72 Scamp 440 Build
After the quarter was installed and a lot of work trying to remove multiple layers of old paint I finally decided to just have the car sandblasted, this was done with Dustless Blasting and it came out very nice for only $800. The most annoying part I the amount of sand in every nook and cranny you could think of and it all needed to be removed fast so it could be primed before it flash rusted. I must have removed about 10lbs of blasting media from the car and even to this day there is still some coming out of small areas but it was all worth it to have a solid starting point for the body and paint
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After the car was premiered I started on the passenger quarter as it was the second most damaged panel, This process took much longer than expected as I had never worked filler on this large of a panel before. The damage had already been brought out as much as I could have done but the body line had to be recreated, this was a learning experience with a lot of trial and errors, I finally got it down and now I think it looks very good and straight. The lifesaver during this was getting a straight line air sander, best $100 you can spend if it was not for that the sanding would have taken months to do.
The area that needed work
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High Build Primer and sanding still needs to be done but here it is after just the filler work
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Now, the post is up to date the last thing finished was the passenger door, now onto the fender then to the other side.
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Nice to here your making good progress. A lot of time and energy goes into bringing these treasures back to life. Good luck! Steve
