Re: 76 laguna

by chevellelaguna Tue Apr 29, 2014 2:39 pm

Painted the brake booster...
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by dynchel Tue Apr 29, 2014 2:42 pm

Looks nice. I don't have one of those, mines manual.

by driveit Tue Apr 29, 2014 3:24 pm

Looks awesome. Keep up the good work.

by 77mali Tue Apr 29, 2014 5:35 pm

Looking good. Don't forget to replace the little firewall gasket when you reinstall the booster. Very Happy

by switchbiker Tue Apr 29, 2014 8:05 pm

You guys and your shiny stuff. Not my style but looks like you did some fine prep on that booster, good job. Looking forward to the rest of the build

by chevellelaguna Tue Apr 29, 2014 9:43 pm

The firewall in sealer
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And painted in base clear...

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I have about 40 hours in the firewall... I welded up the holes that aren't used, I rolled the upper seam on the top, all new seam sealer, body worked the heater box, smoothed and reshape the lower pinch weld across the bottom of the firewall. I'm glad it's finally in color, now just have to spray the underside of the body after I patch one small hole in the rear wheel house.

by pila Tue Apr 29, 2014 10:34 pm

Outstanding ! Very Happy

by LSANTI76 Tue Apr 29, 2014 11:42 pm

I very much like your color theme. Black & Silver parts really pop with the main color being Burgundy.

by chevellelaguna Tue Apr 29, 2014 11:49 pm

Thanks! I wanted to stick with only two colors under the hood, body color and black, the hood hinges will deviate and be powder coated chrome, the motor and trans are already painted body color, just have to do the headers, they'll also be black.
The wheel houses......not sure, body color, or black.

by riddick75 Wed Apr 30, 2014 5:14 am

Great progress, wish we had the weather so I can start on mine, still a bunch of rain on the way.
And I think body color for the wheel houses would look cool, especially if you are running the wire looms on them, just a little black loom running across. I think it would look sharp that way.

by driveit Wed Apr 30, 2014 9:37 am

Looking good. I am getting ready to pull my motor and tranny this week or next. I will let you know when and you can come clean up my firewall too. lol

by thatfnthing Wed Apr 30, 2014 10:33 am

That is looking pretty slick!

by pila Wed Apr 30, 2014 3:29 pm

I kinda wish I would have went with body color on mine too.....oh well.... Very Happy

by Hawk03 Wed Apr 30, 2014 3:53 pm

Nice work! Great job on everything, I wish I had your painting skills and your set up.

by chevellelaguna Wed Apr 30, 2014 4:47 pm

I had it all black since 96, always wanted to change it back to the original color, just never got really in depth with the restoration. It'd be even better if I brought it to work, but I'm pretty well set up at home. Will paint the exterior at work though. It's nice working in a body shop, just sucks working on other peoples cars instead of my own.
I was never a fan of the satin black look, just wanted to stray from the mainstream I guess. The pictures just don't do the color justice.

by dynchel Wed Apr 30, 2014 6:22 pm

Wasn't black what it was originally? I always loved Chrysler engine compartments...all body color.

by chevellelaguna Wed Apr 30, 2014 6:26 pm

It was satin black originally,you're correct, when I did the car the first time I repainted it gloss black

by pila Wed Apr 30, 2014 11:38 pm

What is the color you used on the firewall ?

by chevellelaguna Thu May 01, 2014 7:53 am

GM calls it Mahogany... It's my Lagunas original color.

by pila Thu May 01, 2014 9:08 pm

Nice color ! Smile

by chevellelaguna Thu May 01, 2014 9:15 pm

Thanks! I'm still a bit apprehensive about the color.....I keep resisting the urge to repaint it black! It is a very unique color for the 76 year. My wife is actually the one who convinced me to paint it the original color. It'll be interesting to see it coming together, I've never seen one finished in it! So.....it's still not too late to paint it black!

by thatfnthing Thu May 01, 2014 11:51 pm

Everybody does black. The mahogany will be great and will really make and already rare car stand out even more. Variety is the spice of life!

by Limey SE Fri May 02, 2014 1:55 am

thatfnthing wrote:Everybody does black. The mahogany will be great and will really make and already rare car stand out even more. Variety is the spice of life!

but mine is already black, From factory Razz

by chevellelaguna Fri May 02, 2014 7:44 am

Yours is a different breed altogether! An all black SE with disco stripes, you and I will bring back the 70's.... Trust me! In your case black is the ONLY way to go on that one!

by pila Sat May 03, 2014 12:49 am

I had a '76 El Camino SS that had a color like that, but don't know if ti was the same...

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