Another Mopar Off My Bucket List - Barracuda Fastback
It was a slow go changing the engine color over to orange. I tried to reach everything I could using a very small artist brush. Even though I thought I'd done a good job of scrubbing it down and degreasing it I still had a heck of a time getting the new paint to cover. I think I must have 4 or 5 coats on some places. The block, heads, front cover, oil pan, and harmonic balancer were all black. After applying orange to the block, heads, and front cover I left the balancer black and painted the pan gold.
I couldn't find any pictures of the engine from when I first bought the Duster but here are a few before I painted it orange.
BEFORE
AFTER STARTING TO PUT ON THE ORANGE
I shaved off some of the inner fenderwells around the upper control arm mounts and used a flapper disc to remove a bunch of the undercoat from the frame rails and firewall.
The clear coat came for the headers. As soon as I could I started spraying the left header. I don't know what's going on. The first coat turned blotchy hazy as it dried. Even though I'd hoped the second coat would remedy the problem, it didn't seem to help. The third coat which was heavier did help some of that disappear but they're still blotchy.
They say to cure the paint with heat so I set up the shop heater to use as a dryer. Then I test fit the driver's side to see what it would look like.
I do like the look of the orange on the collectors underneath.
Two full cans of orange paint on the headers was close to enough but the paint is pretty thin in some areas. I still may end up trying a gold color instead but I want to get it all put back together before I decide.
I'm probably going to try to form some aluminum panels and see how they look. I'll try to shorten up some of those fuel lines and try to decide what I want to do with the plug wires too. A nicer air cleaner would help while I'm at it.
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It was a slow go changing the engine color over to orange. I tried to reach everything I could using a very small artist brush. Even though I thought I'd done a good job of scrubbing it down and degreasing it I still had a heck of a time getting the new paint to cover. I think I must have 4 or 5 coats on some places. The block, heads, front cover, oil pan, and harmonic balancer were all black. After applying orange to the block, heads, and front cover I left the balancer black and painted the pan gold.
I couldn't find any pictures of the engine from when I first bought the Duster but here are a few before I painted it orange.
BEFORE
AFTER STARTING TO PUT ON THE ORANGE
I shaved off some of the inner fenderwells around the upper control arm mounts and used a flapper disc to remove a bunch of the undercoat from the frame rails and firewall.
The clear coat came for the headers. As soon as I could I started spraying the left header. I don't know what's going on. The first coat turned blotchy hazy as it dried. Even though I'd hoped the second coat would remedy the problem, it didn't seem to help. The third coat which was heavier did help some of that disappear but they're still blotchy.
They say to cure the paint with heat so I set up the shop heater to use as a dryer. Then I test fit the driver's side to see what it would look like.
I do like the look of the orange on the collectors underneath.
Two full cans of orange paint on the headers was close to enough but the paint is pretty thin in some areas. I still may end up trying a gold color instead but I want to get it all put back together before I decide.
I'm probably going to try to form some aluminum panels and see how they look. I'll try to shorten up some of those fuel lines and try to decide what I want to do with the plug wires too. A nicer air cleaner would help while I'm at it.
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