Dave's 1970 GMC 402 Longhorn

[Dieselwrencher]

Dave, it looks awesome! I'm regretting checking the update on your build.................. After seeing your seam filled, it's making me want to do mine. IDK though...........

[danw210]

That is looking great!!!

[mcbassin]

The paint looks great!

[klmore]

Originally Posted by davepl

Not sure how they spec how much metallic should be in it. Is that in the color spec by weight or something? Or is it the paint counter-man's pick?

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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[AMERICAN PICK-UP]

looking fine!!!

[davepl]

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

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

- Dave

[davepl]

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

[SS Tim]

Looking good Dave!

[NewType72]

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

[y5mgisi]

Dang!

[leddzepp]

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

[Daubs]

More pictures please!

[davepl]

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

[NewType72]

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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[Ol Blue K20]

Purty Purty, It's looking great can't wait to see it done!

[re1]

Hey Dave,

any progress to report ??

[STOCKISH]

That paint turned out amazing. Love that color.

[mcbassin]

Originally Posted by re1

hey dave,

any progress to report ??

x2?

[Ol Blue K20]

Originally Posted by mcbassin

x2?

x3

[davepl]

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

[davepl]

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

[y5mgisi]

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

[NewType72]

My word that paint is so gourgeous. Absolutely amazing work by your body shop. Definitely worth the wait
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[7d1truckguy]

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

[davepl]

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.