Volvo P1800ES...kinda

759NRNG wrote: muy bien vato.....sorry y'all i'll get back on the TRACK..... un poquito metallico no?

Non...rien de tout.

C'est une chose Volvo.

Bill Mesker wrote: To quote Sam L. Jackson in Pulp Fiction "English Motherberker! Do you speak it?!" Jk jk haha but this was a perfect opportunity and I couldn't let it slip away from me

This. I cant read tge text, and thereare no pretty pictures to look at.

I think y'all are talking about a metallic blue paint. I think.

Regardless, bring out the gimp!

Dusterbd13 wrote:

Bill Mesker wrote: To quote Sam L. Jackson in Pulp Fiction "English Motherberker! Do you speak it?!" Jk jk haha but this was a perfect opportunity and I couldn't let it slip away from me

This. I cant read tge text, and thereare no pretty pictures to look at. I think y'all are talking about a metallic blue paint. I think. Regardless, bring out the gimp!

The gimp is up and getting mentally prepared for battle!

The subject under discussion is indeed blue paint and whether or not it has any metallic in the pigment. It does not, since my opinion is that classic cars tend not to have metallic in their paint, especially Volvos. Being a purist, I thought I would stick to factory norms.

Actually, truth be told, Mrs NOHOME picked the paint color and this is what she wanted. If it was up to me, after painting the engine compartment, I would have graffitied the car and drove it.

Muppet Studebaker style? I like that.

mazdeuce wrote: Muppet Studebaker style? I like that.

Had to look that up..

Would have been fun for a year or two while I sort the details.

Maybe chalkboard finish would be more my style since I have no drawing abilities and I am lazy

Cause this is kinda the reaction I expect at the Volvo meet when it arrives

Is this blue similar to the midnight blue that Mercury was sporting on 1972 Montego's ? IMHO the finest factory metal flake I've seen.

Houston, we have a Smurf!

If anyone wants pics, let me know ;)

Obviously we all want pics!

Always pics. Always.

Primed:

Painted. Quite happy with the way it came out. Engine compartments are a PITRA to get coverage. The rotisserie came in handy.

That's going to be pretty.

Ooooh that's a color I like.

I can see myself........ sweet

Its ford blue!

Please paint the engine Volvo red or something. Ford blue or black would just disappear in there.

But looking good.

Or Ford red.

...which all the Volvo experts I know of say is identical to Volvo red.

Always paint the engine Hemi Orange.

Silver and gold.

65 mustang 289. Black block, gold valve covers?

Nah. Hemi orange.

Dusterbd13 wrote: 65 mustang 289. Black block, gold valve covers? Nah. Hemi orange.

You were right the first time.

no.......turquoise ala troy trepanier (rad rides) BWahahahaaa....sorry i'll go to my room now

Lol. Usually im wrong both times.

The boss had a look when she got home and loves it. Case closed.

It is not a flashy colour but somehow it suits a Volvo from the seventies.

Mama happy = job well done. I'd go Ford grey on the block - hell, you can barely see any of it once the engine is together and in the car anyway.

Nice work. We did pick the same colors. Silver Panasports would look incredible with that color.

Forget it guys... I is not painting anything that is already painted.

...it's all about nuts and bolts and spanners for the next few weeks as this thing starts to go together. And since pretty much everything that needs to bolt on is ready to bolt on, that could go quickly.