Re: Is this oddball a good project?
Which brings up an important question, original or custom paint?<br /><br />I found pics of 57 and 59 which have very different paint from eachother, dunno what a 58 should look like (iam still convinced its a 58). I assume its white as a primary color like both of those years, and the original red is showing through the grey on the underside so that was its secondary color. I am considering lightly sanding to see if I can find all the original paint lines and decal outlines, maybe even do that now since the snow left again and its just cold and not wet. Anyone know what the best way to take all the crap off is? Sand blasting seems too harsh for aluminum and sanding wont work with the rivets, I thought maybe aircraft stripper would be good.<br /><br />It helps that I went to school for automotive autobody and have all the guns an compressors and stuff to do the work, plus am a marine mechanic for the technical stuff. Good thing we are putting up a new building for work cuz this thing wouldn't fit in my garage and I would hate to paint outside.<br /><br />I may see if I can find a way to take those curved winshields out too, they're both really beat up and cracked, I believe the previous owner said they're like $300 a piece if they are custom made, not bad if I make the rest look nice. I did find someone on ebay selling repro Lone Star decals that look pretty good too.<br /><br />If I don't get bored and start sanding now, I'll probably end up waiting till spring and getting it useable before I redo it cosmetically.<br /><br />I think it looks rather like some kinda P.T. boat at the moment, kinda funny.
