The Crusty Cuda: Whole lotta Shakin' (N96) Goin' on!

[427TJ]

Oooh, a BY/black hat SS396 Camaro. (With black CA plates.)

[njsteve]

Here's the results of me spending an inordinate amount of time blacking out all of the gills on the rocker panel moldings.

The vendor back in 1970 who produced these originally, sprayed them black first and then followed with silver from the forward end so the backside of each gill would remain blacked out.

I have tried to duplicate that process before on prior cars and it just never comes out right.

What's the old saying? work smarder not harder? ;-)

I simply sprayed the entire rocker molding argent first and then sat at my kitchen counter with a wide, bevel tip permanent sharpie marker and got a result that just about duplicated the original look. The way the black sharpie ink soaked into the textured fiberglass panel gave a feathered edge in the same way the dusting of silver paint over black would have done.

Here's how they came out after several hours of hand marking each louver gill at the dining room table when my wife was out shopping:

[njsteve]

My buddy and I drove the cars to another show today. We took a couple shots from his garage before we left. I have 303 miles on the car now!