Chevelle updates

VintageMusclecar · #1 03-06-2011, 12:57 AM

Back again with another update--and a bit of a confusing dilemma. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/frown.gif[/img]

First up...the hood is done and ready for final prep. When I first looked at it today, I was almost convinced it wasn't the same warbly POS Bodyguy had started out with...but once again, Bodyguy surpasses my expectations.

He slaved over getting the inserts to fit as well as he could, but there's only so much he could do w/o having to make the hood fit the imperfections of the inserts. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/rolleyes.gif[/img]

For now the "white box" no-name inserts will have to suffice, but perhaps later on down the road I can find better quality components.

Some quality finish work here, eh? The hood is flat--the inserts are not.

The A pillar covers are almost ready to be reinstalled.

And as a side note, Bodyguy managed to get the lower hood latch support to cooperate where I could not.

Now...here's where the waters muddy a little bit.

As I stated recently, I had decided to have the car painted in Deepwater Blue. Bodyguy hits up his Paintguy, who chefs up a small sample batch of paint, which was shown a page or so back. So far, so good...sample looks groovy, no complaints. Last week Bodyguy shows me a sample of another metallic blue he had Paintguy chef up--this one was also E code GM paint, and it was labeled "Nightwatch Blue", which is actually a `66 Pontiac color (yet it looks a lot like `66 Chevrolet E code "Danube Blue" to me from what I can see [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/dunno.gif[/img] )

Anyhow, he pops the lid and sets the two samples side by side so I can see the differences; (previously I had e-mailed Bodyguy some paint reference photos, and going by my preferences in the pics, he thought the Nightwatch Blue might appeal to me more)

I could barely tell the difference in the cans. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/hmmm.gif[/img]

I dropped the old deck lid off last Monday so he could squirt come color on it so I could see the differences side-by-side. Here is the results (note: obviously no prep work whatsoever was done to the decklid, it was simply scuffed, primed and shot. Please pardon the dust.)

Deepwater on the left, Nightwatch on the right:

Here's what's throwing me off--although it's a bit tough to tell from the pic since there was NO daylight out to bring out the colors, the Deepwater shows as a gray/blue in overcast sunlight, and under fluorescent lighting, depending on the angle you're looking at it under, it goes from a rich blue to almost black and even a noticeable shade of purple shows up. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/crazy.gif[/img]

I do not recall Deepwater Blue being a gray/blue as seen above.

Am I imagining things, or is the color on the left actually what Deepwater Blue is supposed to look like? [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/dunno.gif[/img]

At any rate, Bodyguy says this week will be the final panel fitting and he will also be drilling all the holes for the trim & emblems...which means here within the next couple of weeks, the car will be coming back apart so everything can be cut in...which means I need to get this paint situation resolved pronto. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/eek.gif[/img]

jannes_z-28 · #2 03-06-2011, 07:50 AM

You should always compare colors in daylight. The pigments and the chemicals in the paint have different characteristics in reflextion and will return differently depending on the light. In daylight all those differences are evened out and only daylight will give you a true view of the colors.

Jan

realzed · #3 03-06-2011, 08:15 AM

Eric...
I ordered a new '68 SS396 Chevelle in Teal Blue metallic (forget the paint code now) but it looked a lot like the colour on the left of your picture.
It appeared in low light and at night to be a very dark grey to almost a black and in bright light like a subdued dark blue - I really loved the colour because it went well with the blacked out accent areas on a SS car, especially after I put a set of dark centre Torque Thrusts on the car - plus it made the minimal chrome and aluminum trim really stand out as well.
It always seemed to have a different look depending on the available light and maybe that was why I liked it so much...

Randy

Dedicated to the Promotion and Preservation of American Muscle Cars, Dealer built Supercars and COPO cars.