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It all by weight. The mixing weights are about 99% acurate in most measurement systems. Most of the older colors are correct the newer ones can be a challenge at times. Human error at the paint counter can cause variation in the same color.
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looking fine!!!

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Here's a video of them painting it. This is before sanding/buffing the clear.

http://www.musclecarrestorations.com...-gmc-paint.mp4

- Dave

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Here's a teaser pic of some of the post-paint work. Sorry about the terrible rims, but you don't put the fancy wheels in the paint booth!

-0 Dave

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Looking good Dave!

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oh man oh man that's gourgeous looking like shes real close

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Dang!

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Beautiful! I just got mine back and know how it feels to have nice, fresh, shiny paint!!!

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More pictures please!

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And here's a picture of my rear end (ba-dum-bum):

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Wow that gmc band looks gourgeous back there against all that blue can't wait to see a full shot of this beauty
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Purty Purty, It's looking great can't wait to see it done!

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Hey Dave,

any progress to report ??

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That paint turned out amazing. Love that color.

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x2?

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x3

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Sorry, been waiting on the body shop while you've been waiting on me! The paint and body is done now, so I am going to fly out and inspect it and then ship it back and get to work on it!

Here are a couple of current pics. It'd look better with headlights and wheels so on, but remember this is still very much "in progress", with no interior or wiring or anything yet.

Cheers,
Dave

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Typed in a whole long explanation. Browser crashed. Too angry to retype, but here are the photos I was talking about :-)

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I dream of having that perfect of a paint job one day.

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My word that paint is so gourgeous. Absolutely amazing work by your body shop. Definitely worth the wait
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Hello davepl, That is one heck of a nice truck , It's all in the details which you have nailed dead on, I just got the younger and shorter sister to yours a 1971 gmc 2wd swb with factory 402 turbo 400 trans ps pdb a/c. I have since repainted the hood hinges satin black as well as sanded and repainted the core support, and removed the black on the grill, (that was about an 8 hr job) removed and cleaned the carpet Here are some pics of my girl ENJOY Marc

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Time to add some new photos! Progress is slow because it's mostly detail work and time-consuming things like rewiring it, but it's coming along.

Here's the heater box. It was tough finding a color that matched the original, but this was surprisingly close. It's actually a Hammertone finish with some texture to it.

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And here are the seats and console. Used the exterior paint on the console, since that's what the old color sheet actually said.

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Random front end shot. A little blurry, but should give you the general idea.

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Front corner shot. To everyone on that other thread that can completely restore a truck for $10K, you haven't had to rechrome a GMC!

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Very nice! It's certainly a heart-stopper :chevy:

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And here's a picture of the super-laser-powered-air-cooled-ultra-bright LED that I had to make up a mounting system for, only to find out the old 1157NA looks better, so I ripped it out and went back to stock.

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Absolutly gorgeous!!!!!

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Wow... I keep thinking to myself there's no way this truck could get any nicer and you keep proving wrong brother. This truck with that color combo will be an absolute stunner at any show. Forget the other trucks because you'll be making the 6 figure camaros and bel airs look bad.. :lol: amazing work just absolutely amazing.

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This thing is just awesome!:metal:
Not sure who can "restore" a truck for $10k? that's laughable!

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Yes, very, nice!

I did a frame off last year. It's expensive and I did most of the work myself.

Any body that says they can do a "restore" for under 10K. :bs:

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Whoa, that chrome on everything looks absolutely amazing!!! Very nice. Yeah, the $10 grand may be if you stole a finished truck and added stuff to it. :lol:

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Any updates ??

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"Any updates ?? "

Yeh, or how about some finished outside pictures ? It would be nice seeing the paint and chrome shine in the sun.
Thanks

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Well, it won't see sunlight for a few more months, that's for sure. Just completed finishing up my bed wood (Mar-K). One board arrived damaged and they took great care of it. Sadly the stupid bed strips I ordered from LMC 6 months ago have a subtle kink in the middle of each :-( I opened the box on delivery and the ends checked out fine, but there really wasn't time to make the delivery guy wait while I removed the giant condom from each strip to check them. I think I'd prefer chromed steel anyway, I have a feeling polished stainless will be hard to maintain... we shall see.

I used Spar Marine Semi-Gloss carnish (92504) from "Old Masters". About four coats, a sanding, two more coats. At some point I should write a post about my experience doing the wood, from the saw-horse thing I made to hold the wood to the various lessons I learned. For now, however, installing the wood is the challenge of the week!

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The bed wood looks awesome! I kinda dig stainless look anywhere I can use it on my truck. I like chrome too but most of the aftermarket stuff leaves some for desire.

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Well, other than being short all the extra fasteners you need for a Longhorn, it's in and mostly done. I'd ordered the "upgrade" for the extras, but don't think I got them.

Anyway, what a labor intensive job. I'm sure the factory did it on a jig of some kind to make life easier, but even so, there's a lot of fasteners and alignment going on.

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That turned out incredible! All your effort is definitely being rewarded. Please don't hestitate to keep posting pictures.

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Wow that wood bed looks bad ass. What stain did you use, I was going to leave mine natural but after seeing yours I have changed my mind. Super good job...
:chevy:

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The stain is "Varathane Golden Mahogany" from Home Depot. Make sure you shake the hell out of it. The first coat was way 'oranger' than the second, which I guess I stirred better.

I considered matching it to the exterior fake wood trim on the truck, but that's a really dark color. Might not have been a bad idea, but I'm happy with this color and it doesn't clash too badly.