BUILD THREAD 1982 Chevy El Camino
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you forgot to say so when are u gonna finish It LOL yeah bro sometime in the next month we can get together I'll let u know when
Hahahahah Sounds good, just keep me posted
Here are the color codes that I used
JQ Golden Bronze Metallic (Dark Brown)
LQ Pale Adobe Metallic (Tan)
Best I can see from pics, looks like you got a solid platform to start a project off with.
Front end reassembly & alignment truly can be a b*tch to get right, particularly with vehicles that aren't 100% symmetrical from the factory to begin with. Be sure to align the doors as needed first before starting back with the fenders & shim & adjust everything a little at a time before tightening everything down. May also want to shim or grind down on front radiator core support mounts to make door/fender gap consistent from top to bottom if needed. If you lost track of shimming, you may want to reassemble before external body work is done to get things right in the end.
While I'm with Mel on changing 2.0 into it's new form, brown sugar is still a nice vehicle look. There is one similar I see trailered to some florida shows. While the color choice isn't my personal choice, I still consider it to look better than 90% of the other elcos around here, partly to the nice workmanship in restoring & improving it from end to end, as you are doing.
Front end reassembly & alignment truly can be a b*tch to get right, particularly with vehicles that aren't 100% symmetrical from the factory to begin with. Be sure to align the doors as needed first before starting back with the fenders & shim & adjust everything a little at a time before tightening everything down. May also want to shim or grind down on front radiator core support mounts to make door/fender gap consistent from top to bottom if needed. If you lost track of shimming, you may want to reassemble before external body work is done to get things right in the end.
While I'm with Mel on changing 2.0 into it's new form, brown sugar is still a nice vehicle look. There is one similar I see trailered to some florida shows. While the color choice isn't my personal choice, I still consider it to look better than 90% of the other elcos around here, partly to the nice workmanship in restoring & improving it from end to end, as you are doing.
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