rod is going to paint my bronco !!!!!!!

Richard · Post by **Richard** » Sat Mar 06, 2010 10:34 pm

Competition Orange!

Joey · Post by **Joey** » Sun Mar 07, 2010 12:21 am

Lake Placid Blue with Ice Blue Compstripes

Zack · Post by **Zack** » Sun Mar 07, 2010 1:38 am

inverness green!

chisa · Post by **chisa** » Sun Mar 07, 2010 1:42 am

mars purple!

rlm2112 · Post by **rlm2112** » Sun Mar 07, 2010 4:51 am

I think the color's been decided, dogs.

robroe · Post by **robroe** » Sun Mar 07, 2010 7:11 pm

I did the filling work with D.A.P
when i purchased the guitar it had a tele pickup in the neck, the pickguard was trash and i think the dude routed it with a fucking electric turkey carver.

rodvonbon · Post by **rodvonbon** » Tue Mar 23, 2010 1:43 pm

It's been a while and I've pm'd Rob, but just wanted to give the board a quick update. I'm waiting for the weather to clear up a bit before I start. After Pat's guitar, my girl will not let me do any sanding in the house, so I've got to wait for it to get nicer outside. It was clearing up last week then we got snow over the weekend. Once I get started I'll post pictures.

rodvonbon · Post by **rodvonbon** » Mon Apr 26, 2010 9:01 pm

Ok, I finally had some time to start this and it was nice out today.
This is the early stages of the prep work, sanding and filling. Under the pickguard was pretty bad and Rob said he didn't care what it looked like, but even though only he and I would be the only ones to ever see it, I couldn't let it go without trying to clean it up.
The first step was to smooth the entire body out the best I could to get an idea about how much work was going to go into it. For the most part the body is in good shape and I was able to sand out most of the dings, but some are so shallow they won't take wood filler. I've got it to a point where I could put the first layer of wood filler in the routes and will have to wait for it to dry, then a second and probably third or fourth coat. I didn't take pictures of the filler, but will before and after the primer goes on. I'm off work tomorrow, so I'm thinking I might get it close to primer time.

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hotrodperlmutter · Post by **hotrodperlmutter** » Mon Apr 26, 2010 9:29 pm

lookin' good.

Haze · Post by **Haze** » Mon Apr 26, 2010 11:31 pm

Looking good indeed. Pretty cool to see the gutted body filled up again

robroe · Post by **robroe** » Tue Apr 27, 2010 3:25 am

Haze wrote:Looking good indeed. Pretty cool to see the gutted body filled up again

thats because i filled it in like 4 years ago. right after i bought it. im sure all those photos got lost with the memory wipe of 08 though. piss.

this guitar has totally lived a hard life dudes. it might be the only bronco on earth with a contour. haha

rod, i didn't notice this thread until AFTER the sabres just lost the last playoff game of the year, so its totally cheered me up. i actually was so mad tonight that i went out fishing in the dark alone.

robroe · Post by **robroe** » Tue Apr 27, 2010 3:27 am

all this extra work is bonus warp zone points. i would have been totally happy if he just painted puke yellow green over the white paint

robroe · Post by **robroe** » Tue Apr 27, 2010 3:42 am

photos look like you are refinishing it at wilson skatepark

rodvonbon · Post by **rodvonbon** » Tue Apr 27, 2010 5:12 am

Haze - These pictures are before I even added any filler. I was just sanding down the rough stuff that was there. I've skim coated, sanded and skim coated again after I took the pics and it looks like one more pass over it and it will be good.

Rob - I was going to just respray it, but once I started sanding I figured I'd fix as much as I could. It is by no means getting a full restoration and there will still be some bumps and dings that won't take wood filler, but it will be way better than it was.

More Cowbell · Post by **More Cowbell** » Mon May 03, 2010 7:48 pm

robroe wrote:does cowbell still own that thing?

SOLD'D.

robroe · Post by **robroe** » Mon May 03, 2010 8:23 pm

shit i forgot!!

any updates on the puke green ?

Berto · Post by **Berto** » Tue May 04, 2010 2:28 am

the paint the bronco had on originally looks like it was a custom color job

rodvonbon · Post by **rodvonbon** » Wed May 05, 2010 12:29 pm

robroe wrote:any updates on the puke green ?

Not yet. Work has been crazy lately and I've had to put in some long days. Last weekend I went to get some primer and realized I can't buy any kind of spray paint in the city of Chicago, not even primer. I picked up a can during lunch on Monday and am off this weekend, so I'm hoping to make some serious progress then.

robroe · Post by **robroe** » Wed May 05, 2010 12:53 pm

did the national guard come in and buy all the spray paint ?

Leisureclub · Post by **Leisureclub** » Wed May 05, 2010 5:48 pm

No, you're just not allowed to buy spraypaint in the city proper. I think it has to do with gang stuff rather than huffing though. Huffing is why you have to be 18+ to buy it here.