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[Frenchi934]

Since last update:

 

Picked up a few trim pieces and front speakers from the pull apart as well as continued sanding on the car. Fixed door dings and it is ready from primer except for the door jams and the roof needs a little attention

-- shooting for primer next weekend

 

pictures of the process.

 

http://img707.imageshack.us/img707/8000/sdc10907w.jpg

 

http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/861/sdc10908n.jpg

 

http://img94.imageshack.us/img94/1278/sdc10905a.jpg

 

http://img190.imageshack.us/img190/1008/sdc10906j.jpg

 

http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/728/sdc10910c.jpg

 

http://img822.imageshack.us/img822/954/sdc10911.jpg

 

http://img835.imageshack.us/img835/7941/sdc10912.jpg

 

http://img718.imageshack.us/img718/8539/sdc10913i.jpg

 

http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/7568/sdc10914u.jpg

[Fanta]

woot!

[awdaniel]

Well French, it looks like you are definately bringing my old baby back to life. Good luck with the rebuild project. I'm glad it went to a good home. I would like to visit once you are complete. You have my home email so let me know. Edited September 25, 2010 by awdaniel

[Frenchi934]

Will do Mr. Daniel

 

here is what I did yesterday and today,

tomorrow morning I'm priming it and blocking it tomorrow afternoon

shell should be painted soon

 

Doorless:

 

http://img844.imageshack.us/img844/6638/sdc10915d.jpg

 

Makeshift Paint booth:

 

http://img821.imageshack.us/img821/6879/sdc10916.jpg

 

Had to take it for a spin haha:

 

http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/5300/sdc10917d.jpg

 

As she sits:

 

http://img822.imageshack.us/img822/3310/sdc10927k.jpg

 

http://img37.imageshack.us/img37/889/sdc10928c.jpg

Edited September 26, 2010 by Frenchi934

[Ono]

Wow...must be nice to have the resources and time to do that. It's gonna be killer when your done. Congrats on a great job so far.

[Technology]

Get a job! Darn young whippersnappers and their 3 month restorations! Excellent work, but...

 

 

 

 

Get off my lawn!

[Komeuppance]

Get a job! Darn young whippersnappers and their 3 month restorations! Excellent work, but...

 

 

 

 

Get off my lawn!

 

Yeah turn that music down too!!

 

http://a.imageshack.us/img291/8329/sdc10806t.jpg

 

Your new exhaust looks slightly smaller than the old one broski...

 

-Robert

[Minagera]

2.5" or bigger. MUST!

[Frenchi934]

got a good deal on that cat converter, its just for passing emissions.

 

I plan on buying some mandrel bent pipes and making my own when I have the body work done

[Convette]

dang man good work. But, its your car really that dented? I'm worried that you mihgt need to use a stiffer block while you sanding. You shouldn't see so many "bare metal break though the paint" spots. Take you time when your sanding the primer. Good paint is 90% prep work.

[theRobot]

dang man good work. But, its your car really that dented? I'm worried that you mihgt need to use a stiffer block while you sanding. You shouldn't see so many "bare metal break though the paint" spots. Take you time when your sanding the primer. Good paint is 90% prep work.

 

I guess he was basing the work he's done off of class experience. Which in a way is perfectly fine. He can pretty much guarantee that he'll have very little extraneous material on the car.

 

Frenchi; My suggestion though, and this will take a while, but the car will be straight.

 

Get a good high build epoxy primer, and spray the car down.

Sand the car down just like you did with your straightline sander and random orbital, but use a smaller grade paper, like a 180 grit.

As soon as you break through the primer to some metal, STOP, and move away from the metal surface. because it's becoming your high spot. Proceed around the rest of the car until you sanded everything and have only a few faint areas of metal showing.

If you can tell low spots by looking, you'll need to do this a few more times. Re-prime the car with the epoxy, and repeat.

 

Your last coat of primer can be sanded by hand with 320, and then 400 wet. The water will help confirm that the car is flat. You can hose a panel and wait for the water to sheet off, after it does, you can see the trueness of the panel.

 

Afterwards a non-sanding sealer primer on the car will make the car one complete color to accept the paint. (The Fiji, bright blue metallic, will show bright and dark spots very easily, they're also tricky to spray.)

Edited September 26, 2010 by theRobot

[Frenchi934]

I guess he was basing the work he's done off of class experience. Which in a way is perfectly fine. He can pretty much guarantee that he'll have very little extraneous material on the car.

 

Frenchi; My suggestion though, and this will take a while, but the car will be straight.

 

Get a good high build epoxy primer, and spray the car down.

Sand the car down just like you did with your straightline sander and random orbital, but use a smaller grade paper, like a 180 grit.

As soon as you break through the primer to some metal, STOP, and move away from the metal surface. because it's becoming your high spot. Proceed around the rest of the car until you sanded everything and have only a few faint areas of metal showing.

If you can tell low spots by looking, you'll need to do this a few more times. Re-prime the car with the epoxy, and repeat.

 

Your last coat of primer can be sanded by hand with 320, and then 400 wet. The water will help confirm that the car is flat. You can hose a panel and wait for the water to sheet off, after it does, you can see the trueness of the panel.

 

Afterwards a non-sanding sealer primer on the car will make the car one complete color to accept the paint. (The Fiji, bright blue metallic, will show bright and dark spots very easily, they're also tricky to spray.)

 

It wasnt really that dented dad and I just got a little carried away on sanding

I took my time sanding it with a hand sanding block all last weekend when I did the body filler and It feels very ripple free. I also sprayed the sandable primer on pretty thick (multiple light to medium coats). Im going to block sand the car very carefully with 320 and 400 that I already have and if I do happen to burn through the primer Ill just respray some primer. Yes I have primer sealer as well that goes on before the base so uniformity of color shouldn't be an issue.

 

The pictures tend to make it look much worse than it actually is, just like they did after I painted the engine bay (color looks extremely un-uniform but in real life it looks just fine. I believe some of that might be attributed to the way the lighting in the garage is and wierd things the flash on the camera did).

[Frenchi934]

First update in a while

but I got quite a bit done this weekend (with big hopes for next weekend)

 

the doors:

 

http://img63.imageshack.us/img63/228/sdc10948q.jpg

 

Taped off the shell and primered it:

 

http://img299.imageshack.us/img299/2882/sdc10939c.jpg

 

http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/1649/sdc10941.jpg

 

http://img692.imageshack.us/img692/8956/sdc10962c.jpg

 

Then last weekend I prepped the doors and door jams and painted them:

 

http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/8246/sdc10953h.jpg

 

http://img580.imageshack.us/img580/7402/sdc10954m.jpg

 

Mom caught me off guard:

 

http://img177.imageshack.us/img177/2227/sdc10964w.jpg

 

http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/898/sdc10968rn.jpg

 

http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/1039/sdc10973i.jpg

 

http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/3962/sdc10974c.jpg

 

http://img823.imageshack.us/img823/1259/sdc10978u.jpg

 

Sorry for poor quality, it was still cloudy from the clear coat:

 

http://img821.imageshack.us/img821/6913/sdc10977k.jpg

 

http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/407/sdc10975.jpg

 

Hope to re-attach doors and fenders next weekend and spray the whole thing. Sounds like a lot, I know but I have 4 days off

Edited October 11, 2010 by Frenchi934

[JustPaus_88TSi]

You're doing a fantastic job!

[ScooterDude92]

First update in a while

Mom caught me off guard:

 

http://img177.imageshack.us/img177/2227/sdc10964w.jpg

 

you kinda look like the guy off of american pie actually in this pic you could mistake you for him

[Turborusty]

Is the engine apint kind of "Tiger-Stripey" or is it just the light?

 

 

Great work on the car. Thank God you saved it from that awful color.

 

 

Turborusty

[Frenchi934]

had a four day weekend this weekend and used every hour of it on my car (unfortunately missing out on a track day with my friends in the process)

 

heres what i got done:

 

Hung the doors on freshly painted hinges (notice the bolts haha) theyre a little dusty in the first picture

 

http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/3934/sdc10979.jpg

 

http://img819.imageshack.us/img819/7832/sdc10980q.jpg

 

Then installed fenders and a hood (after removing the burgandy paint from them)to get them straight enough to primer

before you ask, yes the hood was that dented :/ also there was no red paint under the burgandy on the hood

 

http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/3748/sdc10982p.jpg

 

painted the back sides of the skirts for rust prevention as well as the insides of the front fenders

 

http://img811.imageshack.us/img811/8013/sdc10983.jpg

 

then set up the paint booth and primered/ painted the hard to reach areas (in window area on doors so you cant see red when you look down in the door, back / tops / bottoms of fenders, beneath door handle, etc)

 

http://img259.imageshack.us/img259/2400/sdc10984.jpg

 

http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/2541/sdc10985c.jpg

 

http://img191.imageshack.us/img191/7780/sdc10986l.jpg

 

http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/1054/sdc10988.jpg

 

http://img413.imageshack.us/img413/1990/sdc10989g.jpg

 

http://img638.imageshack.us/img638/9157/sdc10990.jpg

 

Next is to re-install the doors, hood and fenders and block sand the whole car

Once everything is straight and true, I'll spray the outside of the car as a whole to ensure uniformity

 

Thanks for reading, comments appreciated

Edited October 20, 2010 by Frenchi934

[Frenchi934]

Is the engine apint kind of "Tiger-Stripey" or is it just the light?

 

 

Great work on the car. Thank God you saved it from that awful color.

 

 

Turborusty

 

mostly just the light, however it isnt as even as I'd like between the cowl and the hood so I'm going to repaint it when I spray the outside of the car

[Frenchi934]

went out this morning and untaped things before I had to come back to school

 

Also went ahead and re-installed the hood and doors =]

 

fenders will have to wait because the mounting surfaces were all painted last night

 

heres a quick picture:

 

http://img824.imageshack.us/img824/4175/sdc10991m.jpg

[Frenchi934]

block sanded and re-primered the car

ready for the second (most likely final) block sanding and then paint next weekend

 

http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/3667/sdc10995b.jpg

 

http://img294.imageshack.us/img294/2003/sdc10996o.jpg

 

http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/7397/sdc10997r.jpg

 

http://img713.imageshack.us/img713/4820/sdc10998s.jpg

 

http://img808.imageshack.us/img808/5161/sdc10999y.jpg

[Boosted77.]

Nice job. Of course you know I like that color. I just noticed you were from Atlanta. Me too. Belated welcome. Keep us posted.

[Frenchi934]

Paint

 

Got a new (much better) mask

 

http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/7853/sdc11014w.jpg

 

Taped off for paint:

 

http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/9696/sdc11003.jpg

 

http://img823.imageshack.us/img823/3627/sdc11004o.jpg

 

Paint, right after I untaped the car and backed it out to clean out the garage. It looks a little peely but I havent wetsanded at all here.

 

http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/6734/sdc11005e.jpg

 

http://img530.imageshack.us/img530/6026/sdc11006.jpg

 

http://img521.imageshack.us/img521/4683/sdc11008h.jpg

[dmyers151]

Awesome.

[UlrichWolf]

Frenchi, I have been watching, and I have to say, I am impressed!

 

Keep it up!

 

Tim

[Frenchi934]

Thanks for the comments guys! Its so hard to stay motivated on these restoration projects and the comments definately help.