Fireball's '76 build thread - "Piece by Piece" - PAINTED, ASSEMBLED & ON THE ROAD!

[Burkulater]

you still have one major problem though after you finally get done, it will be too nice and you wont want to drive it........

 

[Burkulater]

Estate Green Metallic. A Ford color used on Explorers and Expeditions and perhaps some other models. We thought long and hard about this, and picking out the paint color is about the only thing my wife has been interested in during the build, so I went with her wishes for a dark green color. I really wanted to find a green that was originally on a Bronco that we really liked, but just couldn't Boxwood green is pretty, but is fairly common. The other greens are just a bit too bright.



Hella H4 euro lights, new chrome grille surround, headlight rings, 66-68 amber TS lenses, and riv-nuts and buttonhead SS screws for all visible fasteners. Quick shout out to Nick's Trix for the cool ideas...got to look at his latest build at SuperCel, they use riv-nuts and the Hella lights, looks awesome.


And the tailgate, with a wimbledon white stripe. Saw this on a few other builds and really like how it looked. To the keen observer, yes there is a dent right where the spare tire latch bracket goes. Body man suggested not to try and fill it and smooth it because 1) it'll be mostly covered by the bracket and the spare and 2) it would likely just crack anyway


Close up shot:

nice color I like it as well, I had a 69 firebird that I painted pretty darn close to that

 

[Fireball05]

Well, it has finally happened. I have a freshly painted Bronco!!!



It turned out awesome. Super happy with the results. The hours of block sanding and minor body work turned out great. Only a few small dirt marks in the clear which we will buff out tomorrow. The bodywork isn't absolutely perfect, but you have to stare at it pretty long and hard to pick out any flaws.


I've got to come up with the covers for the tops of the quarter panels. They are very wavy and we intentionally didn't try to fix or fill them because it's likely they could crack if I put the HT back on.



The fenders and doors still need painted. I started hacking up the doors today to make the frames removable. If anyone has any input on how to do the bolts/nuts/inserts please check this thread out.

Funny it seems like this is a big step towards completion, but there is still tons of work left to be done. I greatly underestimated the amount of time energy and effort and money a complete strip and repaint would cost! Over $250 just in color and clear today!

 

[Unknown]

She looks great, fantastic work! Gonna have to change your avatar now;D

 

[Fireball05]

Here's my new avatar:

 

[CLK Foxhall]

Looks Great Ben!

Cheers!
~CLK

 

[dunacn1]

Looks great! Congrats on the results.

 

[Blue Bastard]

Fireball's '76 build thread - "Piece by Piece" - GETTING PAINTED!

Looks good!


Blue

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[broncoitis]

Here's my new avatar:

Ha! Funny, LMAO! Truck looks really good.

 

[Tedster100]

Looks great, love the color!

 

[broncobsession]

Looks amazing! And I don't think you'll get much sympathy for $250 paint job, even with all your hard work. Should be 20 times that. You gonna go back with the little skips painter man at the bottom of the tailgate?

 

[texastreasures]

Very Nice Ben

Very Nice Ben That has become an awesome Bronco.

 

[Fireball05]

Looks amazing! And I don't think you'll get much sympathy for $250 paint job, even with all your hard work. Should be 20 times that. You gonna go back with the little skips painter man at the bottom of the tailgate?

Thanks everyone for the compliments. I'll post some pictures tomorrow of all the little imperfections it might help some folks out as learning points.

$250 was just the cost of paint and clear today. That doesn't include all other materials...1 coat etch primer over bare metal, 2 full coats of primer, color for underside of hood, grille and tailgate, and we haven't yet done doors and fenders. Not to mention shop supplies. $1,000 minimum in materials alone. Then add labor. Then add more labor and materials for all the scratches and touchups that will be needed after I'm done slapping the door, fenders, hood, grill and tailgate on

Product is PPG Envirobase color and Deltron DC3000 and 4000 clear. I don't know anything about paint, but from what I am told this is a middle end product, maybe middle-high end. Allen, et al., feel free to chime in and correct that statement if needed.

 

[AZ73]

Frikin Beautiful........Totally jealous. Nice Job!

 

[MyOriginal66]

BEAUTIFUL, nuff said.

 

[rmiller747]

Looking good. This is the fun part...color.

 

[72pabronco]

Looks good Ben

Welcome to Gang Green Let me know the day of the 1st drive we can come down and do a mini Bronco parade

 

[tasker]

looks great Ben, no more hanging anywhere near mine! just beautifull!

 

[Glass Pony]

That came out great!
Now if my mine will get out of the paint shop, it's going on the 4th week they had it.

 

[Fireball05]

Fireball's '76 build thread - "Piece by Piece" - GETTING PAINTED!

Thanks guys! Just the other day in another thread Allen Fahey made a great suggestion about moving the windshield back-and-forth while painting the vehicle to illuminate any problems with the paint rubbing off the windshield hinge. Because of the fact that the bronco is partially assembled while we were painting it and the way we taped it off, this wasn't possible. So I was a little nervous today but I had to fold the windshield down to install the seal and the dash pad.



Happy to report, that the paint on the hinge held up fine, The seal and pad are installed and the windshield likely won't come forward again during my ownership!


Now I can turn my attention onto more important parts of the build, i.e. installing stickers