1985 Buick Regal Limited Build Log

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I know it isn't moving forward on the regal...but hey, progress is progress! Lol.

Was able to get my little man's power wheels into paint this weekend. I didn't snap any pics of the two coats of sealer, or 2 coats of HOK orion silver because the haze from shooting it made the pics turn out terrible....but after 2 full coats, and 1 mist coat of HOK oriental blue here is the outcome:

My one action shot:

All buttoned up:

And some shots of it in the sun:

And my favorite shot:

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^{Well I know it is off topic, but at this point I continue to be pulled away from working on my regal to finish my son's birthday gift....so my viewpoint is progress is progress!}

^{Was able to shoot the metallic sealer, followed by 2 coats of HOK Orion Silver:}

^{Then the fun really starts. The beginning of taping off patterns:}

^{From there it was onto shooting the HOK Kandy Oriental Blue (3 coats and 1 mist coat):}

^{Then it was onto the unmasking:}

^{Next will be shooting some more patterns. Either a gunmetal, or dark silver color for accents, as well as some more blue with very heavy royal blue flake in it! Then clear, buff and assemble!}

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Taping off the silver to do the fades

Finished fades:

Then it was on to taping off the hood for the "fingerprint patterns:"

Shooting the gunmetal grey on the fingerprint patterns:

Next stage was taping off for the heavy flake:

Close up of flake:

Finished flake:

Then we shot candy blue over the hood patterns:

After that it was shooting clear:

From there it was a long boring day of color sanding, and buffing.....but the "semi" finished product more than makes up for the boredom!

I didn't realize I never posted the finsihed up powerwheels. Here is the final steps of the process:

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"stitching" on the seats to tie to blue into the interior:

On to the final cleaning of the parts before assembly. Making sure no leftover buffing compounds were in any of the little cracks and such:

Let the assembly begin:

The hidden wiring. Everything was crimped, soldered, and covered with heat shrink:

The finished interior:

The finished dash with the polished aluminum trim ring and everything in place:

The finished rear portion of the ride with speakers and aluminum trim rings in place:

And my personal favorite shot....the finished up front end (hood isn't clipped into place yet because the battery was still charging and not in yet)

Sounds pretty dang good too! I will try to figure out how to post up a video one of these days! Lol

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Well this past weekend was finally time to give the little man his finished "ride." But before he started putting it through the ringer I figured I would snap some pics of it in the sunlight:

Little man wanted me to take a pic of it with "daddy's car"

Probably the best pic I was able to grab of the flake:

And I didn't really add this detail through the log, but I also put some LED's in his footwell to light it up a little...and here is the result:

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Now it's time to get my ass back onto the regal and get some work done!

[deathcards]

Now it's time to get my ass back onto the regal and get some work done!

thats what i thought you said btw very nice job on the paint theme

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Well I know it has been forever and a day since updates were posted...but most of my free time was spent working on this for the little man's 3rd birthday:

http://www.stevemeadedesigns.com/board/topic/151615-2012-cadillac-escalade-ext-start-to-finish/

Anyways, with winter fast approaching I have a couple things in the works to actually get back to making some progress on this beast. Pics of that to follow.

But I was able to get this small piece of the puzzle:

Tony whipped up a fuse panel that takes my "constant power" fuse block which would drain the battery while the car is off, and turns it into a switched power fuse block so it only turns the accessories on when the car turns on.

Will also literally make wiring all the accessories pretty much "plug-and-play." So the video screens, video amplifier, and Ipad charging station will all just have to be wired to the fuse block.

[ProMaxx316]

bad ass build. Sub for more!!! Keep up the beyond awesome work!!!