Dennis Congratulations! What a great car. It's nice to see the inventory on V8 Buick has increased by one more. Here's an idea. Leave your car at Chris' until the end of June. You fly down and we can all go to Puyallup for the day! Harvey
Yes Adam, that is the gloss level we are after. Or maybe just a touch more. I may be wrong here, as I will admit that I have not studied this in depth, and I was 3 or 4 years old when the '70's were new, but I don't believe the floor was actually painted in a seperate paint process during body assembly/paint. I do believe the color we see on the floor was actually applied at the time the floor pan was stamped out, and had the braces welded to it. And it was on the bottom side only, the inside of the floor is unpainted, except for overspray from the rocker sills/door jambs. One of our buddies at the shop here did in fact work for a dealership when these cars were new. He actually ordered the cars new, and saw many of them on the hoist when they were brand new. Interestingly enough, every car that was sold out of that dealership got undercoated.. automatically. They had a undercoating bay, and a guy that did that day and night. To the best of Tim's recollection, the floor pans were oversprayed body color, and were a very similar shine as you would see in an NOS Quarter panel, if not exactly the same. We actually paint the inside of the floor during a resto, for the simple reason that no one is gonna pull up the carpet to see if it is painted, and it offers protection from corrosion if the floor ever gets wet... especially in a ragtop. I believe this to be a functional, and practical deal. JW
Dang Harvey, June would be tourture waiting that long. The car will be in Seattle till the middle of April and then she's coming north. Thanks all for the compliments on the car, It has been long time coming. I had to give up my 70 GTX to afford this car, I was really attached to the GTX. I will get over it, here is a picture of the GTX, it went to a Guy in Norway.
WOW!! hot GSX,congrats:beer :beer,Hey Dennis can you send me some pics of your GTX for my cousin cause he`s got a `70 GTX also but its lime green? Thanks
Hey Dennis, Let me know if either of the X's need a buff before they head to Alaska. You saw the GN right before my buddy Dan started, it was really scratched up bad. Here it is afterwards. He only spent a couple of hours doing the whole car, said he could have made it nicer if we had more time. Could probably work something out where he could do yours for a reasonable price if necessary. What do you think?
Buff Yes I think the White X could use a light Buff, mine looks pretty good but a coat of wax would not hurt. Yes the GN looks much better when they dont use gravel to rub it out. Den
Nice X Dennis , Send me your E-Mail and I will send you some pictures of my Stage 1 X. Bring it down to Portland where you can use that Air Conditioning! You have a beautiful car, but then all Buicks are beautiful to me! Eric Nelson /Oregon gsx.man@verizon.net
