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Restoring - General discussions that span across many different groups of years and models => Drivetrain => Topic started by: rocnhrse on February 04, 2016, 10:58:56 PM
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67 gta s code April San Jose 3:00 non posi
I am trying my best to restore this car a original as I can so do I paint the stripes as I found them or tape them off and have perfect stripe,hard to make something look messy as per factory original
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I would try your best to just reproduce what you found. Definitely don't tape them off if you want an original look.
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I don't know exactly who, when or where the stripes were painted on the drive shaft, but I will guarantee the painter was bored, sloppy and a union worker. In other words, think "assembly line monotony" when you identify your drive shaft, and don't "over restore" anything. That will get you points off by a judge.
Jim
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67 gta s code April San Jose 3:00 non posi
I am trying my best to restore this car a original as I can so do I paint the stripes as I found them or tape them off and have perfect stripe,hard to make something look messy as per factory original
Don't tape them off if you want them to look original/factory. Plenty of examples of original applications in other threads along with some hints on how others rotated the drivelines while apply them. The drivelines arrived at the car assembly plants already measured, cut, striped and ready to be installed.
Just be very happy you have some colors left to go by/copy :) So get yourself a few 1" chip brushes - mix up some matching paint and just slap them on, once the driveline is all nice and pretty/restored
maybe you can get a kid/child to hold the brush as you spin the driveline and watch
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You put a smile on my face Jeff. :D
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I soaked mine in evapo rust for a couple days and used a light scrubbing pad to finish it off. To paint I bought four small cabinet wheels from the hardware store and mounted on a pierce of plywood so drive line would rest on the wheels. Spinning the shaft with my right hand and painting with the left hand the stripes were applied. I was happy with how it turned out.
(http://i1152.photobucket.com/albums/p486/crgjohnson/1970%20Boss%20302/IMG_1871.jpg) (http://s1152.photobucket.com/user/crgjohnson/media/1970%20Boss%20302/IMG_1871.jpg.html)
(http://i1152.photobucket.com/albums/p486/crgjohnson/1970%20Boss%20302/IMG_1899_1.jpg) (http://s1152.photobucket.com/user/crgjohnson/media/1970%20Boss%20302/IMG_1899_1.jpg.html)
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Thanks for the insight and advice, also the tips on how to do things,this is a helpful and respectful Web site there never is a feeling your questions are dumb ones
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...but I will guarantee the painter was bored, sloppy and a union worker.
That's a bit of a disparaging description. Bored, probably. Sloppy - Ford wasn't paying them to spend time "coloring inside the lines". The paint marks were not a cosmetic item, they were only for identification during assembly, so extra time spent making them pretty would have cost the company money. Union worker - damn proud to be one, I would imagine. Look at how much time we spend obsessing over cars they built a half-century ago! ;)