Photos courtesy Dale Osterman.
Last year, reader Dale Osterman of Prattville, Alabama, shared with us the progress he was making on the restoration of his 1976 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am, his mid-life crisis car and daily driver for part of a decade. Specifically, he described to us his homegrown paint booth, not much more than a picnic shelter with flyscreens, and at the time, it seemed to be working out well.
Dale circled back around with us recently to let us know how the rest of the painting process went. “In May I sanded the entire car down with 1000 grit and put two more coats of clear on it. Then sanded with 2000 grit, and buffed it, then finally, put the decals on. I did hire out having the screaming chicken put on the hood.”
He said he was under a little bit of a time crunch: His son asked that he finish the car by September so he could drive it in his wedding that month. Dale did, and managed to send us these photos so we can see for ourselves how well a do-it-yourself paint job can come out.
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