PAINT FINISHED finally

I call it a 5 foot paint job. Get any closer than 5 feet and you will see the sanding scratches and other little flaws. I'll accept it as OK for my first paint job. Sometime down the road I'll probably repaint it.

Now the fun part starts: instal all the shinny bits and crank it up again!!!

CYLINDER HEAD TEMPERATURE

I wanted one of these but the price was always so high until I found this one.
http://www.trailtech.net/digital-gauges/tto/temperature/722-et3

One problem was that the sensor was supposed to be 14mm but what I got was .532" so I filed it out by taking most of the metal off near the wire. This gave me more room in the tight access area for the plug. I put the wire at about two o-clock where there was a bit more room. If you get one of these also get the 12" extension wire otherwise it won't reach to the dashboard.

I haven't cranked it up yet as I'm still fussing with the paint but I expect it to work just great.

UPDATE:
The CHT works great. In driving around my neighborhood (40 MPH) the temp. stays around 285F.

SLOW PROGRESS

The second attempt is making progress. I buffed and polished the upper panel and it looks good. The lower panel has been buffed but not polished yet. I'm fixing the fish eyes by mixing up a bit of paint with no reducer an using a tiny brush I put a drop in the fish eyes. I'll come back and sand and buff and polish and it should be done.

2ND ATTEMPT

I had much better luck this time. I got the gun adjusted much better but still got a bit of orange peal and some dust on the upper panels. I believe I can wet sand and buff that. If not I'll sand and re-shoot them. The lower part looks great.

RED PAINT

I shot the red paint today and it's pretty bad. Lots of orange peal and some drips. I put on 4 coats so I hope there is enough paint to sand down. My first paint job turned out great right out of the gun; beginners dumb luck. Hopefully I can post some pix showing a nice job later; better than these. I'm learning.

PRIMER

Shot the primer today. I wish I knew what I was doing. This is the second paint job I've done. It's a bit on the dusty side if that means anything; probably moved the gun too fast. Now I have a lot of sanding to do.

FINALLY IT'S PAINT TIME

Winter is just about over and I've been able to work on paint prep. I think I'm finished and ready for primer this week. YEA! Like my fancy paint booth? If all goes well I'll shoot the color next week then I'll trailer it to the local British car show April 29.

Interior is next then inspection time!!!! Getting close.