Can-Con Posted January 15, 2023 Posted January 15, 2023 Can't believe I've been holding onto this one for almost 25 years. Where does the time go? ? Anyway, seems to be a few people on here having way too much fun working on these old E-body Caddys, so I had to have some fun too. I am planning a full custom one in the future. The bumpers for that one are not back from being re-plated yet so I dug this one out in the meantime. This one will be mostly stock as the body's pretty nice aside from a couple tire marks. Got new bumpers for it from Modelhaus years ago. I was originally going to redo it in candy root beer over a gold base but the very dark blue [looks grey or black in the pics] has kinda grown on me. I have a bottle of a very dark navy blue pearl nail polish that I'm going to use on it instead and save the candy drown for the full custom. 1
Steve H Posted January 15, 2023 Posted January 15, 2023 Excellent!! I will be watching Steve. Good to see these old Caddy’s being built. Cheers, Steve
Kah puts Posted January 15, 2023 Posted January 15, 2023 Eldorado's are the Marilyn Monroe's of the car world and deserve all the attention they can get, give'er.
Can-Con Posted January 15, 2023 Author Posted January 15, 2023 Ok, so, I made some progress this afternoon. EasyOff wouldn't touch the paint. Tried to strip it years ago with no luck so I tried some %99 rubbing alcohol on a paper town and with a little rubbing I had it mostly stripped in about an hour. A couple more before pics with the Modelhaus bumpers. And clean enough for primer, which it's in now. 2
Claude Thibodeau Posted January 16, 2023 Posted January 16, 2023 Hi Steve! Great start, bravo! Will-you keep it FWD? Just curious... CT
Can-Con Posted January 16, 2023 Author Posted January 16, 2023 1 hour ago, Claude Thibodeau said: Hi Steve! Great start, bravo! Will-you keep it FWD? Just curious... CT Yes, this one will be close to stock. I will be doing another one in the future that well be a full custom on a '66 Riviera chassis.
dino246gt Posted January 16, 2023 Posted January 16, 2023 I'm really diggin' all these Eldos being built on here right now! Makes me want to do one now! Have fun and keep posting progress pictures for us all to enjoy along with you! Cheers!
catpack68 Posted January 16, 2023 Posted January 16, 2023 (edited) Cool! Looking forward to seeing more progress on Steve?99% rubbing alcohol is my go to for stripping paint off anything now. Seeing all these Johan Eldos being built makes me want to build one too! Edited January 16, 2023 by catpack68
Can-Con Posted January 16, 2023 Author Posted January 16, 2023 2 hours ago, dino246gt said: I'm really diggin' all these Eldos being built on here right now! Makes me want to do one now! Have fun and keep posting progress pictures for us all to enjoy along with you! Cheers! 12 minutes ago, catpack68 said: Cool! Looking forward to seeing more progress on Steve?99% rubbing alcohol is my go to for stripping paint off anything now. Seeing all these Johan Eldos being built makes me want to build one too! Dig 'em out guys. The more, the merrier, as they say.?
catpack68 Posted January 16, 2023 Posted January 16, 2023 I would love to find a Johan 67-69 Eldo for decent price! 1
Monty Posted January 16, 2023 Posted January 16, 2023 2 hours ago, catpack68 said: I would love to find a Johan 67-69 Eldo for decent price! '67-'68 for me. Wish I made the kind of money that would allow me to buy one of these.
Can-Con Posted February 4, 2023 Author Posted February 4, 2023 So, the paint is on. Duplicolor charcoal primer with Tamiya TS 51 blue metallic and their clearcoat. Hasn't been polished out yet. 3
dino246gt Posted February 5, 2023 Posted February 5, 2023 Great colour choice! I love it on that Eldo!
NOBLNG Posted February 6, 2023 Posted February 6, 2023 It’s looking REAL nice! I think these Caddys look so elegant and classy.
Steve H Posted February 8, 2023 Posted February 8, 2023 Hi Steve, great looking paint! So in the pictures it looks purple-ish in one shot, totally blue in the other. I assume it’s more blue than purple. “Both” colours look fantastic, and smooooth. I’m lucky to get them that smooth AFTER polishing…. Cheers, Steve
David G. Posted February 8, 2023 Posted February 8, 2023 Great looking color! It's nice seeing these old kits brought back to life. David G.
Can-Con Posted February 8, 2023 Author Posted February 8, 2023 20 hours ago, Steve H said: Hi Steve, great looking paint! So in the pictures it looks purple-ish in one shot, totally blue in the other. I assume it’s more blue than purple. “Both” colours look fantastic, and smooooth. I’m lucky to get them that smooth AFTER polishing…. Cheers, Steve Thanks Steve, I kinda got lucky with that one, it turned out pretty good but still has some BLAH_BLAH_BLAH_BLAH in it here and there. The color is about 1/2 way between the two shades in the pics.
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