69ShelbyGT350H 61 Report post Posted October 6, 2017 I'm not going to go back and tell you all about the previous years I've been working on this thing. Got most of it documented over at VMF. The car is currently in the paint & body shop where I am still waiting for them to finish up the body so it can be painted. So I am still working on other things. I had re-covered the seats back in 1991. As I took them out of storage I noticed that the raised area on the top of the high back front seats had deflated. Seems the foam had turned to powder after 20 some years of sitting in various locations. I am going to have to take the seat back covers off and replace the foam, and as long as I am at it, I might as well replace all the front seat cushion foam. I picked up a set of American Cushion Industries seat foam sets for both front seats. Looks like I made a good decision when you look at the condition of the original seat foam. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MAC390 327 Report post Posted October 6, 2017 They look good , do they have the listing wires molded into the foam for easy installation of the cover. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
69ShelbyGT350H 61 Report post Posted October 6, 2017 The listing wire goes into the seat covers, and the ones I bought back in 1991 did not have them. I had to move them over from the original seat covers. Here is the link to VMF where I documented my build from when I joined back on 12-17-2015, but the story goes back to 1980 http://forums.vintage-mustang.com/build-forum/928401-1969-shelby-gt350-hertz.html My build photo gallery is at http://redshost.com/gt350/ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
69ShelbyGT350H 61 Report post Posted October 22, 2017 I had to go and take my car away from the paint & body guy yesterday. Last weekend, the 14th he aborted the painting stating it was due to the rain and humidity. Turns out that he had not finished getting the car ready for paint that entire week that he claimed he was going to. So he apologized and told me he would do whatever it took to get it ready to paint this weekend. I started texting him Thursday, through this Saturday asking him where he stood for this weekend without a reply. So I stopped by his shop yesterday to find that once again, nothing had been done to the car. I went home, got the trailer, returned and loaded it up. The shop owner/painter told me he did not blame me, but he was making progress, he even bought the Dupont Chroma base paint. I saw the receipt for this paint, 1 gallon of Candy Apple Red (Dupont Code 4737) for $210. Funny thing is, the paint was delivered in a can with Nason label. Now, my understanding is that 1 gallon of red Dupont Chroma base is going to cost over $1000.00. Can anyone comment on this? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kris 90 Report post Posted October 22, 2017 I had a shop do the same to be on body work. When I moved from Texas to Oklahoma I took my car to a shop and they we're going to finish the remainder of the body work on my convertible and then paint it. I gave them all new panels that were needing to be replaced. I called and checked in about a month after I dropped it off and they told me they had started cutting out the panels and were getting setup to replace them. My new house wasn't ready to move into yet so I didn't have anywhere to store it so I wasn't in any hurry. The shop was about 1-1/2 hrs away from my new house. Well about 4 months went by of them telling me they were mocking up the new panels. I went by there to check on their progress and hey hadn't done anything. No only that, they had left my convertible without a top on it sitting outside. Along with all my new parts so they could rust. I went and picked up my trailer and brought it to my new house and just did it myself. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
69ShelbyGT350H 61 Report post Posted October 22, 2017 So anyone that can tell me about paint, I'm googling for prices on Dupont ChromaOne and not coming up with anything but Dupont/Nason paints. The popular result seems to be Nason FULL-THANE 2K Urethane. The painter claims to have bought 1 gallon of Ford Candy Apple Red (Ford code T, paint code 4737) ChromaOne for $210 and I say that is too inexpensive for Dupont's top of the line paint. But I can't find any pricing to back it up. I was quoted $851 for DCC (PPG Concept). These are Single Stage paints, I'm going for a factory look so no clear coats. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
69ShelbyGT350H 61 Report post Posted November 10, 2017 Have the car in a friends garage. Marked all the areas that need attention with blue tape. Continuing on, I'm fitting the side scoops to the car. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
69ShelbyGT350H 61 Report post Posted November 15, 2017 The old shop beat up my rear quarter extensions. That along with mounting them on the Dynacorn quarters the gap between the extensions and the trunk was off. Spent some time working on them this weekend and did a test fit today. Gaps look good so I will go ahead and finish off the extensions. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
69ShelbyGT350H 61 Report post Posted December 8, 2017 Waiting for a call from a new paint & body shop to put my car in. Picked up my heads yesterday from the machine shop. Had new SS valves installed set to proper height and pressure. Cleaned them up, painted them and bolted them down with ARP hex bolts. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
69ShelbyGT350H 61 Report post Posted January 9, 2018 Moved my car into the paint & body shop today. They are estimating 2-3 weeks to prep and paint. Body man looked at it an said it all looks nice, but he will give it a once-over. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vicfreg 801 Report post Posted January 10, 2018 Awesome! Good luck. Can't wait to see the results of the body and paint work. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
69ShelbyGT350H 61 Report post Posted January 10, 2018 PAINT! Finally, I see RED! Painter is working late tonight, and as most the pictures he sent are the same I'm only posting the one. But its a link to my photo gallery to the page with the rest of the paint pictures. 1 Grabber70Mach reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vicfreg 801 Report post Posted January 10, 2018 Wow, very cool. What will be the final color? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
69ShelbyGT350H 61 Report post Posted January 11, 2018 3 hours ago, Vicfreg said: Wow, very cool. What will be the final color? Ford color code T, 1969 Candy Apple Red. Original color for my car. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
69ShelbyGT350H 61 Report post Posted January 23, 2018 The car and all the parts are in the garage. Painted the satin black parts today. 1 Grabber70Mach reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RPM 1,278 Report post Posted January 23, 2018 Good feeling eh? 1 69ShelbyGT350H reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
69ShelbyGT350H 61 Report post Posted January 23, 2018 Seems I neglected to post pictures of the car itself! In white sealer In Dupont Chroma base, Candy Apple Red Dupont Chroma Clear Coat 1 Grabber70Mach reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
69ShelbyGT350H 61 Report post Posted January 23, 2018 16 minutes ago, RPM said: Good feeling eh? Yes and no. Glad that it is finally painted, but now I have to figure out where all the parts go! 1 RPM reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
willyrnd 2 Report post Posted January 23, 2018 Impressive project. Well done with the paint, I really like it. 1 69ShelbyGT350H reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RPM 1,278 Report post Posted January 23, 2018 1 hour ago, 69ShelbyGT350H said: Yes and no. Glad that it is finally painted, but now I have to figure out where all the parts go! Ain't that the truth. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
windsurfer 1 Report post Posted January 23, 2018 Great progress. Can't wait to see how it turns out. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
69ShelbyGT350H 61 Report post Posted January 25, 2018 Fitting the body panels 3 simplyj, willyrnd and Grabber70Mach reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
willyrnd 2 Report post Posted January 29, 2018 Nice progress, just a little more and it's good to go. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
69ShelbyGT350H 61 Report post Posted January 29, 2018 2 minutes ago, willyrnd said: Nice progress, just a little more and it's good to go. LOL, yes, just a little more. 3-4 months if I work on it 6-8 hours a day every day. :-) Thanks! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
willyrnd 2 Report post Posted January 29, 2018 That's the spirit. LOL Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
