Classic muscle... 1969 Plymouth Roadrunner

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The objective for this detail was to revive the paint. The vehicle was painted before the current owner purchased it in 1984.
The vehicle was stored for 20 years. The engine was rebuilt, some items freshened up and it was back on the road this July.
The owner mentioned it was painted with IMRON paint... Being 35, I had never heard of this. Single stage, sure, but not imron.

A quick search on Autogeek, 4 results for threads talking about how to polish this kind of paint came up.

Wash: Ultima rinseless wash
Clay: CG fine clay mitt
Polish: Rupes LHR 15 Mark II
Pad: Lake Country blue cutting pad
Sealant: WG DGPS 3.0

I took pictures with a DSLR, not sure how they came out...here is what I have on my phone. Look at the 1/4 panel:

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I owned one of these for a short while. Unfortunately I had the 383 which is way behind the 440 in terms of power. More car than I wanted size-wise and leaked oil from more places than I could count.
 
Imron is an early polyurethane paint. It was tough as nails and hard to lay down correctly and lethal vapors. When i restored my 65 El Camino I painted the frame with it.
 
RippyD said:
I owned one of these for a short while. Unfortunately I had the 383 which is way behind the 440 in terms of power. More car than I wanted size-wise and leaked oil from more places than I could count.
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BTW- 440ss were not put in regular Roadrunners in 69. The only ones that had 440's from the factory were the A12 cars with fiberglass lift off hoods.
 
I was wondering about the 440.......I grew up in that era but thought all the Roadrunners had the 383. As mentioned Imron was an extremely hard and durable paint. Unfortunately it was also brittle so rock chips on the front from normal driving looked like a moonscape after a short time.
 
Beautiful job on one of the best looking muscle cars on the road.

Was planning on buying one in high school, found the perfect one after lots of searching. That was until my Stepfather took it for a test drive. He did not even get it out of second gear when he said "you will never own this car" :(
 
Gav'sPurpleZ said:
The objective for this detail was to revive the paint. The vehicle was painted before the current owner purchased it in 1984.
The vehicle was stored for 20 years. The engine was rebuilt, some items freshened up and it was back on the road this July.

The owner mentioned it was painted with IMRON paint... Being 35, I had never heard of this. Single stage, sure, but not imron.

A quick search on Autogeek, 4 results for threads talking about how to polish this kind of paint came up.
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Imron paint buffs up REAL NICE.

Nice work on the classic muscle car. I love the aluminum slotted mags...


I see the pictures are hosted on Photobucket, I hope they don't disappear some day...


:)
 
Beautiful job on the Roadrunner ! My father used to work for Dupont and I remember when Imron was first released and was all the rage. My father planned to paint our 1964 Rambler with it but I got into an accident before he had the chance to lol. Imron paint is hard as nails.
 
Very awesome, definitely takes me back. The older paint job and details on this are outstanding.


LSNAutoDetailing said:
Wowie!!! amazing old road-runner!!! Nice work, and awesome that you did your homework on AGO. I'm 49 and do not know what IMRON paint is...
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Imron was "THE" black paint in the 80's. I had a Cuda repainted with this as it was originally black with the white hockey stick 340 stripe. Now days you see a lot of black cars that just shine and show off the great black with the clear coats on top. Back then Imron was the only way to get this wet gloss black look. Oh it was expensive too. If I remember $400 a gallon back then. Oh yeah and we waxed it with good old turtle wax. We didn't really have sealants or Sauveran waxes. We went with what we had. Tough paint, I mean tough. So the light swirls on this would probably have been years of abuse and machine washes and turtle waxes.
 
TopBlissGT said:
Imron is an early polyurethane paint. It was tough as nails and hard to lay down correctly and lethal vapors. When i restored my 65 El Camino I painted the frame with it.
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Imron was all the rage when it came out...i'm old enough to remember it
 
Mike Phillips said:
Imron paint buffs up REAL NICE.

Nice work on the classic muscle car. I love the aluminum slotted mags...


I see the pictures are hosted on Photobucket, I hope they don't disappear some day...


:)
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Wow, a reply by Mike P... I made the big time !
I have the photos on my phone, and 2 different flash drives. I am working on an imgur account.
Thanks for the kind words !!

And to all others, thank you for your replies and the mopar talk.
This is great !!
 
finally uploaded a few pictures from the dslr camera...

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polishing pad results:
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defects @ tape line:
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results with cutting pad:
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