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Fri, 13 September 2013 19:23  |
Joe Weir
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| Help Joe Pick a Paint Job[ 41 votes ] |
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Scheme 1 |
 18 / 44% |
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Scheme 2 |
14 / 34% |
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Scheme 3 |
9 / 22% |
The Birch is looking a little crusty, so I have been pondering new paint. So After watching RV the other night I took a template (Songer's?) and started playing around with pixlr.
The GMC will be a tailgating vehicle for S Carolina Football games, so I wanted to get some School color in.
Hlelp me pick one.
Scheme 1:
http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/data/6449/medium/GMC_Driv_Side_23_Bir_RBHappyMaxbrggrey2.jpg
Scheme 2:
http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/data/6449/medium/GMC_Driv_Side_23_Bir_RBHMbrgAlTnrust21.jpg
Scheme 3:
http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/data/6494/medium/GMC_Driv_Side_23_Bir_RBHappyMaxbrgbeige3.jpg
76 Birchaven - "Wicked Mistress" - New engine, trans, alum radiator, brakes, Sully airbags, fuel lines, seats, adult beverage center... those Coachmen guys were really thinking about us second hand owners by including that beverage center...
Columbia, SC.
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| Re: [GMCnet] Help Joe Pick colors [message #222340 is a reply to message #222324] |
Fri, 13 September 2013 20:43  |
mojoe
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Yeap I agree #1 .. Clean lines. And great colors.
Joe Kemenczky..
1975 Eleganza ll " Odie " 75,000 miles..
"When I was younger, I could remember anything, whether it had happened or not." - Mark Twain.
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| Re: [GMCnet] Help Joe Pick colors [message #222344 is a reply to message #222340] |
Fri, 13 September 2013 20:56 |
mojoe
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I meant to ask Joe, Since you are thinking of paint, does that mean you got your engine back in and running?
Joe Kemenczky..
1975 Eleganza ll " Odie " 75,000 miles..
"When I was younger, I could remember anything, whether it had happened or not." - Mark Twain.
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| Re: [GMCnet] Help Joe Pick colors [message #222346 is a reply to message #222324] |
Fri, 13 September 2013 20:57 |
Ken Burton
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I do not understand it. Two people posted that the liked item #1 but no has voted for it yet in the poll. What gives?
It is kind of like going to the polls and not voting.
Ken Burton - N9KB
76 Palm Beach
Hebron, Indiana
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| Re: [GMCnet] Help Joe Pick colors [message #222357 is a reply to message #222344] |
Fri, 13 September 2013 21:45 |
Joe Weir
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| mojoe wrote on Fri, 13 September 2013 20:56 |
I meant to ask Joe, Since you are thinking of paint, does that mean you got your engine back in and running?
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No, but if is going to be a paperweight in the drive, it might as well look good! 
Engine picked up from the machine shop today. Guaranteed to have 900 HP and get 40 MPG...
Want to put in in Sunday, we will see.
76 Birchaven - "Wicked Mistress" - New engine, trans, alum radiator, brakes, Sully airbags, fuel lines, seats, adult beverage center... those Coachmen guys were really thinking about us second hand owners by including that beverage center...
Columbia, SC.
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| Re: Help Joe Pick colors [message #222368 is a reply to message #222365] |
Fri, 13 September 2013 23:30 |
mojoe
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Darn Joe, Only 900 HP and 40 mpg? Is that some shade tree mechanic doing the rebuild?
Joe Kemenczky..
1975 Eleganza ll " Odie " 75,000 miles..
"When I was younger, I could remember anything, whether it had happened or not." - Mark Twain.
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| Re: [GMCnet] Help Joe Pick colors [message #222373 is a reply to message #222372] |
Sat, 14 September 2013 06:25 |
Joe Weir
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Mary Anne likes the white top too for the same reasons. I don't want too much contrast. I like #3, but it reminds me of the gadabout and I am more of a Pepsi man...
I am good with lines, but not with color, so while the pattern was easy, the colors were not. It has to have some garnet in it, and the front swoop seemed to be the best place for it. Say what you will about the "racoon" look, the dark color around the windshield downplays the height difference in the front and side windows, which I always thought interrupted the lines. I think the GMC designers thought so too as evidenced by the factory stripe packages where the top stripe stopped at the first window.
76 Birchaven - "Wicked Mistress" - New engine, trans, alum radiator, brakes, Sully airbags, fuel lines, seats, adult beverage center... those Coachmen guys were really thinking about us second hand owners by including that beverage center...
Columbia, SC.
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| Re: [GMCnet] Help Joe Pick colors [message #222388 is a reply to message #222373] |
Sat, 14 September 2013 08:30 |
stick miller
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Joe - I like #2 and have voted accordingly. Have you picked a paint shop? I really hate that Topeka has quit painting GMC's. Please report back any success in finding a reasonably priced and decent quality painter. Thanks and good luck
Stick Miller
'78 Royale - "White Trash" - she left me for another man
'76 Eleganza - "Cousin Eddie" Sold
'84 Bluebird Wanderlodge - "Past Tents"
Americus, GA
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| Re: Help Joe Pick colors [message #222409 is a reply to message #222393] |
Sat, 14 September 2013 10:48 |
Joe Weir
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Classmate! Wade Hampton Hotel refugee here.
Great year to finish with.
If not for frickin' Navy...we would have been hammered in the Bowl anyway..
76 Birchaven - "Wicked Mistress" - New engine, trans, alum radiator, brakes, Sully airbags, fuel lines, seats, adult beverage center... those Coachmen guys were really thinking about us second hand owners by including that beverage center...
Columbia, SC.
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| Re: [GMCnet] Help Joe Pick colors [message #222416 is a reply to message #222388] |
Sat, 14 September 2013 11:26 |
Joe Weir
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| stick miller wrote on Sat, 14 September 2013 08:30 |
Joe - I like #2 and have voted accordingly. Have you picked a paint shop? I really hate that Topeka has quit painting GMC's. Please report back any success in finding a reasonably priced and decent quality painter. Thanks and good luck
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Stick,
Those that have met me know I have one slice of bacon short of a sandwich, so I have sort of a reputation to uphold.
There is no shop that meets my standards with regards to surface finish...in my price range (sub 5 figures for a car). I have always been a pain in the ass about paint quality, and it is a curse. Paint is one of those things that once its applied is not easy to get someone to do over, and there is a material cost. I have had at least a dozen cars painted professionally and have never gotten the attention to detail no matter the price. I'd rather do it myself.
Have you ever heard of the $50 paint Job? Been discussed at length on the Moparts Forum and has spawned quite a few dedicated sites. Basically, you lay down thin coats with a no-nap high density roller and the paint self-levels. It takes a few coats but, unlike spraying, you can do a panel at a time. The key is the same with all paint jobs - prepping the surface.
I will probably hire out the bulk of the prep work. Now, what gives me pause is the sheer size of the vehicle and the labor intensity of the process. Still pondering the logistics. May just need to find a barn and a wagner power sprayer...it would still look better than it does now. I think the last coat was latex.
76 Birchaven - "Wicked Mistress" - New engine, trans, alum radiator, brakes, Sully airbags, fuel lines, seats, adult beverage center... those Coachmen guys were really thinking about us second hand owners by including that beverage center...
Columbia, SC.
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