Birds and Bees: Operation Phoenix - 1957 T-Bird

[earntaz]

Only us old folks can appreciate the beauty of that old T-Bird -- awesome color ... TAZ [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/beers.gif[/img]

[m22mike]

Single stage Dave ?

[A12pilot]

Base/clear. DBC followed by DCU2021. 4 coats of clear. Used my Sata 4000. I need to upgrade the old shop compressor to a two-stage. Recovery time a lot less than the single pump ones. Big car like the Bee really eats up the air!!! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/grin.gif[/img]

[A12pilot]

Started to buff it out using the 3M system. A long and compoundy road ahead!

[Ryan1969Chevelle]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: earntaz</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Only us old folks can appreciate the beauty of that old T-Bird -- awesome color ... TAZ [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/beers.gif[/img] </div></div>

I appreciate it, so maybe I am an &quot;old folk&quot;?

Ryan

[earntaz]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Ryan1969Chevelle</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: earntaz</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Only us old folks can appreciate the beauty of that old T-Bird -- awesome color ... TAZ [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/beers.gif[/img] </div></div>

I appreciate it, so maybe I am an &quot;old folk&quot;?

Ryan</div></div>

Never worry Ryan -- everyone is working in that direction ... some quit sooner than others ... ENJOY!!! TAZ [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/beers.gif[/img]

[A12pilot]

Been doing some sanding, some buffing, some scratching, some touch up with phrases like, &quot;why do I do this?&quot; and, &quot;I really should hire someone who knows what they're doing next time!&quot; [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/thumbsdown.gif[/img] But, I'm done with the polishing and pulled it out for some pics. The color in the pics is a lot more blue than in real life. I was a photography major in college, so let me explain why. See, as light comes into the lens, it's triangulated and refractuation occurs after blue is taken from a different wavelength after being divided from the hypotenuse from the third side, and after bouncing back top wise, you see more blue [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/hmmm.gif[/img] Errr..something like that. Time to start fitting up the wheel skirts!

[A12pilot]

Here's the skirts fitted up. They took some massaging to really fit up snug. And for some reason today, the forum is only letting me post up one pic at a time. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/dunno.gif[/img]

[Postsedan]

Ha, the Blue Lighting explanation - Priceless [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img]

Well done, she looks great!

Dan

[A12pilot]

Had to redo the hood. There were some fisheyes in the clear that I just wasn't happy with that were bugging the crap out of me! Think it came out way better! I'll hit the decklid and transition panel tomorrow.
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Cheers [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/beers.gif[/img]