1987 Buick Grand National

1987 Buick Grand National

Customer had the car media blasted and primed. All new floor pans were welded.
We will be sanding, priming, adding sealant and painting the floor pans.
We'll also be doing minor bodywork, prepping and painting the exterior along with the door jams

1987 Buick Grand National

Customer had the car media blasted and primed. All new floor pans were welded.
We will be sanding, priming, adding sealant and painting the floor pans.
We'll also be doing minor bodywork, prepping and painting the exterior along with the door jams
Hood and deck lid will be removed for painting.

Job started 2/3/11 – Completed 2/21/11

01before
The car already had the door jams done, but they didn't do the greatest job, so we redid these (see pics below)

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03before

04before

05before

01floorpan

02floorpan

03floorpan

05floorpan

06floorpan

painted decklid

painted hood

painted doorjams

The following 4 pics were taken right after wetsand and buffing
reflection

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reflection off the back of the deck lid
01paint prep
Notice the bolts are masked up to keep the paint off so the nuts go on cleanly.

02paint prep

Black basecoat clearcoat painted 2/15/11
Still need to wetsand and buff. This shows you what it looks like right after painting.

01 black sealer
Black basecoat. The header was loosened for painting at the customers request

02black sealer

01painted

02painted

03painted

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06painted

reflection painted
Not  a bad reflection for just painting!!!! Wetsand and buffing pics yet to come.

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Reflection off of the left sail panel.
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9 Responses

  1. Anonymous says:

    buick grand national

    I'M JUST STARTING TO PUT THIS ALL BACK TOGETHER, I WILL BRING IT BACK UP TO YOU FOR A FINAL PICTURE. I CANT WALK BY MY CAR WITHOUT LIFTING THE COVER SCOTT. REALLY HAPPY THANKS. I WILL BE IN TO GET THAT ANTENNA MOLDING. .THANKS AGAIN

    • ACP says:

      Great to hear Jeff! Can’t

      Great to hear Jeff! Can't wait to see your GN all done (sure you can't either!!!)
      Thanks for the comment!

  2. Anonymous says:

    2001 JGC Limited
    OMG!!! I love this black!!!! I want to change the color of my Jeep from gold to reflection black, oil slick black or the black that’s in the pics above. I’m just afraid it wont be done properly or I will get taken to the cleaners. However after looking at some of the pics on this site I may be saving my lunch money 🙂 and getting it done here!

  3. Anonymous says:

    GRAND NATIONAL 1987
    SCOTT IS A CLASS ACT GUY, HIS WORK IS AMAZING , HE’S HONEST AND REASONALBLE WITH WHAT HE CHARGES. I’M SO GLAD HE IS PAINTING MY CAR. IT EVEN LOOKS BETTER IN PERSON WHEN I SAW THE DECK LID, AND THE HOOD. THANKS ATTITUDE CUSTOM PAINTING!!!!!

  4. Bargain Bob says:

    I love the Grand National!
    I love the Grand National! Should look awesome when it’s finished. Can’t wait for Attitude to paint my Mustang!

  5. ACP says:

    Glad you like it…

    Got the hood and the deck done yesterday. Went in and buffed them!

  6. Anonymous says:

    my car
    looks great, cant wait untill its finished see you tuesday. the 15th

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