My 55 Nomad "under construction" update:

[Troberts]

Well, a bit more progress.....should have the rest of the body painted and all completed by next week This "LONG" body and paint process sure can test a man's patience. It's only been going on since February ..... funny though, time seems to be flying.

[chevynut]

Curious about your painting process. Why are you painting it a little at a time. I thought you should paint metallic paints all at once. I assume it's going to be all one color?

[Troberts]

Yea it's all going to be the same color but here's the thing. My friend Walt who has been owning and running a body shop forever.....is doing this for me for practically nothing. His wife worked for me here in our county government for many years so we are good friends. He is doing this as he can "work it in" and he wanted to just paint the top yesterday, it was late in the day, and do the rest of the body early next week cause it worked better with his current workload....and we do have a little more undercoating under the rear fenders to do as well. Oh well, it's worth it since these paint jobs can be "very expensive".

[chevynut]

Looks great troberts! One reason I ask is that I'm thinking of doing mine similarly, except in pieces. I was considering painting the bottom and the cowl on a rotisserie along with the edges and inside of the doors, tailgate, hood and fenders at that time. Then I'd put the body on the frame, line up the tailgate, doors, hood, and fenders close to the body on some sort of racks, and paint the rest of the car in one shot. I am just not convinced I can get the quality of paint job I want with the car assembled. I need to talk to my painter about how to do this.

[Troberts]

Thanks Chevynut - yea, what Walt decided as he worked it into his schedule was to first paint all the "edges" of the fenders, doors, hood and tailgate and the door and tailgate jams at the same time. Then he just did the top and so Tuesday we should finish with the rest of the body....that will be a great day!!! So make sure you post some pics when you get yours painted....would love to see it.

[Troberts]

Woohoo! Painting finally completed!

[Troberts]

We did some buffing out last night...will begin putting her back together this week.

[5Clint7]

Looks Great!!!

[rockytopper R.I.P 5-13-2017]

Looks great!!! What color is it?
Thanks
Rocky

[chevynut]

Beautiful troberts! Paint makes all the difference. I especially like the pics where you have it hanging from the ceiling.