My 81 Malibu. While it’s not completed, it still looks a lot better than it started. I’m enjoying it as it is, and it’s a lot less stressful than a nice custom paint job. And my kids are happy to ride in it as it sits.
GBOTM February GBOTM nominations thread.... enter NOW!
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Alright guys, going to try opening this one up now since we lose a couple days in February.
Ideally give us a before and after of some paint work you did yourself, or, at home with some help from a friend.
Rattle can? Rollers? Brushed on? All are A-O-K just the same.as.if you sprayed with a compressor. There's no bad method, not for this contest!
If you don't have a before picture? Thats OK too, you can still enter.
Tell us what you did, when you did it, andnwhen the picture was taken (for example, if you did the paint job 4 years ago, and the pic is new, tell us. Likewise, if you took the picture 4 years ago, that's OK too. It'd just be interesting to see how some of these paint jobs held up over time.)
Ideally give us a before and after of some paint work you did yourself, or, at home with some help from a friend.
Rattle can? Rollers? Brushed on? All are A-O-K just the same.as.if you sprayed with a compressor. There's no bad method, not for this contest!
If you don't have a before picture? Thats OK too, you can still enter.
Tell us what you did, when you did it, andnwhen the picture was taken (for example, if you did the paint job 4 years ago, and the pic is new, tell us. Likewise, if you took the picture 4 years ago, that's OK too. It'd just be interesting to see how some of these paint jobs held up over time.)
This is my 86' Regal, when I bought it there was a lot of rust repairs needed like inner and outer rockers, rear floor and body mount support, lower quarter panels and also both the doors and trunk lid were all rusted out.
I replaced the decklid and header from a blue Regal, the cream doors are from a Cutlass and the fenders are from a GN (passenger fender was rusting from the inside out) and I cut in the fender vents
I finished all of this pre Covid and then ended up having 5 weeks off for Covid and wanted to drive my Regal, I decided to just paint the cream doors with a couple cans of Rustoleum gloss black since I couldn't stand the color on there and I liked it so then I decided to paint each panel separately, I had a total of 3 days where it hit 50 degrees and was sunny here but windy.
I did nothing but Scotchbrite and wipe down and paint, it was so windy I couldn't get enough paint on the roof, decklid and hood so I scuffed those to make them flat black.
The ground effects I added were white so I painted those also so I went from 5 colors to one for about $60 in paint that I had to order online from Target.
Eventually I will get it painted but for now I drive it as is and it gets plenty of looks and thumbs up.
I replaced the decklid and header from a blue Regal, the cream doors are from a Cutlass and the fenders are from a GN (passenger fender was rusting from the inside out) and I cut in the fender vents
I finished all of this pre Covid and then ended up having 5 weeks off for Covid and wanted to drive my Regal, I decided to just paint the cream doors with a couple cans of Rustoleum gloss black since I couldn't stand the color on there and I liked it so then I decided to paint each panel separately, I had a total of 3 days where it hit 50 degrees and was sunny here but windy.
I did nothing but Scotchbrite and wipe down and paint, it was so windy I couldn't get enough paint on the roof, decklid and hood so I scuffed those to make them flat black.
The ground effects I added were white so I painted those also so I went from 5 colors to one for about $60 in paint that I had to order online from Target.
Eventually I will get it painted but for now I drive it as is and it gets plenty of looks and thumbs up.
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This is my 1978 Malibu Classic Landau. I stripped it down to bare metal and removed the 1/4 top and the landau pillars and replaced them with regular Malibu 1/4 glass. I painted it in my home garage around 2002. So the paint has been on her a long time.
Here's my entry. Painted in my garage by me. I'm not a body man by trade, this is my first full paint job. I've painted a panel here and there, but never a whole car. I have a few pics of the work in progress, but Photobucket has held them hostage. I'll see what I can dig up.
More pics here in my old thread. https://gbodyforum.com/threads/working-on-the-wagon.33260/
If I'm not mistaken, I painted the car approx. 10 yrs ago using Nason single stage 2K urethane.
More pics here in my old thread. https://gbodyforum.com/threads/working-on-the-wagon.33260/
If I'm not mistaken, I painted the car approx. 10 yrs ago using Nason single stage 2K urethane.
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Jack, people who don't know wagons, don't appreciate that Frenched rear bumper. I happen to know how much sweat went into doing that. Very impressive, every time I see it.
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Thank you Mark,
As always, I appreciate your compliments, my friend. The bumper narrowing/ tucking project does take some patience and perseverance, that's for sure.
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