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Re: Black or Gold for my 77 Chevy?
monkeyman #474977 June 17th 2011 1:49 am
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The new plan is to do the panels with the line and fades in a slightly darker basecoat and then do separate panels in metalflake.
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Re: Black or Gold for my 77 Chevy?
monkeyman #475044 June 17th 2011 9:10 am
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Your van is going to look so good when finished keep us updated

Re: Black or Gold for my 77 Chevy?
monkeyman #475098 June 17th 2011 1:02 pm
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Still looks sweet!


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Re: Black or Gold for my 77 Chevy?
monkeyman #475743 June 20th 2011 10:04 pm
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Here's a little update. The painter painted some of the graphics over the weekend. Basically the parts with the lines and fades are done. I think it's going to look nice when it's cleared. It's pretty subtle in some lights but there is a lot of pearl in the paint. Next comes the metalflake panels.

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Re: Black or Gold for my 77 Chevy?
monkeyman #475751 June 20th 2011 11:01 pm
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Dude! I looks GREAT!


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Re: Black or Gold for my 77 Chevy?
monkeyman #476806 June 25th 2011 11:08 pm
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lookin good!

Re: Black or Gold for my 77 Chevy?
monkeyman #477496 June 29th 2011 12:16 am
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Here are some more recent cell phone pics. It looks better in person.

On the way to get metalflake and clear.
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Closeup of the metalflake.
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Here are some shots after the clearcoat.
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Re: Black or Gold for my 77 Chevy?
monkeyman #477515 June 29th 2011 2:24 am
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That's very nice Monkeyman! I can't wait to see pictures with a better camera under better lighting. That Inca gold is such a rich color, it's difficult to do it justice in a quick picture.

Thanks for posting all the detail pictures and info about the process you're following. It should really help other Vanners who are dreaming about custom paint decide how much they can do and how much they'll need to farm out.


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Re: Black or Gold for my 77 Chevy?
monkeyman #477562 June 29th 2011 9:34 am
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The color looks really nice in person. Some of these are taken with a pretty old phone. I'll take some nice photos once it is done.

This has taken a lot longer than I thought it would. I just hope I am satisfied with the final product. It is definitely hard to get something like this done right on a budget unless you can do everything yourself.

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