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And today I sprayed the rest of it. I think I moved the sprayer too fast on the last coat of clear, resulting in lots of orange peel. A couple of other flaws as well. But with three coats of clear I think it ought to sand and buff out okay.

If I get a mirror finish, it'll only highlight the flaws in the body work anyway!

http://i.imgur.com/jdO9jUL.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/tBz84pe.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/MCrw02f.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/Ad67JhF.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/DHNMhaL.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/rSsvNJl.jpg

Re: '66 Malibu N/SA
 

Good job Dave! I sprayed today as well...feeling fortunate I had only one small run and it was in the second coat of base. :)

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Looks great Dave,
With my car I just painted, Contingency decals and lettering to cover up spots I don;t like~!

Will Lamprecht
65 Impala I/SA in progress

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Our Camaro needs lots more decals lol...

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You know, that's funny, I was just thinking about what I could get lettered on the trunk to hide a couple of bad spots there!

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I haven't gotten to the fenders and hood yet but the rest of it is now sanded and I just finished the first round of buffing, with coarse compound. It already shows the beginnings of a shine.

Now it's time for beer and wings, and watching guys give each other concussions.

http://i.imgur.com/ZJtzb3Q.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/mrprxIg.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/LNYVcwY.jpg

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It's nice to finally be back to doing some mechanical work.

After taking care of a few details like a timing pointer:
http://i.imgur.com/uAy63AR.jpg

And a pulley for the water pump, which had to be cut down for clearance:
http://i.imgur.com/31nuzvY.jpg

I always fabricate a jumper to the solenoid and run a Ford-type solenoid on the inner fender. I hate the idea of having a cable with live 12 volts next to a hot header:
http://i.imgur.com/jpu7xHi.jpg

Finally I installed the engine and transmission:
http://i.imgur.com/C9G6Mtl.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/r6P0LC7.jpg

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Theres a new dyno testing facility coming to North Phoenix, you might want to consider some dyno testing.

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Very likely I will down the road a bit. It's been in the back of my mind.

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A big part of why I like projects like this is working through all the little design issues, even the trivial ones. Like mounting the line-loc solenoid.

I've always mounted them on the inner fender in the past, but this time there were a couple of happy little bolts by the master cylinders saying "Use us! Use us!"

So I did, starting out by making a template:
http://i.imgur.com/1ivY9RD.jpg

Then cutting it out from a 1/8" sheet of aluminum and drilling it:
http://i.imgur.com/Y5VVjah.jpg

Then I mounted the solenoid and bolted the plate in place.

http://i.imgur.com/0ExtYto.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/3LJs1P8.jpg

Now all I have to do is bend the existing lines slightly and they should line up with the fittings that I'll be adding shortly. The only new line I need to fabricate is a short one to the solenoid inlet.