Only had 1 can of trunk paint figured I'd get a light coat on before the topcoat window closed and I would have to sand it down.
Unfortunately, it appears it's no longer available from Eastwood.
Got a kit coming from Thorton to finish it.

 

Started the block sanding.

 

another round of blocking. I may hold off on pics for a while how many pics of blocking can anyone take.

 

Your still making great progress on this.

will you work thru the cold weather months?

maybe paint in the spring.

here in mass weve been seeing nightime temps in the mid 30s w several predictions for snow showers in the coming days.

 

I have a nice HD75 propane heater, so with luck I will be blocking and moving on to the fenders hood and trunk and have everything ready for painting in the spring.
Hope to have the engine back from dyno in the next couple of weeks.
The plan is to put the engine and tranny in, put the radiator support in and start fitting the hood, doors, and fenders. (Hopefully by Christmas)

Thanks for viewing.

 

The paint from thoron came in, I think I overdid the aqua. You really need to spray at a great distance like 3ft to get small dots.




dusted a little more gray

 

I was lucky enough to have a 50 yr veteran body man over to give some tips on the bodywork. ( This is sh....t I think was his first comment). Jeez ... Tell me how you really feel.
Hopefully, he set us on the right track.
It's nice to have a straight shooter that knows what he's doing.

 

more mud and sanding, then primer

 

Worked on the other quarter and trunk lid.



corner needs a little tlc

 

Got the quarters pretty close to where they need to be.
Stripped the hood and added some filler to the trunk lid.













Little tweaking required

 

It's looking really good, great work! I noticed your bead blaster, who makes that?

Steve

 

You are learning so much, not to mention this manual work should help keep your body in shape.

Did not know spray booth bounce house is a thing. Pretty cool. I used to hang tarps under carports, or even worse, just paint completely exposed outside and hope for the best.

Almost time to reassemble to frame. That will be cause for a celebratory beer or two.

 

Steve Thanks for the kind words.
USA made barrel blaster https://www.barrelblaster.com/

 

Hoping to put the engine and tranny in before mating the frame to the body. With luck that will be in the next month or so.

 

Got the trunk brace in and the trunk lid close to being lined up.
I was very concerned that I wouldn't be able to get the brace and catch lined up properly but it wasn't as bad I thought.
Needs a little cleanup but it's now functional.
The post on the rotisserie blocked access to the trunk keyhole so I made a tool to unlock it through the back seat.
















Special tool to unlock trunk from back seat

 

Looks good. Tim. You have the "stick to it 'till done" mentality, it's so hard to maintain but you have . Great job!

 

Thanks Greg.

Not done yet. I hope to continue "the stick to it" be nice to have it on the road for the summer.

 

Cleaned up the welds and got the catch support painted,
Added a couple shims to the trunk lid per tnswt suggestion and it made a big difference.

 

That looks much better, and better price for shims than the 2 for $29 you had posted.

i just noticed you have the antennae hole on the rear fender, did you add that or was it like that?

 

Yup 10 bucks for 144.
The hole was there, covered with Bondo if I remember correctly.
Thinking of putting a power antenna there. Any suggestions on a compatible power antenna?

 

A little wet sanding and I think this quarter is dam close.

 

Taking a little break from bodywork and trying to get the chassis ready.
Had to make a bracket and modify the brake lines to accommodate the rear discs.

 

Trying to clean up a few loose ends and get more in primer.











A little more clean up on the wheel arch and the quarters should be good to go.

 

Progress is progress. Good for you.

Did you figure out if that is a factory power antenna location?

 

No idea if its factory location sure looks like it.
Did not see it on the build sheet, and it does have the windshield antenna connector.

 

Looking good, you have had quite the journey!

Steve

 

Stripped the fenders that I picked up, one was in very good shape.
The other not so much. paid top dollar for a pair of fenders with "No bondo"
Check your purchases carefully.

 

Had better luck with a pair of doors that I found on CL.
Picked up my th400 on the way to get the doors.
Got one fender and the hood primed.

 

The door patches ended up being more of a challenge than I thought.
One area I tried patching was so bad I cut it out and started again. (Remembered a trick from this video )
The second patch came out pretty good but attaching it was tricky.


Ugly patch kept burning through trying to attach to various old thin rusted areas

Start of patch tacked in

attaching each a few layers

detach patch

weld inside and out

much better than the disaster I cut out from the first attempt


tacked back in to cut and add a top section

 

Good tip, rev 2 looks much better than 1.0

 

it's a complex corner to do, a lot of surfaces, Looks good,

Steve

 

Thanks for sharing, I have to do these corners on my doors and this was what I was thinking of doing. Good to see the process worked well.

 

The other door was in better shape.
Small patch on the corner and on the front.

 

Man you have been on a tear!! Great work spent the evening getting all caught up on this build , great work !! Thanks for sharing

 

Thanks for the kind words, it's nice to see you back.
Trying to spend at least an hr or two a day to keep things moving.
Unfortunately not much done this weekend (besides dealing with the foot of snow)

 

Lol yeah it was a good storm we got about the same


I did manage to spend some time sorting stuff , looking forward to your progress

 

Got some mud on the doors, and got them primed.
A little more tlc and they should be good to go.

 

Painted the dash, firewall, and underside of the deck lid.
got a few runs to deal with

 

I may have missed it in the past but what color are you going to paint it?
Steve

 

Looking good man real good