The latest project is this -32 5-window coupe that has been chopped and channeled. Here the body is lifted back on the finished chassis.
 
 
 

 
The 5-window coupe is ready for the final bodywork and paint. It will have a tuned flathead engine and a -39 Ford transmission with Lincoln gears.
 
 
 

 
For the final sanding all the beltlines in the rear of the body had to be sanded to the original shape. To get that we made a piece from All-Metal that fitted the shape perfectly. A little piece of fine grit sandpaper was then used in it to sand the beltline on the car.
 
 
 

 
Ryan is spraying on a light guide-coat before the 150/220 grit sandpaper sanding. With the thin coat of color on top of the primer, it is much easier to sand and see what you are doing.
 
 
 

 

 
The last fine sanding is with #320 and for that we used a guide-coat powder instead of some paint. That is because you already have most of the sanding done to a very fine grit..
 
 
 

 
With the plan to use the silver Roth Flake as a base for the candy, a black base PPG color was recommended for the Flake. This way it will be much easier to see when the Flake covers the body panels completely.
 
 
 

 
After the initial filling and sanding with #80 coarse grit paper, this was the steps we took in sandpaper grits between #150-320, then Scotch-brite as the last thing before the car was rolled into the spray booth.
 
 
 

 
With the black base color dry, it was exciting to mix the silver Roth Flake in the PPG clear. Shaun mixed two parts of the finer Flake and one part of the bigger Flake in the clear, to get a better covering faster.
 
 
 

 
Shaun is spraying the first layer of the Roth Flake on the body, with the big 2,2 nozzle in the gun and the clear/Flake mix unreduced.
 
 
 

 
All parts should be sprayed at the same time, to keep the layers and color the same. We had to mask off because of the thick clear build-up, like in the grill shell, were the grill will not fit if it is to much and where the chrometrim fit in the middle of the hood panels.
 
 
 

 
After 3-4 layers the body started to look impressive with the glittering Roth Flake, but looking closer you could still see some black between the flakes, more Flake layers...
 
 
 

 
When the clear is sanded smooth, it looks like this, because you see right through the clear. The hands will feel alot more than the eye can see here.
 
 
 

 
In this picture it is easy to see that the "craters" had to be sanded smooth. It is a few days work just to sand the clearcoat before the next step can be taken.
 
 
 

 
The expert Shaun took care of sanding the sensitive rounded parts of the body, while we did the flat parts.
 
 
 

 
To spray the red candy on top of the flake, it was very important for the final result that the layers were the same on all the parts. The layers were counted.
 
 
 

 
From the silver flake over to the topcoat of red concentrated PPG candy. Shaun is spraying the first layer.
 
 
 

 

 
It was a very long process to get to the final coat of the paintjob, but all that is nearly forgotten when you see the final result. Our friends at Spade Brothers did a great job.