Topic: Metuchen 66 Paint Sequence

[bryancobb]

My MAR 66 convertible has never been restored and other than being painted twice and having a 1990's minor accident repaired by replacing the right fender and door with used parts, it is a survivor.

I am finishing up a "?concours?" engine rebuild and detail job.  I will not restore the chassis right now.  I will do that in a few years. 

I was cleaning the driveshaft tunnel and engine compartment and preparing to install the engine.  The OEM brown primer is in remarkably pristine condition. 

I can clearly see the break between engine black-out and primer brown.  HERE'S THE SURPRISE.  THE PRIMER BROWN AND THE BLACK BOTH HAVE RUNS AS I HAVE SEEN IN MANY PICTURES OF UNRESTORED CARS.  HOWEVER, ON MY CAR I CAN SEE WHERE THE RUNS IN THE BLACK AND PRIMER BROWN, JOINED TOGETHER WHILE RUNNING AND LEFT A STRIPED RUN.  THIS INDICATES TO ME, THAT THE BLACK WAS SPRAYED IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE PRIMER BROWN, WHILE THE PRIMER BROWN WAS STILL RUNNING AND DRIPPING.   

Is this consistent? Believable?

Here's a picture.  You can see what I am talking about but the picture is awful.
Please disregard the hole, punched by the ORIGINAL owner, to install aftermarket A/C.

[J_Speegle]

My MAR 66 convertible has never been restored and other than being painted twice and having a 1990's minor accident repaired by replacing the right fender and door with used parts, it is a survivor..............

I can clearly see the break between engine black-out and primer brown.  HERE'S THE SURPRISE.  THE PRIMER BROWN AND THE BLACK BOTH HAVE RUNS AS I HAVE SEEN IN MANY PICTURES OF UNRESTORED CARS.  HOWEVER, ON MY CAR I CAN SEE WHERE THE RUNS IN THE BLACK AND PRIMER BROWN, JOINED TOGETHER WHILE RUNNING AND LEFT A STRIPED RUN.  THIS INDICATES TO ME, THAT THE BLACK WAS SPRAYED IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE PRIMER BROWN, WHILE THE PRIMER BROWN WAS STILL RUNNING AND DRIPPING.   

Is this consistent? Believable?

Believe that there has to be some other reason for what your seeing considering that between the primer to the floor being applied and the black paint being applied you had two other applications of paint (the interior and exterior) being done.  Each of those applications required that they be fully dry  (you had taping and masking done between the interior and exterior applications) before moving on to the next stations.

[bryancobb]

My car really is still in great shape.

[bryancobb]

Ready to sock-this-in in a couple of weeks.
I know... it's a little over done.

[J_Speegle]

If that is what you found then IMHO its hard to "over do it" 

Looks nice

[bryancobb]

Thanks Jeff,
Your compliment means a lot!

[bryancobb]

Resurrection!!!

I just looked at some detailed pictures of a 67 Shelby that Maple hill Restoration (Brant from Virqinia Classic Mustanq) is restorinq riqht now.  Its firewall looks almost identical to my 66 convertible.  The red oxide was still wet when the black was sprayed.  The two colors mixed toqether as they both ran down.
 

[J_Speegle]

Thanks for posting ans sharing - the mix section is something I haven't seen on other cars. Wonder if its a greater possibility given where the plant was located and time of year.  Or even how the paint area was set up.

Because of the red oxide use early San Jose and early NJ can share so similarities

Notice that yours has the sealer wipe over the floor to firewall transition seam above the transmission location. Haven't seen enough 66 NJ examples to know if that is something you find on all or just ones that had a large misfit like at San Jose

[bryancobb]

that one with the wipe is their 67 Shelby.  my Niqhtmist blue  66 Metuchen car shown earlier in this thread did not have it.

[J_Speegle]

that one with the wipe is their 67 Shelby.  my Niqhtmist blue  66 Metuchen car shown earlier in this thread did not have it.

Sorry missed their copywrite logo on the lower corner  looking at it late last night.

First times I've seen the paint running together on a San Jose - Not typical IMHO

[mtinkham]

Bryan,

You did an amazing job restoring the transmission case and bell housing....care to share some of your secrets?

Mark

[Building 3]

Brian, Those streaks of paint looked familiar to me. It took me a while to look through my unorganized photos but I did come up with a photo that shows similar streaks on my car. I bought it in 2012. I have no plans to restore it but I have cleaned it up, fixed a few errors that the two prior owners did since it just was a driver car and not anything special to them.  The scheduled build date was October 1965 at Metuchen, 289 2V automatic convertible very much like yours.

[bryancobb]

Bryan,

You did an amazing job restoring the transmission case and bell housing....care to share some of your secrets?

Mark

Thanks.  It was a little bit time consuminq but here`s my steps:
1)  Completely Disassemble
2)  Pressure wash multiple times with this
3)  Scrub multiple times with a stiff bristle brush and lacquer thinner
4)  Wash several times in the kitchen dishwasher with liquid Cascade
5)  Media blast very thorouqhly with walnut shells
6)  Spend hours and hours brushinq with a stainless steel bristle welder`s toothbrush until the finish I wanted was achieved
7)  Wipe with a raq usinq PPG Concept Satin Clear so that its pushed down into the surface profile of the aluminum but most is wiped off.

[Brant]

Ready to sock-this-in in a couple of weeks.
I know... it's a little over done.

I just noticed how old that post was, but I wanted to also say that looks nice!

[bryancobb]

Thanks for the kind words.