1974 Corvette Stingray
|
|
I started with a bad two-tone
brown paint on a car that was supposed to be silver. Unfortunately, the restoration was
forced before I anticipated by a log rolling off of a truck on campus as I
was driving toward my apartment.
The bell-housing was crushed and exhaust destroyed as I went over the
log. Most of the grill and
fiberglass on the front was also damaged. I used a chemical stripper and
removed all the paint and primer down to the glass surface. Here it is going together. I picked up parts from a guy on |
|
|
Shooting primer. Primed from the rear! Front primed… |
|
|
Shooting Dupont Imron. I am
wearing only a carbon filter mask.
Later it was found that Imron caused
significant lung damage and required painters to wear
supplied air respirators. Here it is… a nice black. |
