1967 Pro-Touring 122 Amazon (Project Volvo X)540 Horsepower LS6/Tremec TKO600 5-Speed

[CubbyChowder]

oh my god.

That floor looks mighty dirty, I would've been nervous to kick up dust/debris into the fresh paint.

looks amazing though!

[Iamtheonlyreal1]

Here are some pics with the final clear coat involved, but there is Sealer, 3 Coats of Black Base Coat, 6 Coats of Liquid Metal, and then the Final Clear Coats.. I tried to capture the affects of the Liquid Metal Color with the camera, but it is very hard to capture, but it goes from a bright metal/silver appearance to a straight up Black color at the extreme contours, with more a Graphite mid range for the softer contours. And you can see the example of the extreme black appearance in the grille openings, because those have just as much coverage as the rest of the car.. LOL

[Iamtheonlyreal1]

Here are some pics of the 6th coat of Liquid Metal, before the clear coat..

[Iamtheonlyreal1]

Here are some pictures of the first and second coats of the Liquid Metal finish, and we ended up finishing with 6 coats of the Liquid Metal...

[Iamtheonlyreal1]

Well it is finally day for color, and here is the process and outcome for today.. We will be exploding the car again next week, so we can do the jambing, trunk, and under hood, but the exterior came out great.. We put a sealer down before the Black Base Coat, and here is how the black base looked.. I know alot of guys might have stopped at black, because it would have been just fine, but I wanted something just a bit different..

[danacve]

It is self centering, and will bolt in with out removing the rear axle.

[Iamtheonlyreal1]

dude this is honestly all just beautiful. Even in primer, the body just shines. So excited to see the final product.

I appreciate the kind words, and I sure hope the color is a 100 times better than Primer.... LOL

[Iamtheonlyreal1]

Finally got the Swedish Ops T-shirts in, and I think they came out great, so I hope people like them.. I have them in a standard T-Shirt, along with a Dickies brand Shop Shirt, and they cover the Classic Volvo P1800 and 122s (Amazon). I thought it was a clever idea to showcase the Swedish Ops components, by installing them in a technical line drawing view of both Volvo Models, as you can see with all the internals of the vehicle line drawing.

[CubbyChowder]

dude this is honestly all just beautiful. Even in primer, the body just shines. So excited to see the final product.

[Iamtheonlyreal1]

Have to say I love this build. Can definitely see the deep pockets! Ha. Congrats on owning an awesome car!

My pockets would have needed to be much deeper, if I didnt do most of the work myself.. LOL Other than the final body work and upholstery, I do all the body mods and metal fab, mechanical, wiring, design, assembly, research/ordering, so I dont farm much out, so I dont really have any labor cost. Labor is really what eats up most of the cost to build the professionally built trailer queens out there, but I dont think those guys will have the same satifaction that I have.. I have never been able to stand beside a car that someone else built, and try to claim that it was all me because I paid for it, but there are some of those guys at the shows that do... LOL

[BoostMe]

Have to say I love this build. Can definitely see the deep pockets! Ha. Congrats on owning an awesome car!

[Iamtheonlyreal1]

this build is god like!!! you are a real craftsman

I dont know about all of that, but I appreciate it.. LOL Just hope that this car gets the publicity I am looking for it to get, especially since it will be more than a trailer queen, and will be abused on the Road Courses..

[The Norwegian]

this build is god like!!! you are a real craftsman

[Iamtheonlyreal1]

Here are some pics of the hood hinges after my powder coating, and I think they came out quite nice, and will be a pretty close to body color.. I figure I would try powder coating one set of hinges to a fairly close color, because I wanted them to be durable, and hopefully they would look good enough to keep.. I will have another set painted body color, but painted hinges dont look too good for very long, so I figured this was worth a shot..

If they look good, I will also be powder coating the hood latch, door checks, door latches, ect, ect..

[Iamtheonlyreal1]

Well I was hoping to get some color on the car today, but it doesnt look like the weather is going to work with us, because we have some major storms and winds over the next two days.. Here in rural Southern Oklahoma, we have to take this into consideration, because there would be nothing worse than the power going out (Which happens alot during our storms) in the middle of spraying, so we will have to wait till Friday morning to start the paint process..

As of right now, we have the car basically bolted together so we can get the exterior painted, and as I had explained earlier, we will take the car back apart after the exterior is paint, so we can then paint under the hood and jamb the car out. I just thought I would post a few pictures of how some of the body looks all together before paint, along with how the body mods came out in the primer stages also, so we can really see the difference after paint..