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Re: Roccosvega

Postby chevyart » Sat Nov 23, 2013 3:01 pm

robert havent seen you post in long time hope all is well.bet your car is gonna be a killer. cant wait to see it.. i saw in the journal that you removed undercoating on underside of car. im just doing my gas tank(WITH TRANNY FLUID) AND IT IS SLOW AND MESSY. ANY ADVICE TO GET THE STUFF OFF. GUY IN CHASSIS SHOP IS WELDING ON A SUMP IN REAR OF TANK AND WANTS IT REAL CLEAN BEFORE HE STARTS WELDING AND CREATING HEAT, WHICH WILL MELT THE UNDERCOAT AND MAKE A MESS.ENJOY THE HOLIDAYS. ART
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Re: Roccosvega

Postby Fasterthansome » Sun Nov 24, 2013 8:55 am

Looking forward to paint pics.
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Re: Roccosvega

Postby Roccosvega » Mon Nov 25, 2013 12:04 am

chevyart wrote:robert havent seen you post in long time hope all is well.bet your car is gonna be a killer. cant wait to see it.. i saw in the journal that you removed undercoating on underside of car. im just doing my gas tank(WITH TRANNY FLUID) AND IT IS SLOW AND MESSY. ANY ADVICE TO GET THE STUFF OFF. GUY IN CHASSIS SHOP IS WELDING ON A SUMP IN REAR OF TANK AND WANTS IT REAL CLEAN BEFORE HE STARTS WELDING AND CREATING HEAT, WHICH WILL MELT THE UNDERCOAT AND MAKE A MESS.ENJOY THE HOLIDAYS. ART


Hey Art, yes everything is good thanks.The Vega should be nice when done. For removing the under coat on my car i used a small propane torch to heat it and a scraper to remove it,then scotch brite. I did it like this on my tank too but my tank has been bone dry since 1987 so it was all good.
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Re: Roccosvega

Postby Roccosvega » Mon Nov 25, 2013 12:06 am

Fasterthansome wrote:Looking forward to paint pics.


Will have some paint pics soon, just started painting tonight and so far things are going well. :th:
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Re: Roccosvega

Postby megavega » Tue Nov 26, 2013 2:40 am

Robert, you have to post pics of it all in primer and torn down, you cant just go from robin egg blue to a nice green perfect paint job without pics, its not allowed...LOL :D

its a build journal, it also makes the rest of us lazy people who dont work on thier cars get off our butts and get motivated..hint,hint :lol:

long time no see, hope all is well.
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Re: Roccosvega

Postby waybad » Tue Nov 26, 2013 3:59 pm

what he said :dance: ,, i'm going out in the garage in 30* just to do a wiring harness..i'm getting lazy :bored:
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Re: Roccosvega

Postby Roccosvega » Sat Nov 30, 2013 10:25 am

OK ,I had to remember how to resize pics first.
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Re: Roccosvega

Postby Roccosvega » Sat Nov 30, 2013 10:40 am

Here's some pics.
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Re: Roccosvega

Postby chevyart » Sat Nov 30, 2013 11:11 am

robert cant wait for you to drive car up here to NY so i can go for a ride in it. i like the color so far art
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Re: Roccosvega

Postby Roccosvega » Sat Nov 30, 2013 10:19 pm

chevyart wrote:robert cant wait for you to drive car up here to NY so i can go for a ride in it. i like the color so far art


Thanks art,it would be cool to go to NY :th:
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Re: Roccosvega

Postby megavega » Sun Dec 01, 2013 11:48 am

Nice color. :th:
Are you adding a white "GT" stripe to it or anything?
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Re: Roccosvega

Postby Roccosvega » Mon Dec 02, 2013 2:33 am

megavega wrote:Nice color. :th:
Are you adding a white "GT" stripe to it or anything?


No, i deleted the chrome around the doors and pop out window glass too. I want it plain like a old R code Camaro.
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Re: Roccosvega

Postby waybad » Mon Dec 02, 2013 7:45 pm

what color of green is that? I love it.. :th:
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Re: Roccosvega

Postby Roccosvega » Mon Dec 02, 2013 10:45 pm

waybad wrote:what color of green is that? I love it.. :th:


Its a jaguar color green, applying more coats of color than the paint calls for to get it to darken a little more. its close to British racing green just a little lighter.
The Vega kinda looks like a frog to me so this color fits the car :th:
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Re: Roccosvega

Postby 73astregt » Tue Dec 03, 2013 1:38 am

just dont call it kermit, that name is already taken by tim mccabes car!
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