Old new member updates on Manx Body
Old new member updates on Manx Body
Some of the new guys might not know me, and some of the "old" guys might not remember me (that is the second thing to go). After too many years, I have gotten the Manx body painted - thought that I would share it. This flame job is invisible when viewed straight on, but in the sun, the phantom flake from Paint with Pearl flip flops and pops the flames out..... Sparkle Sparkle I always say....
glad you ask - from start to finish - the body was blue when Bruce made it, but someone along the way painted it several colors and ran into something with the left hand front. They tried to fix it, but really botched the job. I had a boat place sandblast it then fiberglass all the holes and fix the front end, final was to have the boat company re-gel coat the entire car with black gel coat. this was used for the base. It was then painted blue and the flake applied a little at a time to keep any from "standing up", followed by thin coats of clear, then more flake. Then sanding, then clear, sanding clear etc. The flames were a standard stencil purchased from a local automotive paint supplier. They were applied and then pulled clean in the middle. the paint with pearl flip flop gold flake was applied and left to dry. three more coats of clear and liberal sanding over to level the hood out and here we are....
