New project

[willie]

Steve the hood looks Great!!!  Sorry she dropped!! Hope you fixed your horses. LOL

[420ponies]

So, Now is a good time to actually build a good set so you can do a hood for me. I'm in , even with the higher price of lumber!! Just think,you do 1-2 more hoods and the saw horse's are paid for!! It looks great Steve.

[cny first gen 71]

5 hours ago, willie said:

Steve the hood looks Great!!!  Sorry she dropped!! Hope you fixed your horses. LOL

Like a real horse broken leg had to put it down but got new ones

[cny first gen 71]

3 hours ago, 420ponies said:

So, Now is a good time to actually build a good set so you can do a hood for me. I'm in , even with the higher price of lumber!! Just think,you do 1-2 more hoods and the saw horse's are paid for!! It looks great Steve.

I don't know Jim as much as a pain as this has been don't think I want to do any more 🤔 I'll absorb the cost of new saw horses lol

[cny first gen 71]

Got a good coat of paint on the bottom today, will put one more on tomorrow then since I'll be out of commission next week it'll have a good amount of time to dry. It should be less glossy when it drys its still pretty wet.

[cny first gen 71]

Well new update, I screwed up the bottom of the hood. I had it looking pretty good but saw a couple small runs so figured I'd scuff them out. I should have left them alone noone would have ever seen them probably but no not me I know they are there. So anyhow I did scuff them out nicely and put another nice coat of paint on the hood, looked great. Went back about an hour later and found it was wrinkling up in a bunch of spots so it looks like I almost have to start over, bummer eh. So that's sets me back a bit. I probably shouldn't be working on it anyhow. Wish me luck.

[cny first gen 71]

Well I think I got the bottom done now and the hood release spring mechanism, a lot of wet sanding and my hand and wrist was really hurting but got through it. It ain't perfect but don't look bad I'll take it, now I'll let it dry good and flip it back over and work more on the top.

[bob 71]

looking good

[Michael Boyte]

You have done a fantastic job Steve , keep up the good work !

[willie]

Yes Steve, that looks great!!

[cny first gen 71]

Everything looks good in pictures 😂 you really can't see all the flaws and trust me there are flaws.

[jft69z]

32 minutes ago, cny first gen 71 said:

Everything looks good in pictures 😂 you really can't see all the flaws and trust me there are flaws.

We'll just take a closer look at Carlisle, 🤣

[cny first gen 71]

Well it's blue, found a couple spots that need to be touched up doing that now and should have the clear on it this afternoon hopefully. 

[420ponies]

That's going to to nice on your Monte!

[Michael Boyte]

Looking good,  Can't wait to see it on your car now !  I have always loved the cowl hood.

[MC1of80]

Nice job! 

[cny first gen 71]

And now it Shiney, didn't come out to bad I guess. It ain't perfect but it ain't bad. 

[MC1of80]

Love when the clear goes on! Changes the color and adds the POP! Looks great! 

[Michael Boyte]

SWEET !!!

[70MC402]

Looks amazing in the pictures! I’ve always wanted to attempt this but don’t have half the skill you do! Great Job!

[cny first gen 71]

11 minutes ago, 70MC402 said:

Looks amazing in the pictures! I’ve always wanted to attempt this but don’t have half the skill you do! Great Job!

It's not skill it's trial and error lol, I'm not a body guy or painter but it didn’t come out to bad. Everything looks better in pictures 😂

[willie]

Looks Great to me Steve!!!  But i am no body, paint guy. Every one else likes it too so they cant all be wrong!!  lol

[willie]

Steve i forgot Dennis's bananas.  nice job!!!

[Montemedic]

Nice job Steve. It really looks good. Looking forward to seeing it at the Eastern Meet. 

[cny first gen 71]

Holy crap I hate wet sanding especially with this wrist pain, it's not good. Can only go a few minutes at a time before I have to take a break. It'll get there eventually.