'86 Restoration Update

[Seahag1978]

Paint is on... see my gallery. There still are a few bumps and bruises... nothing I'm going to worry about right now.

I got the black decal set from McBrat... sweet! Exhaust goes on tomorrow... looking for a throaty growl... but no bite, even though there's no need to pass emissions.

 

We got a parts Brat to strip and use the roll bar, bumpers, mud flaps, hood and doors for the '86... and when we got it, it has some rust issues below, but nothing that can't be fixed... body is cherry. It's another runner. So I'm back in the same place with the '86, but now we will be restoring the new one too... and baby makes 3.

 

Any suggestions for the ugly pugs? Color? Center caps? I'm thinking about how to fabricate a center cap using the wagon wheel ones. The pugs just look yucky!

[ShawnW]

Legacy hubcaps look pretty good on pug steels.

[samo]

That little fella' would look mighty fine with a set of 15" Pug alloys!

[Seahag1978]

Tim buffed the paint to a soft shine... like an enamel type paint of days gone by. Not the hard shine like you get with clear coat. Looks so warm!

 

Then, Tim and a friend (who has the patience of a saint) did the decals today... (I worked for a silk screen company that did decals and KNOW I am NOT good at application of said decals, no matter how small). All I can say is WOW! They did an awesome job! The black makes the red jump! Thanks McBrat! This is so exciting!

 

In the meanwhile... I spent about 6 hours with "Pro" Aluminum wheel polish cleaning up the bed trim. It looks awesome! High shine and it got rid of all but the deepest the scratches and dents.

 

I also discovered that the front bumper trim isn't the cheezy plasticized "chrome". It's polished aluminum that was painted black. It scrapes off fairly easily and I'll spend whatever time it takes to remove the paint and polish it back to a high shine. I'll post pics as soon as I can.