Rocker's 1973 Duster "Clara"
So part of the agreement with the garage my car is being kept in was that they needed to garage for the month of September. So I had the car towed where I could store it until the garage was freed up once more. No problem, as this gave me a break to focus more on home, and getting things done for the wife to keep her happy lol. Well by the time I could get the car towed back to the garage, it was the end of October! I had lost out on two freaking months. To get back into “Car mode” I proceeded to work on a few smaller items. I figured completing a few of the small things would give me that “instant-gratification” feeling of accomplishing something. Only problem is each of my smaller projects are on hold waiting for plating, paint, or additional parts. The holiday season has prevented me from purchasing too much for the car.
I started with the accelerator pedal assembly. I was going to paint it black until I inspected the whole piece only to find it looked dark gray, as if it were originally phosphate coated. I disassembled and blasted the parts carefully, then used the Eastwood Zinc phosphate paint and was happy with the results.
Before.
After paint.
Re-coated the top of the throttle cable groove with rubberized paint.
I am still waiting on purchasing the correct V8 throttle cable, and foam gasket, then I can call this done!
While I had the phosphate paint, I went ahead and also blasted/painted most of my hood latch hardware. I don't have a before shot, but like everything else, they were either Orange, or spray bombed flat black.
More to come tomorrow...
So part of the agreement with the garage my car is being kept in was that they needed to garage for the month of September. So I had the car towed where I could store it until the garage was freed up once more. No problem, as this gave me a break to focus more on home, and getting things done for the wife to keep her happy lol. Well by the time I could get the car towed back to the garage, it was the end of October! I had lost out on two freaking months. To get back into “Car mode” I proceeded to work on a few smaller items. I figured completing a few of the small things would give me that “instant-gratification” feeling of accomplishing something. Only problem is each of my smaller projects are on hold waiting for plating, paint, or additional parts. The holiday season has prevented me from purchasing too much for the car.
I started with the accelerator pedal assembly. I was going to paint it black until I inspected the whole piece only to find it looked dark gray, as if it were originally phosphate coated. I disassembled and blasted the parts carefully, then used the Eastwood Zinc phosphate paint and was happy with the results.
Before.
After paint.
Re-coated the top of the throttle cable groove with rubberized paint.
I am still waiting on purchasing the correct V8 throttle cable, and foam gasket, then I can call this done!
While I had the phosphate paint, I went ahead and also blasted/painted most of my hood latch hardware. I don't have a before shot, but like everything else, they were either Orange, or spray bombed flat black.
More to come tomorrow...
