1966 Valiant Signet Convertible Resto

Quick update. Been busy with my new Dart and was working on getting Doug's headers in Ruby (red valiant). Need to get the shorter clutch fork and other pieces to work with the 10.5" clutch.

So, on the convertible I have nearly all the removable panels finished in primer that has been wet sanded to 600 grit. Next will be a uniform sealer coat of 20-50% reduced black epoxy like in the previous pictures. It should lay down really flat with it being reduced. After that I'll wet sand the epoxy with 800 and then shoot my basecoat then 3 coats clear.

I'm wondering if I should wait on sealing all the parts until I get the quarters and the rest of the car to the same stage (primer 600 wet before sealer epoxy) due to the recoat window. Anyways, I should have some color to show in the next coming weeks. I have some small parts I want to do first as practice to see how my basecoat covers and play with the clearcoat.

I'm getting pretty excited. The primer looks amazing when water is sprayed on it to show the refection. I'll post a picture of that later