That's awesome I'm going through the same right now, stripped done pretty bare and also have a donor car.

Nice work and very inspiring for first-timer me. Thank you for sharing!
I'm currently struggling getting past the body work stage. Seems like forever, circling the car like a vulture, but now every time around I'm getting to more and more minor details. There's got to be a point soon when I can't feel unevenness or see guide coat.
Front lower corners took me a long time blending in all of the radii smooth after filling bumper and blinker holes, then to find the factory welds at front and rear corners needed to be worked as well.
Door checks - The worst damage to my car was due to my right door check failure sometime in the past. That really messed up my right fender. I found a piece of foam duct taped to it to try and limit opening.

Progress from December 1, 2017 to January 1, 2018. Picked the car up after paint on Dec. 1. Really happy with the overall result, but there were a few dust/dirt nibs from the booth. So I decided to wetsand the whole car and do what is called a 'flowcoat', where you essentially paint the car twice, giving the paint more depth and shine. Trying to tape body lines after the car is painted (especially darker colors) took some patience, but I eventually got pretty good at it. For the second coat, we rented a down-draft high end booth to shoot, and the car came back looking like glass. For some reason can't get more photos to upload to imgur right now so I'll add the second half of the paint job later.

How cool is this, my painter used a paint gun designed by Pininfarina to shoot the car.

New CD-66 replicas cast aluminum 7x13 made in Germany with 205/60/13 Vrdestein classic tires



Restored the dashboard and center console from an 83. Came out really nice

Carpets and map pockets going in

Looks great - please keep posting as you make more progress!

Looks great - please keep posting as you make more progress!

Wow, great work! You have serious metal working skills, I like the subtle changes, the blue looks great! I wish I had your focus, i have been working on my car for 5 years!

That is a really nice color!

Really Nice Works, keep posting photos !

The restoration was completed in June 2019, marked by passing CA smog. Since then, little adjustments and refinements have occurred since but have really been enjoying driving the car. Here is some backlogged work I did from 2018, hope you enjoy.

Spring/ Summer 2018:
















320 grit silicon carbide flexhone

Nice! Did you do that yellow chromate yourself? Caswell kit?

Very Impressive, great attention to detail!!

None of my engines have ever looked that nice! I am so envious...

-Bryan

Images came out a little big this time

New clutch return spring




Later model pininfarina style dash and center console , air con vents are just for show




New SKF differential axle bearings


In full smog trim



Back from paint correction, full color sand and polish with ceramic coating

Amazing work, car looks beautiful.