And without further delay (http://i332.photobucket.com/albums/m340/milliard431/Engine%20of%20Eagle/Painted%201980%20Eagle/IMG_0512.jpg) (http://i332.photobucket.com/albums/m340/milliard431/Engine%20of%20Eagle/Painted%201980%20Eagle/IMG_0514-1.jpg) (http://i332.photobucket.com/albums/m340/milliard431/Engine%20of%20Eagle/Painted%201980%20Eagle/IMG_0513-1.jpg) (http://i332.photobucket.com/albums/m340/milliard431/Engine%20of%20Eagle/Painted%201980%20Eagle/IMG_0511.jpg) (http://i332.photobucket.com/albums/m340/milliard431/Engine%20of%20Eagle/Painted%201980%20Eagle/IMG_0510.jpg) (http://i332.photobucket.com/albums/m340/milliard431/Engine%20of%20Eagle/Painted%201980%20Eagle/IMG_0509.jpg) It took me the longest time just deciding what color to go with. I went to the Tampa auto show and it seems that there is a lot of brown in our auto future. Both interior and exterior which allowed me to stick with Mr. Lund's original colors. Everything comes back in style as they say. Almost all the interiors were either black or Chocolate brown and some were a combination of the two. Grey is finally out thank god! It was nice at first but enough is enough. There were even some reddish browns or burnt reds as I called them.
The paint looks great!!
Quote from: milliard431 on December 02, 2011, 06:49:57 PM
Finally started the restoration
Looks like you're just about done the restoration - looks great.
Holy Crap! That looks awesome! Great color for that coupe!
:o Wow, thats a first rate paint job. I think I can almost see my reflection here in Mass!
Never noticed the position of the eagle head before on the 2sts. nice looker for sure
:occasion14: Going to be a lot of nice Eagles hitting the street again with all these recent restos that have been going on. Looks great!
Very nice. Great color choice for sure.
WoW!! it doesnt get any nicer than that...And the color scheme....PERFECT!! Eggcelent work!!
Oh yeah I forgot to ask you...is that a new top? It sure looks in good shape.
Dang... Looks great!
Believe it or not, that is the original top put on in 1979 when it was built and it has been under a cover for a year and was not even cleaned before I took the picture. That is a big reason why I would not change the color scheme. I can't believe it has held up so well and also speaks to the low original miles
Looks great!!!
Thats amazing...that top looks better than ones Ive seen on cars that were 3 years old let alone 32 years old. Its obviously been well cared for.
I have to wonder if milliard enjoys tormenting me.
Quote from: jim on December 21, 2011, 10:22:20 AM
I have to wonder if milliard enjoys tormenting me.
I guess you will just have to make me an offer Jim. After the holidays I will polish up the chrome bits and put the NOS tail lights, front turnsignals and side marker lights. Wish I had NOS headlight and front hood trim to finish it off. Also have a NOS driver side mirror. It should look near new when it's finished. I also have a NOS sport grill for the 80 model year. Still holding out hope for the last 3 pieces. I did see a NOS hood trim but it was for the 2 headlamp concord. Forgot, I also have the NOS hood spear with hood ornament. The chrome at the windshield end is a little weak, like it was a second but it's still all shiny.
I'd be afraid to drive it after doing all that work.
Love the color! Now there's why vinyl tops are sooo cool.Looks very nice my friend.Wouldn't mind finding a set of nos headlight surrounds myself or a set of mirrors! Anyway super sharp and hope you post a picture when finished.
Has anyone done a faithful restoration on the early style hub caps? the inside of the honeycomb type holes are black but the inner sides are silver like the outside. It appears that once these hubcaps were assembled they cannot be taken apart. The outer stainless trim ring is rounded over by machine and can not be undone. I fell for a set of NOS trim rings that were never mounted and the outer end is open. Only a special machine like the one that make tin cans only bigger could apply these rings. I have seen where people have just painted the whole plastic area one color but it doesn't look correct. Especially that $10,000 2 door in Nebraska, his are painted body color and it looks stupid. I don't know if anyone has made a stencil of the bottom to use as masking.
THat Eagle looks amazing.
Thanks again 83eagle. Does it make you want to keep driving eagles?
I understand about being afraid to drive something that looks so perfect, but I realized after many refurbished cars, that driving it is the whole idea! It does no good sitting in the garage collecting dust. I just don't take them to WallyWorld or KMart to get banged up in the parking lot. In fact my "babies" rarely leave my sight when we're out showing off. :amc:
I intend on driving it as much as I can. I was referring to 83Eagles intentions on selling his bird for now. Sometimes a little inspiration can change your mind. Seeing all the restoration projects on the nest nudged me to give mine a proper paint treatment instead of a quickie spray. Sometimes it is not about saving a buck but rather helping to create or preserve something that will last. Barring any car accidents this car will never be just some winter beater for someone as many are. Now it's true collector car and will likely outlast me. I would love to get my hands on that 1980 2 door in South Carolina and do the same thing. Now that the holidays are over I better start polishing the chrome bits. Funny how quick you get caught up in the " while I'm at it" syndrome! Any ideas on how to restore the black paint in between the letters of the metal Emblems? If I could get some stickers made of just the letters then I could use them as masking and just spray the black. Maybe I can ask a restoration shop. I know Juhap and some others might know.
What I was going to do on the emblems (again was, lol), paint the entire emblem satin black, then use a laquer thinner soaked Q-tip to scrub the black off the raised Eagle letters. After polishing them up, my gf saw them and liked them like that, so that's how they will stay (it is her car, lol). This is tedious but it does work, you could trace over the Eagle letters with a light grease prior to painting to make paint removal eaiser too.
There's a good article in the Forum on 'emblem restoration'. Just a search pulls it up. Let's keep those Eagles flying! :amc: