Betty's Naked!

[josh72ooh2]

I kinda like the bare metal look. But she will be all dressed up again soon.

Can't wait.

[Clownman]

Josh,

How did you go about stripping her down like that. I am looking at getting mine soda blasted just to save time because I have none of that. How long did it take you and what are you doing to prep it for paint?

Chris

[josh72ooh2]

Oh... i'm not not doing any of the work. The car was hit a few months ago and the rear end was totally crunched. Since a good quarter of the car was stripped to metal and repaired, i figured now is a good time to take advantage of the situation and get a complete body restoration for cheap (because insurance is covering 75% of the total).

The shop has an old school metal worker who re-bent all the metal back to shape. He is grinding off all the paint and bondo and getting the body back to spec. As you can see, it is from the pillars down.

while it is apart, i am having the lower trim holes filled, and hopefully the antenna holes filled. She'll be painted with a Malaga-esque color again.

-Josh

[Paul7002]

Just clear coat it and "go naked"!

[LeeJohn]

hey josh i saw your car ther a week or 2 ago. talk with the owner nice guy when shes done lets go for a ride!!

[josh72ooh2]

Those guys at the shop are pretty cool. I hope i say the same when i get the final bill....

and yeah, i'd love to get that metal smoothed out and then clear coat it. It would look BAD ASS! My buddy went through the same dilemma with his '69 Charger and ended up having it painted a steel gray with lots of clear coat.

[RayC911]

Don't forget about the euro license lamps for the shorty bumpers. : )

[jrhone]

Cool! Mine will go there in a few months!

[jerry]

nice!!!!

that car deserves a good paint job. i wish i could watch how they do it...