strip the old weatherstripping off and take it in for some minor auto body work.
Then in for paint I have a few other things to do but nothing that would in danger the paint job. It is the under hood stuff I want to get done before I paint it.
but I'm still collecting ideas but the reversal (negative) paint seems the most interesting at this time. More suggestions please. As I would never have thought of it by myself.
Gilbert
tb2k82ce said: I got to finish off some things under the hood first. I have to fix the Air conditioning & Cruise control. Then I have the heating system nothing works in that area.
After that I will strip the old weatherstripping off and take it in for some minor auto body work.
Then in for paint I have a few other things to do but nothing that would in danger the paint job. It is the under hood stuff I want to get done before I paint it.
but I'm still collecting ideas but the reversal (negative) paint seems the most interesting at this time. More suggestions please. As I would never have thought of it by myself.
Gilbert
Well just an "Observation" but looks like the wife had the paint scheme figured out a long time ago.......
Cause the shirt she dressed you in for your profile will match that new paint job Purrrfect!!
ebo
Lifetime MemberLemon Grove, CA - USA
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Vette(s): 1982 C3 Collectors Edition 44000 miles, sat in the sun most of its life, My wife purchased it for me for Father's Day in 2007 from her girlfriend that had it for 19 years. It is on the road again. I'm retired but it is now my daily driver.
Ok Ebo.
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By the way my wife agrees with you in keeping it original. Including purchasing the hub caps and putting on the original rims and have decals put on instead of having them painted on.
By the way yes she did pick-out that shirt in the picture. The picture was taken from a family portraiture we had done.
Gil
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