I got the rain gutter trim on today, along with the vent windows. I’m pretty unimpressed with my work on the gutter trim, but it’s shiny and passes a “glance” test, though not a very close one. I think I will leave it for the time being and buy a set of new trim when they’re remanufactured again. Rear window trim is going to be the same story.
Looking very sharp, Roger. I wouldn’t hold my breath over some of that trim being remanufactured again. Very pricy tooling and simply not enough GTs around for a decent ROI. More money in making bling for Gomers who want to pimp their Hondas, Toyo’s, and so on.
Excellent work. I’ve been thoroughly enjoying “watching” this car’s transformation. I love the unique color. Regarding your trim, here’s a great primer on trim restoration. http://www.widman.biz/Corvair/English/Links/Polishing.html
Also, the car in the background of your photo is quite interesting. Would you tell me what is please?
Thanks.
Thanks, guys. Tom, the car in the background is a Lancia Fulvia GT Zagato, c. 1972 I think. Thanks for the link to the polishing guide…I made the mistake of handing my polishing off to a dude who frankly didn’t give a crap, far as I can tell. I thought he was going to take dings out, etc but didn’t. I pretzeled a piece of unobtanium myself on my wheel…plus, I’ve spent way more time on the trim than I care to think about. So it will stay like it is for a bit. It looks OK but isn’t perfect by any means.
All spiffed up like that, I don’t mind the boring color so much now. ;)
Roger,
It looks great! What is the origin of the colour name “grampian grey” anyway? I had a ’67 B GT that was my daily driving car for many years. It was “primrose yellow.” Wish I had it now.