Project Olds

[Gs dewd]

I just bought a 80' Olds Cutlass supreme about 2 weeks ago. The car is in pretty good condition for the year. It was sitting for over 3 yrs. in a field at a tow yard. I tried to start it and after pumping the hell put of it it started and ran decent. I Towed it back to my garage and changed the oil and did a complete mechanical inspection on it and everything looks good. Last week I started on the body work to get it ready for paint. It had some seriuos rust in one spot on the passengers side under the trim for vinyl top. I cut out all the rust and welded in new metal and primed the area. The rest of the car is rust free. The roof and trunk have some small dents from what looks like the car was in a hale storm which I will be taking care of next week. The car should be in full primer by next weekend and ready for final block sanding and paint. I will post pics of my progress with the car and keep everyone up to date. More on the car. It has a 260 v8 and a th350 trans. I am plannung on building a 383 Chev sb and chevy 350 turbo trans for the car. The interior is white and light brown ( buckets/ console floor shifter). The exterior is a pale yellow with white vinyl top. Yes the car is going to recieve a very due color change. I have not yet decided totally on what color I am going to go with. Thoughts? I am thinking either a Medium blue with a slighty darker blue vinyl top (it has what I guess is considered the Landau top or 1/4 top) Or maybe a paint scheme I used on one of my other cars I had which was Met. Bugandy main paint with black and silver stripes that wraped the trunk and went down the side with a grey vinyl 1/4 top. Here is a pic of the second choice the Dodge Aspen I had in high school. And Yes I painted it myself.



What do you guys think for the paint? I need opinions.
The car is going to be a street / strip car. I am planning on it running it the low 12's to high 11's in the 1/4. 500 hp ought to put me there with room to spare. Haulin-ss I may need some of your expertise on the g-body cars when it comes time for the engine swap. I know it is pretty straight forward but I may need some info on what motor mounts and acc. brackets I need to pull this off. Will Keep you all posted on this.