New Jim Head car paint job (1 Viewer)

[flapjack]

Here it is

https://twitter.com/x/status/1086425422462636033

 

[none]

Gotta love the no parking on the hatch

 

[justafan]

Wait, paint? Looks amazing!

 

[.]

I bet that looks incredible in person!

 

[handsome]

Chuckie B is one of the absolute best airbrush artists out there.

 

[mike]

Chuckie B is one of the absolute best airbrush artists out there.

Is that the Chucky B that ran TADS

 

[stitcherbob]

I think he will regret paint the first time the blower decides to shred the body....

 

[handsome]

Is that the Chucky B that ran TADS

no Mike. Chuckie B ( Chuck Buckler) never raced

 

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Honest question:
How much does paint for a F/C body weigh and how much does a wrap for the same car weigh?

 

[Randy]

We scraped the white paint job off our last Monte Carlo body and vacuumed up every piece and weighed it. It weighed less than 6 pounds.

 

[flapjack]

Just noticed Jonnie said it is a 2019 "Mustang" body. Not sure what they ran last year. Anyway, it would seem they have struck a deal with Tasca, because I think Tasca had the 2019 body designed and built.

 

[Cliff]

I think the Mustang body came from Force. He gave them one after he crashed with Jonnie's car. But it would be nice if Head got a new Mustang body, as they are a better piece.

 

[Mike_in_Toney]

That grill work isn't right for a '19 Mustang I believe.

 

[Brian]

Looks awesome. All their trouble started last year when they went with a green car. Should have known better.

 

[Sandman]

We scraped the white paint job off our last Monte Carlo body and vacuumed up every piece and weighed it. It weighed less than 6 pounds.

This is interesting info. From painting cars and such as a hobby (back when I had time for hobbies) I always wondered how much paint was actually left on the body or chassis tubes. While a paint gun cup full of paint may weigh a pound, half that is reducer that evaporates as the paint dries. I don't imagine 6 lbs of paint on a 2,575 lb funny car is going to turn an also ran into a stellar performer.

 

[none]

When that picture first popped up, I thought the "Mad Scientist" had returned.............lol

 

[TooTall999]

Just noticed Jonnie said it is a 2019 "Mustang" body. Not sure what they ran last year. Anyway, it would seem they have struck a deal with Tasca, because I think Tasca had the 2019 body designed and built.

Unless I missed something, he said it was the Jim Head body for 2019, not that it was a 2019 mustang.

 

[Randy]

This is interesting info. From painting cars and such as a hobby (back when I had time for hobbies) I always wondered how much paint was actually left on the body or chassis tubes. While a paint gun cup full of paint may weigh a pound, half that is reducer that evaporates as the paint dries. I don't imagine 6 lbs of paint on a 2,575 lb funny car is going to turn an also ran into a stellar performer.

I had someone tell me many years ago that the bondo, primer and paint added 40 pounds to their funny car body. I thought that was a ridiculous figure. In light of that we always did very minimal body prep because I didn't want to be that guy. Being very curious after my car got stuffed into the catch net at a Seattle Divisional race I decided to strip the paint before any repairs were made to the body. It took a loooooong time to strip it, but curiosity got the best of me. I was pretty surprised (happy) at the weight. Keep in mind it was just two colors, white body/black windows.

Back in 1990's this paint job was very complex with more body prep, fades, gold leaf separating the colors, etc. I ran it before and after paint and didn't notice any significant weight gains. Billy B painted it.

 

[TK]

^ WOW !! That is very sharp, Randy ! That must have really stung to stuff it in the net......edit - Oops, I misread and revealed my oldtimers lol

 

[Randy]

^ WOW !! That is very sharp, Randy ! That must have really stung to stuff it in the net.

Yes, it was the white Monte Carlo that got stuffed. The G/S green car paint job lasted 4 years! Won Best Appearing car twice with it at NHRA National Events. And won the NHRA Division 7 championship.