Posts by raccobra_old

raccobra_old · Overspray on red oxide raccobra_old July 22, 2007 at 1:37 PM

Thanks, that helps out a lot.

raccobra_old · Overspray on red oxide raccobra_old July 21, 2007 at 2:16 PM

Thanks Jim, I appreciate the info.

Anyone have pictures I can show to my paint guy?

- Rick

raccobra_old · Overspray on red oxide raccobra_old July 20, 2007 at 3:19 PM

I'm just about ready to have the red oxide applied to the bottom of the car. Does anyone have an undercarriage view of what the finish color overspray looks like on top of the red oxide?

Thanks,

Rick

raccobra_old · New member raccobra_old April 30, 2007 at 1:02 PM

Thanks for replying on the "HP" marking RalphJR. I was hoping that this was some type of hipo assembly line designation. Hearing that two others have seen similar markings contributes to that thought.

After the paint was removed we saw these markings on the front, I'm not sure what they mean.

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- Rick

raccobra_old · New member raccobra_old April 30, 2007 at 12:52 PM

Hi Ron,

This is my first restoration and I definitely wanted to have it all done right. I did some research and looked into chemical dips and other types of media blasting. The plastic media doesn't stress or heat the metal and removes only the paint. You can check out Doug's Auto Craft at http://www.dacmediablasting.com/default.asp. I highly recommend them. Doug is also doing any bodywork that my K needed and he's doing the paint work as well.

- Rick

raccobra_old · Motor mounts raccobra_old April 24, 2007 at 8:40 AM

Thank you very much!

- Rick

raccobra_old · New member raccobra_old April 23, 2007 at 9:30 PM

Hi all,

I've been working on restoring my 65 for the past year. It's an early model (Oct 12) fastback. I put it in the registry a little while back.

The car is fully disassembled and has been plastic media blasted. I've attached a couple of pictures. The first one is the car prior to disassembly and blasting. The second one shows what I believe is an original factory marking. Has anyone else seen anything like this?

Anyways, I'm having a great time with the restoration and I hope you'll all put up with a bunch of questions when it comes time to put this all back together.

Thanks,

Rick

[Blocked Image: http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u253/raccobra/HIPO013.jpg]

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raccobra_old · Motor mounts raccobra_old April 23, 2007 at 8:55 PM

Hi all,

I've been restoring my 65 fastback and I'm getting to the point where I need to finish off the motor mounts. Should they be chassis black or natural?

Thanks,

Rick