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Old 07-20-2008, 09:25 PM   #57 (permalink)
gearheads78
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Location: Dallas TX
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Originally Posted by southcarolina803 View Post
hey gear head, your doin a great job i havent been on for like 2 days but i cant stop readin thru this and seeing the detail of what it takes to restore a classic car......im so damn interested, so one day when u just dont have any thing to do and your at "crusin the coast" ,stop by, and lets do my car....seriously lol.. btw, the brake job behind those rims are sweet
Thanks alot. I will need more than a weekend to do you car. You need to set asidea least a week

Its hard to find a place to stop LOL

I was originally going to just do a quick wash and rattle can the firewall. Since I no longer have a target date I took it a little farther. The rest of the engine compartment will look so clean and detailed so I have to make this pretty too.
Used a heat gun and a wood paint stick to get the old undercoating and black body sealer off. The paint stick works good and does not gouge the metal. I left all the original white seam sealer.
I used a DA with 120 everywhere I could and finished by hand in all the nooks and crannies. I then shot it with 2K direct to metal primer. I have some Eastwood chassis black but its laquer and I was afraid if might attack the primer. I will try to find some paint this week.






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