1968 Firebird – overall

 

1968 Firebird
Strip roof and bodywork, rust rear panel, various other bodywork

GM Pewter with red stripes on hood and red rear panel

Started August 23, 2011

BEFORE

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Started stripping the roof

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Bodywork on left quarter

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stripped05

blasted01
Sandblasting rust

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bodywork01
Bodyworked

 

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Ready for primer

 

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August 7,2011
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painted hood edges

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sealed01

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painted01

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wetsanded02

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Partial wetsand and buff

Below are pics before the custom came to pick it up. Pics taken 9/10/11
Customer is from the Orlando area

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1968 Firebird
Strip roof and bodywork, rust rear panel, various other bodywork

GM Pewter with red stripes on hood and red rear panel

Started August 23, 2011

BEFORE

before01

before02

before03

before04

before05

before06

Started stripping the roof

stripped01

stripped02

stripped03
Bodywork on left quarter

stripped04

stripped05

blasted01
Sandblasting rust

blasted02

bodywork01
Bodyworked

 

bodywork02

bodywork03

bodywork05
Ready for primer

 

primed01

primed02

primed03

primed04

primed05

paintprep jams1

paintprep jams2

August 7,2011
paintprep jams3

paintprep jams4

paintprep jams5

painted jams01

painted jams01

painted hood edges

paint prep04

paint prep03

paint prep02

paint prep01

sealed01

sealed02

sealed03

basecoat01

basecoat02

basecoat03

painted01

painted02

painted03

painted04

painted05

painted06

painted07

painted08

painted09

painted10

painted11

painted12

wetsanded02

wetsanded01
Partial wetsand and buff

Below are pics before the custom came to pick it up. Pics taken 9/10/11
Customer is from the Orlando area

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after03

after04

after05

after06

after07

after08

after09

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