Recent content by WissaMan

All good info!!

Great info! That's what I was really after, not how to do it myself, how they did it as a matter of curiosity! And I think you may be right about it being aluminum rather than pot metal. If it was pot metal I'm sure it would be blistering, but it's not it's perfect. Regarding the color of...

How did the factory get the black paint on the sides of emblems, trim pieces, grills, etc. without getting it on the face or the back? As an example, this New Yorker emblem below. How did they mask off the face so perfectly? And there's no overspray on the back side either. The only way I...

C2C is the only place you can buy these, to my knowledge, and they are far from perfect. I used their driver-side floor plan in a 68 and though it was better than starting with a flat piece of sheet metal, it took effort to make it fit and it doesn't look perfect. But since it's hidden under...

Search at this place. Lot of useful stuff here McMaster-Carr

I'd lean towards the carb tuning or a vacuum leak. Would you say that your pedal position is just barely cracked? Maybe it's oscillating between transition points (not sure if I'm saying that right). I could also be full of poop. Just trying to throw some ideas out there.

I went to many DD's as a child in the 80's and always rooted for the Chryslers. From what I saw, the late 60's Chryslers usually didn't do too well. I seem to remember them stalling out a lot and become sitting ducks. The rear ends also usually got bent straight up like a turkey tail. The...

Thanks all. I'm going to leave them in and mask around them.

Does anyone know if these can be gently pried out without access to the rear of the fender or are they attached with nuts? I looked through the service manual but couldn't find any reference to removing emblems, though most of the other emblems I've removed are held in with nuts so I'm thinking...

Yes, all things considered it is quite reasonable. Were your results on the 73 Polara satisfactory?

I am now researching a different course of action. Now I'm looking into using base from TCPGlobal and the SPI products for the primers, sealer, and clear.

So I take it you don't think the Shopline is going to give a good result? Do you know this from experience with the product or just a general sense that it's cheap so it probably isn't very good. I won't say I don't have my concerns, since I know from experience you get what you pay for. This...

So I'm actually only now getting ready to buy my paint. I've been educating myself and am getting pretty good at talking the talk so went to the local Colors store which sells PPG products. I was hoping to get the basecoat in their Shopline Plus line, which I've read is quite good but still...

When you say "under hood", do you mean the whole engine bay or just the underside of the hood?

I've read how metallic can be challenging and I have no expectations that I'm going to end up with a show-quality paintjob. But I am hoping for driver quality. I think I'm definitely decided on base/clear because of your suggestions.