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Dieselwrencher 05-24-2010 05:49 PM

1968 Corvette Diesel, finally got painted!
 
Well, it took a lot of hard work, and a lot of patience, which I'm almost out of. :hehe: But the car is painted! I want to thank David Abell, Nick, my wife, my mother and father, and my old boss Russ Rist of Accurate collision in Colfax, Ia, for helping get this thing squirted in the last 3 weeks. Here are some pics.

http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z...e/DSC09682.jpg
http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z...e/DSC09683.jpg
http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z...e/DSC09684.jpg
http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z...e/DSC09685.jpg

Dieselwrencher 05-24-2010 05:50 PM

Re: 1968 Corvette Diesel, finally got painted!
 
http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z...e/DSC09686.jpg
http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z...e/DSC09687.jpg
http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z...e/DSC09689.jpg
http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z...e/DSC09691.jpg

Dieselwrencher 05-24-2010 05:50 PM

Re: 1968 Corvette Diesel, finally got painted!
 
http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z...e/DSC09692.jpg
http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z...e/DSC09694.jpg
http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z...e/DSC09695.jpg
http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z...e/DSC09697.jpg

Dieselwrencher 05-24-2010 05:51 PM

Re: 1968 Corvette Diesel, finally got painted!
 
http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z...e/DSC09698.jpg
http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z...e/DSC09701.jpg
http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z...e/DSC09702.jpg
http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z...e/DSC09704.jpg

Dieselwrencher 05-24-2010 05:52 PM

Re: 1968 Corvette Diesel, finally got painted!
 
http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z...e/DSC09706.jpg
http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z...e/DSC09707.jpg
http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z...e/DSC09710.jpg
http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z...e/DSC09711.jpg

Dieselwrencher 05-24-2010 05:53 PM

Re: 1968 Corvette Diesel, finally got painted!
 
http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z...e/DSC09712.jpg
http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z...e/DSC09715.jpg
http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z...e/DSC09724.jpg

I still have some work to do to it but I'm very happy with how it turned out!

ed2552 05-24-2010 11:17 PM

Re: 1968 Corvette Diesel, finally got painted!
 
Looks very good!!

I take it you have a mild interest in the Cummins 5.9L?

nuke1 05-24-2010 11:36 PM

Re: 1968 Corvette Diesel, finally got painted!
 
Looks great

butternut1972 05-24-2010 11:55 PM

Re: 1968 Corvette Diesel, finally got painted!
 
Cool color! It looks like you will be having a covette summer. That thing looks tough with all that rubber under it.

Dieselwrencher 05-25-2010 04:46 PM

Re: 1968 Corvette Diesel, finally got painted!
 
Thanks guys!

my67chevytruck 05-25-2010 04:55 PM

Re: 1968 Corvette Diesel, finally got painted!
 
Looks good, great progress!

69GMCor70Chevy 05-25-2010 05:52 PM

Re: 1968 Corvette Diesel, finally got painted!
 
Looks mean.....nice colour choice too

Indian113 05-25-2010 05:56 PM

Re: 1968 Corvette Diesel, finally got painted!
 
WOW!!! Lookin Good I really like it,Awesome Color

nickp51chevy 05-25-2010 05:57 PM

Re: 1968 Corvette Diesel, finally got painted!
 
I love that color.

Dieselwrencher 05-25-2010 10:13 PM

Re: 1968 Corvette Diesel, finally got painted!
 
Thanks guys! Now that I actually got it painted, I'm thinking of doing my 95 ford crew cab the same color. I really like it. Plus, I bet there aren't a whole lot of OBS fords that color. But, I already edged the fenders and hood in charcoal gray. So it'll stay charcoal gray. :lol:

nicke 05-26-2010 03:02 PM

Re: 1968 Corvette Diesel, finally got painted!
 
beautiful... what is the color? Looks like one of my favs...tangelo pearl!

Sven 05-26-2010 03:23 PM

Re: 1968 Corvette Diesel, finally got painted!
 
Nice! Is there a thread on the build?

jce4isu 05-27-2010 06:12 PM

Re: 1968 Corvette Diesel, finally got painted!
 
i want to see some pics from the race track looks great

82chevy350 05-31-2010 12:23 AM

Re: 1968 Corvette Diesel, finally got painted!
 
Beautiful man nice job that car is amazing

FRENCHBLUE72 05-31-2010 10:40 AM

Re: 1968 Corvette Diesel, finally got painted!
 
Awesome looking how soon before the motor gets put in her/

Dieselwrencher 06-01-2010 02:48 PM

Re: 1968 Corvette Diesel, finally got painted!
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by FRENCHBLUE72 (Post 4006041)
Awesome looking how soon before the motor gets put in her/

It has an engine in it. It just blew up a turbo. I'm putting it back to a single turbo so I can take it to the Hot Rod Power Tour this Saturday.

Thanks for all the comments guys!

Dieselwrencher 01-09-2018 12:07 AM

Re: 1968 Corvette Diesel, finally got painted!
 
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Wow, I guess I haven't updated this thread in for ever and PB killed the entire thing. Here are some random pics I found of it the other day. I'll try to put them in order.

Dieselwrencher 01-09-2018 12:14 AM

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The primer pics are from early 2009.

Dieselwrencher 01-09-2018 12:22 AM

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The stack was added when I put the first set of compound turbos on it. In the spring of 2010 it got painted. The last pic is from September 2010 at the NHRDA World Finals.

Dieselwrencher 01-09-2018 12:30 AM

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Some more pics. The first pic is from Brainerd MN, second and third from Topeka. Fourth from Indy, last from this past summer.


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