Final mechanicals have been completed on my '69 FWB, and now it's time to begin the long-awaited paint and body work. The car will remain 1969 color 26--Athenian Blue. The decision is about the vinyl top. The car currently has a white top in an incorrect grain and seam pattern. The combination with the blue is striking, but it's not a standard factory choice on this model for this year. My car originally had a blue top, according to the body data plate (the other standard factory choice with Athenian Blue is black----blech!)
So, I'd welcome opinions. Blue, or white? Here's some pics to give you an idea of what the car would look like either way.
This is a 1970 model, but you get the idea. Blue is a lot easier to care for, but it does make the car look very formal. Then again, it is a formal car.
This is my car as she is now. The white makes the car look smaller IMO, but also "happier". White's a bitch to keep looking good, though.
So, fellow forum denizens, what shall it be? Blue? Or White?
Fancy! I'm having a hard time believing that it is really happening, especially with that cloud that is now surrounding it in the pictures. Is the vinyl top on it or are you leaving it as a metal roof? I'm very happy for you!!
Glad to see the car built together again although wrapped in all these plastic sheets and reflections :lol: That make it even more mysterious and exciting.... But I want to see clear pics of it!!
I totally forgot my camera when I went over to the shop today. :duh: Seriously, if the interior was in it, I could have driven it away. Everything's on the car, except for the vinyl top and related trim. Even under the fluorescent lights inside the shop, the freshly-polished paint was fathoms deep. She looks so stunning now, I can hardly wait to see her when she's fully kitted out!
Fancy! I'm having a hard time believing that it is really happening, especially with that cloud that is now surrounding it in the pictures. Is the vinyl top on it or are you leaving it as a metal roof? I'm very happy for you!!
I am so glad the car is progressing so nicely after it escaped the black hole that it was in for so many millions and billions of light years. I can't wait to see the interior back in and the fancy new top fitted!
So it seems the upholsterer is running a bit behind, which means the car is still at the body shop. *sigh* BUT, it gives me the chance to share some pics of the car in sunlight!
Ever the good sis, Rebecca visits her ailing sibling.
your 69 looks awesome, fantastic under the sunlight... Much better than before. No wonder original color enhances the car body lines. The result has been worth it.:thumbsup:
Both sisters together again... BTW... ¿Has she a name?
Her name is Babe. My late friend Eloise named her the day I bought her. She declared that anything that big and that blue was normally not found outside the pages of PaulBunyan. :lol:
I think you deserve a tax deduction for making our streets, roads and Interstates just that much more beautiful. I bet it's hard to look at her with out involuntarily smiling.
As a former GM J-body owner (A Pontiac Sunbird that I could not resist using as a daily driver) I can assure you Dear Sir, that the Cimarron is quite simply: "the Cadillac of J-cars".
Wow! It´s more than a month I had no time to enter the forum and now I´ve found such good news. Congrats Craig... It´s a wonderful sensation driving again a car long time standing in the shop. Now enjoy solving the details but nothing is preventing you from driving your babe. I´m happy to know she´s back on the road... And post some pics of the interior and vinyl roof, please!!!
Here when I saw the thread bumped I thought I'd see a picture of it done and in your driveway.
Guess since I have only been following since April of 2012 my time expectations are not adjusted right for this project!
Glad to hear of the progress, can't wait!:bouncy:
You mean in glacial terms, Dave? :lol: Hard as it is to believe, the end is in sight. It runs, drives, and looks like a car again. Of course, mechanicals still need to be squared away, new tires installed, and as always, still more bits of trim have come up missing, which will need replacement. But, I finally feel like I'm down to the finishing touches. It's a very good feeling.
OK, I've been promising you all a car for some time now. Well, here she is, back from the mechanic and (mostly) cleaned up. There's still a bit of work to be done, but the heavy lifting is over. With all that said, may I present my 1969 Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham in Athenian Blue, with dark blue tuxedo grain haol vinyl top and dark blue Dubonnet cloth interior.
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