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I love how many colors used to be available on our cars I was looking at the chart for '66. I have never seen a Deep Plum on a car. I found one on-line, on an Imperial, but it was re-sprayed and it was originally spice gold. Anyone own a car in this color or see it in person? It looks great...

I am going to try my hand at metal work. I was wondering what additional tools I should buy to make my life easier. What I am planning to do is to cut out and replace metal on my work van for practice. I can buy patch panels, so my metal shaping class I took last winter won't be need, too...

It got cold in Ohio and put the top and windows up for the first time. I still had some over spray from the clear coat applied over a year ago. I had used a non-abrasive rubbing compound but it was hard work and never got all of it off the glass. I discovered today my clay bar made easy work...

I haven't got much done on Goldie this weekend. I had my second eye surgery. I'm not suppose to work until Wednesday. Based on my last surgery that is about right. It took me all day yesterday to make a list of things to check while I was at the shop. I am going to powder coat a few items...

I have my chassis black and Chrysler turquoise from Hirsch. I am curious about what to do with some of the other areas. I plan on power coating several items that can be easily removed: any brackets, air cleaner housing, and pulleys. Any others items recommended for powder? I will not...

After much thought I have decided to have the guy that is going to weld in new metal to go ahead and paint the car too. The car is completely primed and blocked. I was going to paint it myself after success with painting the dash and door jams, but I own painting business is starting to get...

I have had a problem for the last couple of months; the guy that was supposed to cut out my bad metal in the quarter panels and repair a dent in my passenger door hurt his back. I talked to a couple other guys, one was referred by my upholster, but he was going to look at it when it was in the...

I prepped and primed the door jams and the trunk gutter. I will shoot the base and clear tomorrow afternoon. I will now basically have it ready to go to the upholster. He is behind schedule but so am I, hopefully I will be able to get it in his shop next weekend.

It's only the underside of the hood but I have applied my first base and clear on the 300. I couldn’t be happier with the color. It is exactly what I was hoping and expecting. The paint shop had a formula for the Saddle Bronze color, but I still wondered if it is going to come out right...

I had a good week. I got the sound deading material installed, finished prepping the body and got her primed. I was happy overall with my body work there are a couple areas that need some more attention, but not bad. Now that I have a coat of primer down I can see any imperfections that I...

I got the car all blocked out and some of the minor body work finished, and started laying down putty. I found one spot on the driver’s door that some body work for a very small dent. Other than that repair, everything else was “repaired” with a rattle can of paint. I was glad to find out...

I am feeling rather stupid. I have removed the 4 bolt holding my rear bumper on my ’66 300. It will not come off the car. I even took a piece of wood for protection and tried beating it off with a hammer. What am I missing, are the outside corners just rusted enough to not release the bumper?

My trunk floor pans are in great shape but where it curves down, behind the wheel, and attaches to the rear quarter panel it is in bad shape on the right side. I found a site that I believe carries what I need. http://www.autobodyspecialt.com/cgi-bin/commerce.cgi?preadd=action&key=MP-C107 They...

Do you need any special tools to remove the molding trim or do they just pry off with a flat plastic blade? I'm going to a Mopar trade show tomorrow so I was trying to think of anything odd that I might need this winter on the restoration. Should I buy some clips for the molding I'm guessing...

I have always wanted to do every aspect of a car restoration. The one thing I have never attempted was cutting out bad metal and welding in new. I am a decent MIG welder and have access to one. I realize it is a whole different animal, spot welding in thin gauge metal than welding some 1/4 in...

Here is my dilemma. I have a 1966 300 with Saddle Bronze metallic paint. I started buffing out the paint and to my amazement it looks pretty good over all. The problem is the PO used touch-up spray cans all over the car when there was a scratch or some rust. There are at least 6 different...