1966 Barracuda - My First Paint Job

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PostPosted: Fri May 21, 2021 1:15 pm
Hey All, My first post here to say "HI" and to thank you for a great forum! I'm a former ASE Master Mechanic and have been working on my 1966 Barracuda for a number of years now. I've done all the work myself, most of it outside in the weather, and later in side my garage.

The car has gone through a rolling restoration over the past 25 years, driving it in grey primer for the past 10. I took it off the road three years ago to repair some of the rust spots I couldn't get to without disassembling the car, and to complete the body work. Correctly.

I did a lot of research a few years ago, this forum being one site that stuck out, and got to work. I won't bore you with the details that got to this point, but I've taken much of the car down to bare metal and sprayed with Eastwood epoxy primer, doing sections at a time. I still have the front fenders, the hood, the roof and a few front grill parts to go before I start spraying the high build primer to block sand. I'm working any dings out now with filler and coating with epoxy when done.

I still have a lot to do before I get to the HB primer, but with all the great posts I've read here, (YES, I read all the stickies :wink: ), I'm less worried about my first paint job.

If you want to see the progression through the years, here's a link to check out. http://www.earlycuda.org/members/prez.htm

Roger
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PostPosted: Sat May 22, 2021 7:33 am
Hey, that scoop doesn't belong on that car! did you put it on? Or did it come in fiberglass?
Good luck with finishing your project!

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PostPosted: Sat May 22, 2021 8:21 am
Hey, that scoop doesn't belong on that car! did you put it on? Or did it come in fiberglass?
Good luck with finishing your project!


That’s a hood skin from a 73 Barracuda I grafted on the original hood. Thanks!



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PostPosted: Sun May 23, 2021 7:11 am
Nice bones on that car to start with.
I like the hood
Good luck with the project.

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PostPosted: Sun May 23, 2021 8:36 pm
Here's the progress as of today. The drivers door was re-installed and adjusted, I had already primed it and done some filler work while it was horizontal, and the left fender installed for a test fit. the drip rails got the seam sealer removed and the roof got its paint removed. both the drivers door and the roof got epoxy primed.

Next is the fenders, they need to be stripped and epoxied, then the hood.
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PostPosted: Sun May 23, 2021 10:11 pm
Looking good.
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