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

[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..

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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...

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

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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

[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]

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!

It may look like the floor was dirty in the pics, but it wasnt.. LOL It was swepted and pressure washed when the car was washed for paint, so I dont know why it looks like that in the pics..

No Dust or Debris, so issues...

[CubbyChowder]

It may look like the floor was dirty in the pics, but it wasnt.. LOL It was swepted and pressure washed when the car was washed for paint, so I dont know why it looks like that in the pics..

No Dust or Debris, so issues...

I kind of figured it was clean, considering how meticulously all the work has been performed and I'm sure that paint wasn't cheap. It just looks like the floor is caked in dust in the photos. Nice work!

[rsingh3g]

Finally paint!

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Finally paint!

Damn, that booty is distracting.. LOL

[Edgar.]

Volvo or spaceship...
Looks great. The painter did great. Hope to see it finished great.

[rsingh3g]

Damn, that booty is distracting.. LOL

Yes it is

[CrackerTeg]

I want that color!

[Iamtheonlyreal1]

I want that color!

It is available through PPG, but it is a pain in the ass to do a complete car in it. Most of the time this color is used for smaller parts or stripes, but eventhough you cant really see the actual affects in these pics, the overall appearance is worth the effort.

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Here are a few pics from the start of the masking and jambing process, and we know it is a backwards procedure, but it was necessary with this color.. I open the doors of the shop also, and I tried to catch the color change, and as you can see that in the daylight it will have alot of graphite color in it, with major flat areas in the bright silver/metal color, depending on where you are standing..

As you can see from the pics below, and it is very hard to really show it by camera, but there is alot of color changes going on here.. We have complete coverage with the liquid metal, and you can see complete coverage in the dramatic darker color shift areas, eventhough it appears to be not consistant in the pics.. This color does some strange things, and I am even assuming that the Wet Sanding and Buffing is going to make a difference, due to the potential affect of Direct Lighting that basic Orange Peel of the Clear Coat, because this color is very sensitive to direct or indirect light and angles of light.

We plan on getting the car outside tomorrow, because the jambing should be completed later tonight, so we can get it back together tomorrow. More than likely wetsanding and buffing will also start tomorrow, so I will be able to see if there are any changes after that is completed.




(With the Door Open)



(Before the Open Door)





(Door Open, but from different views of the rear quarter, so you can see some of the transition)

[Miroteknik]

I was a bit skeptical of the amount of work, time, and money you were putting into that color, but now I can see that it was all worth it.

It is beautiful.