73 H2A Candy Gold Body Set Restoration

[norm]

I acquired my gold 73 H2 in 2015 and and I got it on the road a year later but as expected, its been an ongoing project of repairs and improvements since then and it continues today . So, last fall I decided it was finally time to freshen up the body set and I asked Gran Sport if they would take it on. I was pleased when Keith agreed ... and I am even happier today after seeing some of the pictures of the progress. Looks great I think!! 

Below are a few pictures of the original parts (including a side cover we discovered that had been painted TWICE by the factory), the preparation work and the final results. Thanks again to Keith and Duane for their help on this project.

[reimair]

That looks so nice. See it had the factory 73 purple on the side cover. Hope to get my purple 73 professional done next year.

[norm]

Mar 5, 2020 20:16:40 GMT -5 reimair said:

That looks so nice. See it had the factory 73 purple on the side cover. Hope to get my purple 73 professional done next year.

Thanks. Yes, the side cover was originally painted Candy purple for 73 at the factory LOL! Good luck with your project. Dave

[acceleration]

Dave.Thanks again for giving us another body set to do.I really like the way your Candy Purple set turned out.Now I am equally happy with the Candy Gold.The pictures don't totally capture the pearl effect,and how the white and silver pearl base adds to the depth of the color.So many folks paint these body sets in the "single stage" duplicate color code, that you find on the Triple Resource site.And those generic single stage colors,do not have that candy pearl effect, and don't have the depth of the color.Applying the different base colors and the real pearl under the gold tint top coat, and clear, is the only way to get the real deal candy color the triples had.

[Johnny O]

Very nice,, love the candy gold ..

[norm]

Mar 29, 2020 9:15:26 GMT -5 Johnny O said:

Very nice,, love the candy gold ..

thanks johnny. I am really happy with the results. Only thing left is to add the side cover emblems which have been ordered.
Dave

[norm]

My H2A candy gold repainted body set finally arrived! There was not chance to pick it up before the COVID shutdown last spring. Thanks to Gran Sport for the awesome work and getting it to me last week.