normans new paint job

steveo · Post by **steveo** » Thu Apr 29, 10 9:34 pm

norman wrote:OK,here are some decent ones taken yesterday,burnt £80 worth of petrol this weekend,outstanding!

looks good matey ! nice job

AllKiller · Post by **AllKiller** » Sat Sep 11, 10 1:49 pm

norman wrote:Cheers,it's ford amalfi blue,never seen a car this colour before,chose .

Read it and weep Norman

Ford Amalfi blue.....painted in 1988/9

Fantastic colour in any light

...but especially bright sunlight and with a good camera

Sorry buddy beat you to it by a little .... yours looks great, nice paint job

B5 is not that close side by side...more like Jamaica Blue...code B7

Have to get mine next to yours one day and get a picture or two

AllKiller · Post by **AllKiller** » Sat Sep 11, 10 2:00 pm

B7 Duster ....close colour wise

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Thu Sep 23, 10 1:43 am

'Read it and weep' Crikey! News to me MMA were running a competition in 1988 'Paint your car Amalfi blue and you'll win a prize' If I'd known I'd have bought the car 25 years ago and done it then! Do I get second prize for having the first Charger in amalfi blue? Nice colour though,look good with the white decals.

nigel · Post by **nigel** » Tue Nov 23, 10 9:10 pm

Colour in the photo looks very close to my LL1 charger. I'm liking the bumble bee stripes, I've got a set of white stripes still in the box but couldn't make up my mind whether to put them on. Now I've seen yours I think I'm getting the urge and may put them on ready for next summer

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Wed Nov 24, 10 12:02 pm

Aye they set the car off well,not a nice job though,the lad who did the painting put them on with me working the water sprayer,a far cry from putting the roundel transfers on a airfix spitfire!

nigel · Post by **nigel** » Sun Dec 19, 10 8:36 pm

are the stripes a bit of a pain to put on? Have you any advice or tips on putting the stripes on? Knowing my luck I'll get it wrong, try to remove them and pull half my paint off in the process.

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Mon Dec 20, 10 3:58 pm

I'd never put them on before but the way we did it was on a dry run mark where they had to go with bits of masking tape on the body/boot edges,keep the paintwork wet all the time with one of those plant water sprayers until you're happy with their position and the air bubbles were taken out with a brand new bodge speader,I'd say deffo a two man job,if you make a mess of it I think they come off easy with the use of a hairdryer/heat gun,go canny and good luck!

nigel · Post by **nigel** » Mon Dec 20, 10 7:00 pm

Thank you for the advice, did you use plain water or soapy water?

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Mon Dec 20, 10 8:22 pm

Sorry forgot,there was a smidge of fairy liquid used.

Jeff · Post by **Jeff** » Mon Dec 20, 10 9:23 pm

People do use soapy water, but. You can get an application fluid that does work better....

The best way is to put them on dry, but as someone that has not done it before, it can be a nightmare.

You can mark it all out in stabilo pencil. when it is all dry that will come off with some meths.

Take your time and it will be fine... Or be a man and paint them on!

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Mon Dec 20, 10 9:43 pm

that looks awesome norman nice one

Adrian Worman · Post by **Adrian Worman** » Mon Dec 20, 10 10:10 pm

Beautiful colour combo on both them cars, have'nt seen your car out yet Norm, but if it looks half as nice as that 'Cuda you'll have made a good choice, thats one of the nicest Mopars to ever grace these shores

AllKiller · Post by **AllKiller** » Fri Dec 24, 10 9:36 am

Would be good to get a piccy or two of them together