Its gonna rain Saturday..( figures) No reason to worry about going anywhere this weekend, so I’ll just wait till the pump gets here, and fix that before I take the thing out to get it aligned.
About the only thing left for me to do to this car ( other than completely change it up) is to start focusing on the cosmetic appearance issues that are becoming more and more noticeable.
I got online an ordered a set of Natural aluminum Scott Rod fender aprons last week..I called today because I didn’t think I actually ordered them. Turns out, they are 3 weeks out on order completion..and they are in fact “ordered”
I want them raw aluminum. Originally I thought I wanted them powdercoated satin black to blend in, but now I’m thinkin I want the contrast, so while i was talking with them confirming the order, I changed it.
Chips in the paint are everywhere..I blame it on the constant change the car goes through. Much like a drag car that requires that you constantly are working on it, so too is the status of the monster..
And he has the little nicks, and chips to show for it. The front spoiler catch air hoses, welding cables, the garden hose, and extension cords..and after pulling on them when they end up short It’s about that time that I discover that they are now rubbing on that paint..Bottom line, the spoiler needs some love.
Now that the charge tube doesn’t run in front of the radiator saddle, ( which effectively hid said radiator saddle from view), Its now out there for all to see..I need to come up with some sort of Cosmetic cover for those two sides.
I think Noobz will finally get his wish.
Cooking in the back of my head is my plan for my repaint..( Only I’m not going to repaint it) I’m gonna have it wrapped.
And if it looks right after I take it to the place I’ve talked to, I’m gonna have it look like a aluminum skinned WWII warbird.
Specifically, a P47 Thunderbolt. It was Big, and very powerful..And...it was Officially called a “Thunderbolt” A name already in use in the Ford lineage for a car my size..
( The nickname for the plane was Jug, because of the way it looked when it was airborne, again, a fitting name for the monster considering that the whole car is such a jug........fck.)
This is Probably how I’ll do it though..An Olive drab hood/roof/trunk with the rest of the wrap simulating the riveted aluminum skin that make up an air frame. I don’t know right now if I want a contrasting tail color, or the USAF markings, I’ll have to wait and see what the rendition looks like when I take the car to the dude. The places up front that I got to figure out what to do to cover up the radiator saddle will have 3 stubbed out tubes to simulate the .050 cal machine guns in the wings...and the Wheels....I got no clue what I’m gonna do with those right now. They quoted me vetween 3-3500.00 to do it which is a damn sight cheaper than a regular repaint, and if I want to change it back, the old paint will still be underneath.
The problem with this whole Lame-Brain idea is that while it works on a plane,.....it don’t look right on a car.
That theme has been done before on a 4th gen, a Fox Mustang, and now on a S550 body,... but every time I look at it, It didn’t really work. The mustang body is too short, and each time they try to jam all of the various color changes, lettering, insignia, and stuff off of a plane that was probably over 30’ long onto a car a little over 1/3rd of that.
If I do this I’ll have keep it uncluttered if it’s gonna work..the only thing my cars body has going for it is the long quarter panel..
Still a “Work in progress” in my head at this point, and something to talk about.