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Well, here's the last of the pics from yesterday and the hood re-clear job. It came out rather nice. I think I'm done posting pics for a while until she's all finished. BTW: I was watching HP TV today and saw that Cuda they were painting. I noticed that the spray gun they were using is the same one I have/used (IWATA 400) and they had the same caps as well, Orange, Silver and the Purple cap. :rockon2: Enjoy!

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Thanks Tim. :party I actually started sanding the rear quarters and tank deck area today and hit it with the wool and foam pad. WOW! does it look nice. I didn't have a lot of time to spend on it, but I'll get around to doing the rest in the coming week or so. Still waiting for all the parts I ordered.

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Thanks Tim. :party I actually started sanding the rear quarters and tank deck area today and hit it with the wool and foam pad. WOW! does it look nice. I didn't have a lot of time to spend on it, but I'll get around to doing the rest in the coming week or so. Still waiting for all the parts I ordered.

Tom,

Did you finally get back to sleep today? :partydance:

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ABSOLUTELY NOT! WOW, was it a long day and then work all night. Ugh... I did manage to work on the car a little more today and finished the rear clip and started the front LT fender. I took a cool pic while doing the rear quarter today. I'll post it later. I looks awesome. :) When the HELL are you coming over to give me a hand?? lol

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I'll post it later. I looks awesome.

It's later :toetap: And I agree, you looks awesome :thumbs

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Oh sorry, here is the pic of the drivers rear quarter after just buffing it, no polishing/swirl remover yet. I thought it looked pretty good anyway. The house is 100+ feet away and I was in the garage. SDC10619.jpg

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OMG!

WHOA!!

Way cool Tom - EXCELLENT!

:ken::eek:bang:photo:

You can use my Porter Cable when your ready.

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I finally seen Tom's EVILC3 paint job and it is truly amazing in person!!!

The picture below was taken with my phone.... :photo:

This is a photo of the rear side panel - The reflection is immaculate!!

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Holy Moly Phil, that looks better than the one I took. Thanks and I'm glad you liked it, I look forward to showing it off at the Pavilions when finished. I only have the doors and front bumper left to do now.

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You screwed up Phil, you posted a picture of Tom's neighbors house by mistake... :lol

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You screwed up Phil, you posted a picture of Tom's neighbors house by mistake... :lol

Actually I ment to get more of that cool looking Charcoal Gray 82 in the reflection..........

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Dang that looks awesome! I'd be scared to park anywhere.....

Tom are you like the armor all commercial with whoever, the nascar guy (sorry nascar fans-I just don't care to look it up), sitting staring at how beautiful the paint looks?

M~

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Dang that looks awesome! I'd be scared to park anywhere.....

Tom are you like the armor all commercial with whoever, the nascar guy (sorry nascar fans-I just don't care to look it up), sitting staring at how beautiful the paint looks?

M~

LMAO no, but I am scaring myself from time to time with this project. :)

I did finally get my order with all the weatherstripping and other parts. Everything in the world is good, right? Nope! they didn't send the items I need to finish the doors and the side window rear strips are gray, not black...WTF...DAMNIT! I ordered it all from Corvette Central only becasue of the price, but they also get there weatherstripping from http://www.metrommp.com/ which should be ok. Now I have to send this back and wait even longer to finish. So much for maybe being able to drive it within a month. :(

Hey Phill, even cooler pic would have been you taking the pic and having the reflection of yourself in the panel on your cool 82. You need to stop by when I'm doing the doors so you can see what's involved before you tackle your 82 painting. Is really is a ton of work depending on how you want it to look. I bet I could spend another 200 hours sanding on mine and still not be satisfied...just ask my wife. :)

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looks awesome Tom .... can't wait to see it live ... in living purple !!! :thumbs :thumbs

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You don't know that driver because Nascar sucks... Turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left. Crash. Turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left, Crash. End the race under caution. Yawn.

"Fat, drunk, and stupid is no way to go through life young man" -Dean Wormer

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