Birthing pains

Well it has arrived but I have to say that it wasn’t an easy birth and it is a less than perfect child. But then again, even in it’s former life the Rallydore was no fine specimen of a rally car.

Yes have finally gotten around to painting the Commodore and no it doesn’t look as good as I hoped. Couple of thing that contributed to this I reckon such as the absence of the guiding hand of either Russell (r.i.p.) or Col and the absence of good equipment. The spray gun might of been ok but the compressor was not able to keep up and so ran out of puff leaving the spray dry and dusty. Bit disappointing but might come up ok with a cut and polish (here’s hoping)

All that aside though, the car does look good all in colour and it’s amazing what covering all the damage with paint will do : ) I am thankful for the use of dad’s garage and I am glad also that I took before and after photos.

And what an amazing colour it is too! Yep I think it really looks good and it’s the last colour that you would expect to see on that type of car. Mulberry, what a colour!

More on that later.