62 Catalina 421 "Done"

[walt francis]

This will be my one and only Black paint job

As you can see I tried to create some cheater slicks for her and the driveshaft is scratch built from aluminum tube

Thanks for looking and to see the WIP just go to the link Visit My Website

[vizio93]

WOW you did a great job on that. how come it will bee your one and only black paint job? it looks good to me?

[voljeepx]

Walt, this looks great! I love old Pontiacs, it's a shame the brand is gone now. Paint and details are awesome! Just wondering, why will this be your only black paint job?

[Janne Herajärvi]

I like it! Very nice Great paintjob!

[Harry P.]

I agree, the paint looks fantastic.

The weird angle of the front bumper, though...

[walt francis]

Well thanks guys I am glad you like it and for not painting black again is what you see is alot of time wetsanding and polishing, Black just shows every little thing in the paint so it has to be perfect, and for the front bumper you put the grill and bumper together before you put it to the car and you don't see that it sets it at an angle but I was told that they all do it and it can be corrected by sanding the nose where the bumper hits the grill nose.

This is before sanding and polishing their is orange peel all down the sides

after

[62SS]

Awesome job Walt.

That black paint looks flawless. Wish I could paint like that.

Fantastic build.

[BigGary]

If you've ever attempted a black paint job you won't wonder why it is one black paint job. For all the reasons mentioned, black is the most difficult to do. Just ask any 1:1 car painter and they'll tell you. Black and most other very dark colors show every defect. I painted a 1/32 car black. I thought it was clean and free of defects. Boy was I wrong! After 2 attempts and 3 trips in the purple pool, its now blue metallic.

Gary

[Guest]

That is one sweet poncho!

[george 53]

I gotta agree with the troops Walt, It DID come out beautiful!!!! Just a FINE example of it's marque. But then again, it IS a Pontiac, Back when bein a Pontiac MEANT sumpthin!!!! GREAT BUILD Walt!!!!

[dimaxion]

I gotta agree with the troops Walt, It DID come out beautiful!!!! Just a FINE example of it's marque. But then again, it IS a Pontiac, Back when bein a Pontiac MEANT sumpthin!!!! GREAT BUILD Walt!!!!

I agree , Black is hard to do . But , any painter 1:1 will tell you any tiny flaw in the areas covered in Black Paint will be a Major Flaw . Resulting in just jumping out at you when finished . Nice Pontiac . Don't let the work stop you . Look at the finished project . Very rewarding is my opinion . BTW , white covers flaws and hides them . Thanx..

[sigmaman]

Very nice work.

[MonoPed]

I suppose if you're only gonna do one, ya might as well do it right... and you did!

[RodneyBad]

I've looked at this a dozen times and couldn't think of anything to say that hasn't been said.

Paint looks Super.

Wheels and tires look Great on it.

Looks Fantastic.

Awesome build.

[philo426]

Lools great!One question;why did you paint the front a arms and diff red?

[crispy]

Great work Walt! You are correct about black paint as was mentioned by everyone else. I like that challenge myself. Getting it flawless is key and of course extra time and effort to get it that way are paramount.

The car looks great. Pontiac really had something there with that car. Yours is awesome and a great tribute to a cultural marque.

Chris

[Dr. Cranky]

Wow, what an immaculate build . . . everything is perfect on this build. Congrats, Walt!