I am finally finished painting my engine bay and floor pans. My engine bay was beaten up from the previous owner removing the engine out from the top and the factory paint was chalky and faded. My floor pans; being a ragtop were badly rusted behind the front seats so I cut out the old floor with a sabre saw and rivetted in aluminum diamond plate. I removed rust with an angle grinder and various wire brush attachments and then used Rustoleum rust converter, sanded that with 150-200-400 and then primed that. Next I followed the same sanding procedure and painted it in 3 light coats with Rustoleum Teal enamel. In the engine bay I masked everything off with blue painters tape and used basically the same procedure as the floor pans but after paint I wet-sanded with 800-1000 and then Rustoleum Crystal Clear Enamel and wet-sand with 800-1000. For a rattle can job it turned out beautiful. I know the car is wet I just finished wet sanding, i'll post more pics when it dries. I love the pic of the tranny tub.

 

 

did you spray that with an hvlp gun or did you rattle can it. i think it looks too good to be rattle canned...

 

Thanks, but yeah I used rattle cans. All done probally cost ~75$ for the paint, primer, clear, sandpaper and $150 for a grinder. Its all in the prep work. Now thats left on the agenda; the engine.

 

you rebuilding? if so check the for sale section i have a shorblock on there...

 

Yeah im rebuilding. Your offer seems like a good deal but I have an engine, well most of it. Its missing many things off of it such as the fuel rails, all of the sensors, and other various expensive items which is why im going carb. The previous owner lost them or put them on his Caprice.

 

i saw a guy recently in the for sale section that had most of the top end. like the intake fuel rails and harness all for under 300 or 400. dont know if he still has it or not.