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DaJudge · #**621** 06-20-2008, 05:14 PM

Hey Steve the car is looking great

. Try using a body shutz gun and order the black aqua trunk paint from a paint supply outlet. By shooting test areas and adjusting pressure on cardboard you can get the factory look in the trunk area. Give it a try, I think you will be very pleased with the results.

**njsteve** · #**622** 06-20-2008, 05:40 PM

Unfortunately I do not have a compressor (or a body shutz gun) I do all my wrenching/painting the old-fashioned way - muscle and spray bombs.

Anyone out there have a traveling shutz-mobile with compressor?

**Charley Lillard** · #**623** 06-20-2008, 07:11 PM

I have a Shutz gun I can loan but shipping is probably more than a new one costs.

ktownkid · #**624** 06-20-2008, 09:11 PM

This joke is so bad........I gotta get the "L" outta here......

JChlupsa · #**625** 06-20-2008, 09:57 PM

National Parts Depot carries the GM 105-1498 Grey/White (NPD # C-8800-1) and the GM 105-1499 Black/Aqua (NPD # C-8800-2) Spray cans or you can go down to your dealership and see if they have the GM numbers above. My GM dealer ordered me a case of the 1499 for me. http://npd.dirxion.com/Main.asp Page 28

You can also go to ebay and order if from the guy in the midwest who mixes it that MR70 mentioned earlier. I wanted to but the HAZMAT paperwork to ship it to me here in Hawaii was putting it way out of my price range.

DaJudge · #**626** 06-20-2008, 10:57 PM

i have a compressor and a shutz gun. Maybe I can load it in the truck and loan them to you. Let me know

**njsteve** · #**627** 06-21-2008, 06:11 AM

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This joke is so bad........I gotta get the "L" outta here......

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Hogaaaahn! I see nuss-ing!

**mockingbird812** · #**628** 06-21-2008, 06:15 AM

heh-heh, heh-heh, Schultzie's got the kung-fu grip... heh-heh!

**njsteve** · #**629** 06-24-2008, 02:37 AM

So now that the body is back at the bodyshop and I have nothing left to do, I decided to tackle the destroyed, allegedly unrepairable, original white polyethylene valance from the car.

All of the mounting points were not only broken but completely blown out and missing. If that wasn't enough, the upper support bar was broken and the center section was cracked in half with only about two inches still connecting the two halves together. Oh, and the parts that weren't broken were melted and warped from catching fire during the previous owners carb fire/flambe/barbeque fest.

Here it is:

**njsteve** · #**630** 06-24-2008, 02:43 AM

Like a triage attempt on a car crash victim, I had to stabilize the patient before I could even move it out of the emergency room (the basement) to surgery (the garage).

I got out the trusty plastic welder and did a fast, rough melt to get to main fracture and the upper support bar stabilized. By the time I got the welding done there was only one inch of plastic still holding the two sides together:

By the way, most of the black area is not paint, but soot and fire damage from the original burning plastic! Only the upper portion had some flat black spraybomb paint on it.

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