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HingsingM37
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by HingsingM37 Sun May 09, 2010 7:36 am
Well friends I never thought this day would come, here it is Saturday morning in the paint booth:
http://www.g741.org/photogallery/main.p ... temId=6546
The solvent prep and masking took much longer than I anticipated. As I left this in the capable hands of my friend John's body shop, they were very precise. No newspaper ,plastic bags, and Wallmart masking tape as I would have done
I realize now why I am no bodyman. I would not have the paitience to do this. Saturday was mostly prep so it is going to be finished up Sunday evening. The tailgate, some hardware and the cabtop got done first Saturday to give him a feel for shooting "Old School" Alkyd enamel again. Being a business he was "mandated" to convert to water based paints.
He has three enviromentally controlled paint booths. It is very interesting the science involved versus my "at home in the garage" work.
Here is the roof:
http://www.g741.org/photogallery/main.p ... temId=6549
It will be baked (not fried)and pending weather I should bring it home Monday evening
David
k8icu
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by k8icu Sun May 09, 2010 8:53 am
Looks good... Maybe you can take it to the Findley show next week? Looking forward to more pics.
M37s are HMMWV in my world!
M37UK
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by M37UK Sun May 09, 2010 9:09 am
I bet you cant wait till its finished!
m-37Bruce
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by m-37Bruce Sun May 09, 2010 12:37 pm
Looks great David, very nice job.........you done good!
Bruce,
rixm37
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by rixm37 Sun May 09, 2010 1:58 pm
OOOHHH going to look great David
1952 M37
Cal_Gary
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by Cal_Gary Mon May 10, 2010 5:25 am
That's outstanding, David! I'll have to "field paint" mine-can't afford tp go the booth route (but wish I could have). Nice job!
Cal_Gary
HingsingM37
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Posts: 1458 Joined: Sat Oct 20, 2007 3:43 amLocation: North Carolina
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by HingsingM37 Mon May 10, 2010 2:11 pm
Here it is guys, rolled out today
. My thanks to my paint crew L-R, John, Brian, and John.
http://www.g741.org/photogallery/main.p ... =x1e9d4db1
Somebody pinch me, is it really painted
I can't wait to start bolting accessories back on
Of course, at each major juncture of this project I must thank my friends here for all of the support these past five years
David
T. Highway
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by T. Highway Tue May 11, 2010 7:47 am
That looks nice
You mean you didn't take a week of vacation just to get her completely reassembled?
1952 M37 W/W Rebuild @ 59% complete
k8icu
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by k8icu Wed May 12, 2010 11:10 am
Looks great! The color is perfect. I noticed in the last picture where the light is hitting the front clip that it has that more kaki OD color just the way it's suppose to!
Great job! Sigh now that I have a new job maybe I'll have the money to start getting mine done...
M37s are HMMWV in my world!
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I realize now why I am no bodyman. I would not have the paitience to do this. Saturday was mostly prep so it is going to be finished up Sunday evening. The tailgate, some hardware and the cabtop got done first Saturday to give him a feel for shooting "Old School" Alkyd enamel again. Being a business he was "mandated" to convert to water based paints. 
