1986 7B Project

[RFranklin]

Test fitting headlights this morning

[svono50]

Man, you are going to have one sweet looking 7B!! Very nice!

[RFranklin]

Man, you are going to have one sweet looking 7B!! Very nice!

Thanks my SVO brother ! We're on the downhill side now !

[TTop Dave]

Its looking really good Rich!!

[RFranklin]

The shop has installed the Front Bumper, Rear Bumper, Rear Glass. They're just about done color sanding. They need me to drop the molding off next week for painting and install.

[inerceptor]

Looks good Rich. My car is still sitting in the paint shop untouched. It has been there almost two months. I did get my seats back from the upholster though. They turned out nice. Anyway, looking forward to seeing yours fully assembled.

[Ford Builder]

Rich you must be side your self , LOOKING GOOD.

[gbeaird]

It's amazing how rich and deep new paint looks on these cars! That's a nice blue. Our 2R went from Pepto-Bismol pink to a nice deep red with the repaint. It looks great.

[RFranklin]

Thanks guys ! Closer and closer ! I just dropped off all the trim moldings to be painted. Here are the Quarter Moldings, Lower and Upper Spoilers. I'm still trying to find a complete set of thin moldings. They're spraying everything to match all the grey together.

[svono50]

I agree with Gene, your blue looks very 'rich' compared to a couple other 7B's I have seen. I always thought the factory version was a bit more 'silver' in its tone, but yours has a very nice simple 'metallic' touch to it. I am sure it even looks better in person! Looking forward to the 'complete' shot.

[RFranklin]

I agree with Gene, your blue looks very 'rich' compared to a couple other 7B's I have seen. I always thought the factory version was a bit more 'silver' in its tone, but yours has a very nice simple 'metallic' touch to it. I am sure it even looks better in person! Looking forward to the 'complete' shot.

I think some of the richness is contributed to the fact we did the car as a base coat with a clear-coat. Then they color sanded and polished it out. The color appears a little darker I think due to my cheap point and shoot camera and it's still inside. It does have a more silver tone. I wanted it to be the correct 7B color although adding a clear does make it look richer and protects the base. The most nerve racking color was getting the gray as close to correct in tone. We did a test shot using the PPG paint code but the gray had a purple hue to it. They ended up sampling an unfaded area under the window trim I think the results came out pretty good. I can't wait until I get the restored wheels back on it.

[SVOeric]

the ppg paint code is posted in the FAQ

[svono50]

There are a lot of factors that 'play' with a picture's colors as compared to seeing it first hand. In any case, it looks great. I had a similar quandry with my repaint on the trim. My body shop guy felt that the gray was too light in contrast to the black, so I ended up having him match the gray on my tail lights, which is a few shades darker. Personally I liked how it came out, so what matters to you is most important.

[gbeaird]

I used the PPG paint code when we reshot the gray parts on our 86. They screwed something up in that they came out glossy, which is really growing on me, but yes, it has a slight lavender hue to it, especially under fluorescent lights.

[RFranklin]

I used the PPG paint code when we reshot the gray parts on our 86. They screwed something up in that they came out glossy, which is really growing on me, but yes, it has a slight lavender hue to it, especially under fluorescent lights.

Now that's interesting ! We had the same glossy result and lavender hue on the test spray. My Body guy had worked with the PPG guy to get that paint code listed on the site. I remember the shop had commented it came as what he called a "Dealer Pack" color or something like that. To be honest we thought it was a mistake so we decided to match it from a non faded area and mixed it in the PPG mixing center. Here's an outside shot from this morning. They just attached the quarter moldings.