Jim asked me to post pics, so here we go. For those who are new, I have been restoring an Austin Healey for the past 13 years or so. This is a complete frame-off restoration. Anyway, the bodywork and paint were done years ago. After the paint hardened, it was sanded with 3000 to 4000 grit wet sand paper. This was done to "flatten" the orange peel that all paint jobs have straight out of the spray gun. You might see posts where people complain about that on their Honda paint jobs. The next step is a series of paint buffings to remove the fine sanding marks until you get a "clear" paint job.

Here are five pics before the buffing:











And here are pics after the buffing:









Here are a couple of close-ups after the buffing:

 

very sweeeeeeeet, Bill

 

Very nice,Bill...

 

Excellent job!

When is the first top down drive?

 

Where's the hat?

 

Lainey's got the BEST pcture of the hat. Post it up, Lainey.

 

Thanks for bringing us up to date, Bill. For those of you who are seeing this ongoing restoration for the first time here are some pics of the Healey from just a little over a year ago:

https://www.s2ki.com/forums/index.php?showt...&#entry12170100

 

Happy to oblige!

Reversing the curse of the Bambino! Boston won the World Series after this little ceremony.



So much for that hat!

 

Awesome! If you just had an LB Avatar, you'd be the queen of the forum. (wink, wink)

 

Loving that BRG!