Walt, @luftwaffe-birdman
Somewhere I have a picture of a similar car like the one I took my driving test in. I was pretty sure about the name of the color, but not positive. It’s a cool color and you just don’t see it too often. I have only seen it used one other time and it was on a Corvette. You are doing some really nice stuff with your Corvairs.

I’m also a gear head. I was working on my Challenger. It had some tiny pin holes in the sheet metal. So I kept on cutting until I ended up with good solid metal and this is what it ended up looking like. All of the exterior metal and the floor were trashed. So was the trunk floor. I sand blasted it down to nice clean bare metal.

It had lost all of the alignment so I had no choice but to fabricate a frame rail jig. Here we are welding it up in my buddies paint booth.
I had to scrub it down afterwards so he could use it without worrying about contamination.

Here is the frame rail jig in action as I started spot welding the trunk floor in.

Eventually I got the body reassembled. Here it is headed back to my friends shop, so he could help me put it on my rotisserie.

The spot welds look exactly like the factory ones. I can duplicate the welds with consistency because my welder has a timer on it.

I had these B-24 pictures on my cell phone and they might be useful for you.

I have way too many pictures on my phone so I should probably make a disc or get a thumb drive for them.
My Challenger restoration was put on hold so I could concentrate on my wife’s little Dodge Dakota RT. It’s getting closer to completion and I hope to be working on the Challenger again soon.

Thanks for the compliments on the pictures. I have a bunch more if you need anything else.

Excellent wiring on those engines, Walt @luftwaffe-birdman

I found a little time this weekend to work on the B-24. I have started work on the fuselage interior, but more importantly I have gotten close to finishing up the engines. All that is left is a clear coat and wash and they will be done. I don't think they look too bad already, it is a shame that so much is hidden in the engine nacelle.

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They look great, Walt @luftwaffe-birdman
Especially the wiring does add a lot to the looks of them.

In my switch over to Mr Color Lacquers I bought some Mr Metal Colors. I thought these would try these for the exhaust on the B-24. I painted them with Dark Iron, in the process of mixing I spilled some and when I wiped it off my mat, it seemed to change color. When I sprayed it on, it just seemed to be a dark gray and not very metallic at all. I went back to the bottle and looked at the mat, and saw the fine print. "It Provides Metallic feeling when the paint Surface is Polished." Sure enough polishing the flat dark gray surface changed to a much more metallic looking smooth surface. I painted a little copper around the flanges and the circular part near the outlet. After a polish I was incredibly happy with the results. I don't think the pictures do the results justice.

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Nice metalizer effects, my friend @luftwaffe-birdman!
Those exhausts look superb!

Started the "FLAK ALLEY", glued the side windows and the cockpit floor...

Thanks for stopping by!