1 Job To The Next

[55 Fargo]

Hey all, could not change rear motor mounts today, that left me frustrated, as I am a goal oriented person.

I removed the visor, prepped, taped/masked, and shot paint, not easy ia cooler building, paint had to be warmed up, but it came off not too bad, "at least it is 1 color as the car".

The garage temp was about 55-60 f, it was 20-25 f outside, witha howling wind, and some snow flurries.

I had warmed up the paint, and solvent in the house, but it was too cold, when I mixed some for a first spray, but I thinned ita bit more, opened my fluid needle on my spray gun, and laid on 2 thin cover coats, back to back. Paint has no runs, a couple of tiny fisheyes, wee bit of dust. The substrate needs mor prep, I just scufeed and feathered the old finish, did not want to go through the green OEM Fulton paint. Next paint, will blast/sand, then use a high build primer, wet sand and paint. All in all, not bad. Tonight after the paint is dry, will bring visor in house for further overnight drying, then will assemble and re-install tomorrow or Saturday.

It ticked me off I could not swap the motor mounts, so I had to do something, otherwise, I would not feel too good, can any of you relate to that.....LOL

Here are 2 pics of the job......

Edited December 10, 2010 by Rockwood

[1940plymouth]

Looks good

[Roadkingcoupe]

I can relate

woke up to negative 12 C (10 degrees F)

two hours west got 5 feet of snow

just cant imagine painting on a day like today!

[55 Fargo]

I can relate

woke up to negative 12 C (10 degrees F)

two hours west got 5 feet of snow

just cant imagine painting on a day like today!

With the right shop, right temp, and right equipment no problem, look what body shops in Canada do all winter.

I am not saying I have this kind of equipment, but I got the job done, but after I finished, I thought, what the heck did I do this for, on a day like this, but the visor looks 10 time better painted the same color as my car......Fred

[Roadkingcoupe]

around ten years ago I disassembled a 1939 Plymouth

on the driveway (with hand tools) in the winter with a couple feet of snow.

A neighbor called the police, the officer rolls up and asks

what I was doing? So I told him......."I am taking apart a

1939 Plymouth". So he says "is it yours?" and I replied

"yes......I didn't think I was doing anything wrong?"

He answers no but your neighbours do.

[55 Fargo]

around ten years ago I disassembled a 1939 Plymouth

on the driveway (with hand tools) in the winter with a couple feet of snow.

A neighbor called the police, the officer rolls up and asks

what I was doing? So I told him......."I am taking apart a

1939 Plymouth". So he says "is it yours?" and I replied

"yes......I didn't think I was doing anything wrong?"

He answers no but your neighbours do.

The neigbours (average joe schmuck), does not understand an Old Mopar Nut, motivated to work on his old girl, even in the middle of a Canadian winter. They probably thought you were 'temporarily insane", when the fact is you had flat head fever..LOL

[55 Fargo]

Here are 2 pics of my Fulton Visor back on the car, this morning

[P-12 Tommy]

Wow! Looks really good. Matches perfect. Good job!

Tom

[busycoupe]

The visor looks great! I bet that you never get back to repainting it. In warm weather there will be something else to do.

Dave

[1940plymouth]

Fred the visor sure looks great sitting on the Chrysler,

[Andydodge]

Fred, looks great, when I painted my visor it had the pale green etch primer underneath still, but it was faded & blotchy so I grey primed both top & bottom and just masked the bottom so I didn't get any overspray from the top coats. As the interior upholstery colour is grey when you sit in the car and look out the front the grey primer blends into the interior colour and as its a flat grey there is no glare as per the original........not sure if you can tell in the 1st pic but the 2nd shows the underside of the visor......andyd

[1950 Special Deluxe]

Looks good Fred,

Planning on turning on the heat tomorrow in the garage and getting some more done on mine.

Neil

[PatS....]

The pale green on the underside is not primer. It's there to prevent the reflection of the visor from showing in the windshield and potentially blocking your vision.

[Frank Elder]

Zinc Chromate?

[55 Fargo]

The pale green on the underside is not primer. It's there to prevent the reflection of the visor from showing in the windshield and potentially blocking your vision.

This is the reason, I left mine alone on the underside, it is in fairly good shape, and it does reduce glare. I tried not to sand through it on the top side, so the scratches, and some paint pitting, are still a bit noticeable.

The next time will sand the topsdie right down, then prmer with epoxy primer first, then a high buld primer, blocking and paint. Right now I can live with the results, which are not too shabby.....Fred

[falconvan]

Nice job, Fred. It's cold here, too but not as cold as your place.

[55 Fargo]

The pale green on the underside is not primer. It's there to prevent the reflection of the visor from showing in the windshield and potentially blocking your vision.

This is true Pat, but fulton had the entire visor and brackets painted with this stuff, the dealer would paint the matching color on the exterior and brackets...