07-05-2008, 02:16 PM
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| Re: Check this out
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Originally Posted by bears9  
That might be the coolest looking car I've ever seen, Junior will be driving that at the July Daytona. | I will say it looks better on TV than it does in pictures.
And I'm pretty impressed that it's all hand painted, as opposed to wrapped. It took them two days to finish it... Quote:
Donnie Floyd (head of HMS graphics), who grew up in Charlotte, N.C., headed up the project in Hendrick Motorsports' Nos. 5/88 team shop. Scott Nicholls, of Redding, Calif., and Ronnie Sipka, of Coventry, R.I., painted the body of the car and assisted Floyd with the decals. Corey Souliere, a native of Biddeford, Maine, painted the hood and roof flaps.
Nicholls and Sipka started the project by priming the car. Then they applied the beige color, let it dry and applied a stencil. Similar to a wrap, the stencil had to be laid all the way around the car. The car was painted a light green color, while the stencil covered spots that would remain beige. The process was done one more time with a dark green. The next morning, the group cranked up the rock ‘n' roll and had a "peeling party" while removing all the stencils from the car.
The finished product was a beautifully camouflaged, painted car. Floyd, Nicholls and Sipka placed each decal on the No. 88 Chevrolet. Everything, from the National Guard emblem to the No. 88, was laid by hand. Finally, a clear coat was added.
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