Jackhammer

Enoyed the Video! Some really great looking Z's. Too bad the steering wheels are on the wrong side... ROFL

Steve, No offense taken... I knew some of the risks by pushing the process. Pushing the process was more out of necessity than by my impatience. At the time my daughter and son in law were living in West Virginia (we live in Texas). The plan was to combine a visit/vacation for my wife and daughter so they went to D.C and other places while he and I busted our butts on the project. Bottom line was I spent $1200.00 on paint/supplies and would have had to spend money on some kind of vacation for my wife anyway...no getting around that one. So I thought I was going to get a high end paint job on the cheap. It started out being that.....until the curing issues started showing up. Most guys would have cut and buffed and went on... so I am told by my current paint guy.. But not me....I have to be a perfectionist that wants it right. It has been blocked back down, based, graphics re-done and cleared. This go around is close to $5000. My paint guy shows me jobs when I start bitching about the situation they have charged $12,000 for and mine looks as good. So I guess I am supposed to be grateful. :hurt: I hope yours turns out less stressful and it is a "show winner". Do you still find yourself going out to the garage only to remember the car isn't there? I did.... and I actually enjoyed it in a way. I know my wife did. Jack

I wish you the absolute best of luck. I have just submitted pictures of my Z's second paint job in a year. The first one started developing issues with the body filler curing under the paint and basically shrinking and I could not live with it. This was caused by pushing the process to fast (my fault)...not letting the body work and primer cure and then applying the base and clear. After about 3 months I was not happy at all. My now X son in law and I did the first paint job ...pics in my gallery. We did it on my two week vacation last summer and when we finished ...I was very pleased with the results. Sometime there after the curing issues started appearing. So my now X son in law was not a viable option for the fix. So I had to seek a shop that was going to fix the problem and came with some good recommendations. Found one and after 3 months of being in paint jail...all I need to have now is for it to be cut and buffed. Thank the Lord...now I can get on with putting the rest of it together and maybe drive it before I am old enough for the nursing home. So once again.... "I wish you the very best"....I also hope for your sake you are not a picky, anal, a$$ like me. I also hope your paint guy stays enthused and excited. Make sure you take pics. Jack

Great pics... I enjoyed them. The Z's that showed are great representations. Thanks :classic:

I generally concur with Enrique. I have included several pics of what I did...which follows Enrique's procedures fairly close. The exception being in addition to POR 15...I sprayed in a coating of Dupli-Color Bed liner. In addition before the interior goes in... I will be laying in a 5/8's" sound deadening fiber pad with foil on both sides thru-out...floor boards, firewall, sides and doors. Some may consider it over kill ...but I consider it prudent measures to quiet down the interior noise that will be present with a 400+HP small block Chevy V8 rumbling under the hood. Something I noticed is where the mat is installed the tinny sound is more of a thump sound. IMO I would put it in as many areas as you can. I used about 100sq.ft. of R-Blox. Below are shots of my process. http://www.classiczcars.com/photopost/data/503/medium/POR_15_Process_3-12-05_047.jpg http://www.classiczcars.com/photopost/data/500/medium/PDR_1641.JPG http://www.classiczcars.com/photopost/data/500/medium/PDR_1649.JPG

Vehicles are listed below....I drive the Titan...not to boring for a truck..good performance if you can handle $65.00 fill ups, wife drives the Maxima, we drive the Miata sparingly on weekends when carrying space is not an issue. The Z when it is finished will be driven on occasions...but on those occasions "Oh Lord"...I scare myself thinkin' about it. :nervous:

I second Moonpup's recommendation...... Call Doug at Awesome Z. Doug knows what he is doing and is a straight shooter. He's the man when it comes to Z's in Houston.

Welcome neighbor. I am just down 99 from you in Pecan Grove. I have a similar story. It was in October of 04 and I saw my 260 on ebay and watched it for a couple of days and it stayed on $650.00 until the last few minutes and then went to $900.00.... it got down to less than a minute and I bid $1100.00 with less than 10 seconds and won it at $1025.00. I only had to travel to Granbury near Ft. Worth to pick it up. Mine was not a driver. It was a mess. No rust just lots of bondo and fiberglass in the floor boards covering up where the rust used to be. So now a year and half later and $$,$$$.$$'s later I am 60% finished with a frame up resto-mod. I would be closer to completion but in January I had the brain burp to do a SBC V8 conversion. That course change required more time, modifications and more $,$$$.$$'s. I have all the parts now.... it is just a matter of getting the time to do what I can do and the money and patience with the engine and upholstery guys. Drop me a PM if and when you need some help with Z parts locally and the name and number of a well respected Z specialist in town.

Coming from church services....and you didn't ask yourself WWJD? Hmmm?

YA....Think ? The same feelings of disdain as far as I am concerned would be directed to any and all... whatever their race, creed or persuasion is. The actions that took place in New Orleans as well as the lawlessness that has accompanied the evacuees to the host communities is not malicious fiction. It is documented verifiable fact. This is not a social study on what race has more family issues or uses more drugs than the other. Right is right and wrong is wrong. It doesn't have a color. It also is a learned behavior along with racism. Instead of attempting to unteach racism and whatever else you think needs untaught.... how about leaving the psycho-babble out and just teach what is right and wrong and the rest will be taken care of.

It eats at me also... every time I see scenes of how many people responded to their legitimate need for food and water by looting electronic stores, jewelry stores etc... along with an element in law enforcement. Just as it eats at me about the racism and prejudices that exist in most all ethnics. It's a bit like the chicken and the egg thing... Which came first? The behavior or the reaction to the behavior? In this case we are seeing a repugnant reaction to some repugnant behavior. It's about choices...and until some start making better choices and eliminating the victim status their choices put them in.... the racist repugnants will come up with their demeaning depictions.

Welcome to the madness... It just takes $$$Money$$$, patience and persistence.

Just one comes to mind ....from my experience doing this last year. Make sure to give yourself plenty of overlap of the new pan and the existing floor metal. The old metal was a bit thinner and had a tendency to want to burn away.