Assembly line painting clarification & parts processes.
I've been having a fantastic time going through the restoration process with my car. It's slow, but that's just fine with me. My rolling chassis is finished & I am very happy with the results, now I am working away at the body & paint & have a couple questions. I was just looking through some past posts here as well as in my Noland Adams book and I'd appreciate some clarification when I go through my painting process. Today, the headlight buckets were removed for 1st the time since assembly in 67. You'll see the Maroon over-spray from the 1975---79 owner who repainted her Marlboro Maroon in 76 because he found the car in a chicken coupe & it was all chicken claw scratched. He also had a 67 435 Roadster , so he decided to do bookends by painting the coupe Maroon. MUCH THANKS to Bill Gould who has helped me so much with this owner process.
Anyways back to the painting question; I have seen posts here where fellows said that the buckets were installed while painting on the line & others where they said both the buckets & upper vents were painted on the floor as they went through the painting process. From the pic attached you can see the original Marina blue inside, so I wanted to confirm that these were INDEED on the car when it went through the painting booth. I saw what looked like a 65 in Noland Adams book & I'd swear the buckets were not installed. I do know that the rear valance was hung by a couple bolts, so that is clear & finally the weather stripping was installed . Could I get the rundown to confirm these questions / procedure? It would seem if the buckets were installed that not much coverage was reached in the gaps & they probably had to rotate them in order to spray both top & bottom as best they could. I also noticed in Nolands book that the power window conduits in the doors were installed after painting. If there were other body parts I am missing here , please let me know. The plan is to do this as correct to original as possible including the over & under spay & I have seen from members posts here. Lastly, I have seen nothing as far as a template to protect the exterior paint during the blackout process afterwards. My apologies for rambling on so much.
Thanks to all , Fred
Anyways back to the painting question; I have seen posts here where fellows said that the buckets were installed while painting on the line & others where they said both the buckets & upper vents were painted on the floor as they went through the painting process. From the pic attached you can see the original Marina blue inside, so I wanted to confirm that these were INDEED on the car when it went through the painting booth. I saw what looked like a 65 in Noland Adams book & I'd swear the buckets were not installed. I do know that the rear valance was hung by a couple bolts, so that is clear & finally the weather stripping was installed . Could I get the rundown to confirm these questions / procedure? It would seem if the buckets were installed that not much coverage was reached in the gaps & they probably had to rotate them in order to spray both top & bottom as best they could. I also noticed in Nolands book that the power window conduits in the doors were installed after painting. If there were other body parts I am missing here , please let me know. The plan is to do this as correct to original as possible including the over & under spay & I have seen from members posts here. Lastly, I have seen nothing as far as a template to protect the exterior paint during the blackout process afterwards. My apologies for rambling on so much.
Thanks to all , Fred
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