Grandmas Skylark project

[mbryson]

Ah, the glory of painting

Big old pile of flakes below the door

 

[mbryson]

Maybe use this stuff and a Scotchbrite pad for prep?

3M Scuff-It Paint Prep Gel, 06013, 24.7 oz https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000PF1A9A/ref=cm_sw_r_apan_glt_fabc_659NGVK2TDNQ7DZP28A2

There’s at least three coats of paint on the bezels. The chrome ridge is difficult to not hit with sandpaper. It’ll all come off but it’ll take some time and a bit of primer after the sanding…. (Maybe I should just stay white?)

 

[mbryson]

Does the paint all need to come off?

Just the bezels. I think I’m going to table those and use the ones off my parts car? That might work out much betterer. Re: the rest of the car, not mostly. There are some areas that won’t feather out that are just getting blocked out as I can feather them. Most of the red has been good. The white doesn’t stick well in most places so it’s mostly coming off. If I keep blocking it off, primer should lay down pretty well as I’m using the two golds and some of the red/maroon as “fill”



Good harvesting day so far. Lots of the junk I know I need is here now. @ebryson trailer is pretty handy.

 

[mbryson]

I keep having bad thoughts about this bubble on my green hood. It’s more GN than GS but it is from ‘75-76 pace car. My stock hood vents are a limiting factor for sure




I have to say, I’m more than a little tempted.

GN for reference

 

[Corban_White]

Only if you wear a yellow trucker hat, aviators and a moustache.

 

[BlackSheep]

Are you ready to drool @mbryson ?





And four more in progress, under tarps

 

[mbryson]

Love it!!!! I've always like the 64-67 cars. WAY under rated style in my opinion. 68-69 cars are termed "stepchildren". I had a '68 (they yellow one is a '69-- at least it has '69 fenders) that I swapped a few big blocks into. The gold one is a '72 (could be a '71). Mine is a '72.


Buicks are usually fun "cruisers". Usually decent power/torque and reasonably comfortable for their era. Sometimes Buick builds a real muscle car and they are no joke when they do. '70 GS Stage 1 is a top 10 fast muscle car that is in the Hemi xyz car, LS6 Chevelle, CobraJet xyz range. Buick GN are way sleeper type cars besting Corvette of same year in the 1/4 mile. Some of the late model stuff, even though it's front drive and NO ONE is paying attention to Buick cars these days are supposedly fast.

 

[mbryson]

2019 shadow gray metallic it is

 

[Tebbsjeep]

This is in a cool shop in Kalispell.

 

[mbryson]

Piece of shit…. (Had to warm it up a bit)

 

[Greg]

Piece of shit…. (Had to warm it up a bit)

Damn rowdy!!

 

[TurboMinivan]

Piece of shit…. (Had to warm it up a bit)

Irony: I drove the Grand Prix to work today. (After seeing next week's forecast, I decided it might be good to run the car since it looks like it will be sitting for a couple weeks.)

 

[mbryson]

Got everything off the parts car except the inner fender wells that I needed. Parts car is in Hooper now at a Buick friends house. I’ll go grab those as he has time for me to.

Car saw the light of day yesterday as I needed access to my welder which was behind the car. (Really wishing I had a foot wider garage now in the back area)



Still a LONG way to go before first primer. I should have evenings in the latter part of next week to get some more progress made.



Not sure how that happened

 

[mbryson]

HA!!!!



Just found this! Mullet galore with a few MGD on the hood of my ‘68

 

[Pile of parts]

Now, make that mullet wearing, MGD drinking, younger you proud...

Point that car down your street and give us a propper burn out!

 

[mbryson]

Been a while since I’ve changed my own oil.
How do you do it?

 

[TRD270]

Been a while since I’ve changed my own oil. View attachment 143738
How do you do it?

Buy a car that leaks/burns enough that it’s always fresh?

 

[ID Bronco]

Buy a car that leaks/burns enough that it’s always fresh?

This! I have one of our kids cars that resembles this completely.

 

[mbryson]

Well, this gal is ready for first primer!

 

[bryson]