Special thanks, hugger

Discussion in 'The Bench' started by 455monte, Dec 31, 2017.

  1. 455monte

    455monte Well-Known Member

    Would like to take the time to give a shout out to ethan.
    He painted my 67 gs ragtop for me.
    Its more involved than that tho.
    He took the time to go out of his way a few times and came to my house and gave me professional advice on the body work that i was performing myself.
    Well after months of prep and hard work he sprayed a very slick shadow turquoise for me!
    Pics to come
     
  2. Chi-Town67

    Chi-Town67 Gold Level Contributor

    That's a beautiful color. I was considering painting my car that color but chickened out. Can't wait to see the pics!
     
  3. 455monte

    455monte Well-Known Member

    Ive got a lot of trim to install yet. New rubber for doors and trunk 20180101_101607.jpg
     
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  4. 455monte

    455monte Well-Known Member

  5. rogbo

    rogbo Gold Level Contributor

    Nice color combo, here's one of my ex cars, also owned by a couple of other members.
    Got lots of compliments on the color.
     

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  6. taf44667

    taf44667 69 Vert 4-Speed

    Very nice job - Love that color especially in the sunlight.
     
  7. 455monte

    455monte Well-Known Member

    Thanks guys
     
  8. 70staged

    70staged Well-Known Member

    Nice looking color
     
  9. Mark Demko

    Mark Demko Well-Known Member

    Beautiful color and nice job on the car!!
     
  10. woody1640

    woody1640 Well-Known Member

    Wish Ethan lived close by me. I have talked to a few body shop guys around here and no one will give me a price or tips or anything, unless I walk in and plop down like $10,000 or so. I have cut the rust out (what little their was) made new patch panels, using a couple banged up fenders (a little trick a guy told me about many years ago), have them all tach welded in place.

    Looks like Ethan did a great job on Chris's car congrats!


    Keith
     
  11. sriley531

    sriley531 Excommunicado

    KUDOS TO YOU ETHAN!!! You may not realize how helpful you really were in this situation given that you do this sort of thing all the time. But I can totally relate to Chris' sentiment. I'm a pretty handy guy. I know the basics of body work and am good and researching and learning. But having someone who legitimately knows what theyre doing for this kind of thing is invaluable. I had the same deal, welded in new panels, went as far as I thouth I needed to, and then a friend of mine who paints cars for a living came over and showed me what was good, what was not, and what I needed to do. He helped/supervised the paint process and I wouldve probably been in deep do-do without him. So good on ya Ethan for helping a guy out like this, it makes a bigger difference than you may even know.
     
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  12. BYoung

    BYoung Stage me

    Ethan would probably say he didn't do much of anything. He's a humble guy from a solid family who just enjoys helping others.
     
  13. Chi-Town67

    Chi-Town67 Gold Level Contributor

    That really is a beautiful color. Looks great!
     
  14. hugger

    hugger Well-Known Member

    All I did is lay paint, since my career change I don't get to paint nowhere as much as I did, so an opportunity to squirt some color on a hotrod is a good thing. Chris done the body and prep work, and did an excellent job for someone that doesn't do it regularly. The color choice was great and will be something different.
     
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  15. Gallagher

    Gallagher Founders Club Member

    Quietly trying to figure out how to get my car to SC.
     
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  16. 455monte

    455monte Well-Known Member

    Thanks for all the positive comments guys!
    I Will get more pics loaded when i get the trim and bumpers back on
     
  17. superlark

    superlark Guest

    Nice paint and nice panel gaps too.
     
  18. 1972Mach1

    1972Mach1 Just some M.M.O.G. guy.....

    Car looks GREAT, especially for your first real body project. As you've probably heard, a good paint job is only as good as the prep job before. I love the Ridler 645 wheels, too. Run them on my pickup in the warmer months :).
     
  19. 1967 Big Buick

    1967 Big Buick One day at a time.

    Looks really good.
     
  20. 455monte

    455monte Well-Known Member

    Heres a little progress from friday.
    Got the top well and belt line trims on.
    Note that this car didnt have belt trim originally. This is ames pontiac trim.
    I like the way the color changes from sunlight vs fluorscent light 20180105_102946.jpg
     

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