Looking for advice. Want to build a Duster to run on a budget.

Kemper said
I honestly don't know so I'm asking you if you are planning on painting that car all one color. Is that the finished product ?

Why does it matter?

It’s got enough paint on it not to rust. That’s all it needs.

barbee6043 said
A guy once asked me if I could not afford to make my Dart one color, in a snobbish tone. I simply said, I decided to replace the bent up wrecked fender and the rusted out trunk lid, yea they did not match the rest of the car, but I first priority was to spending more time and $ on it was to make it safe and put on the road, where it was intended. He just gave me this ***** look. Screw him! :BangHead:

Right?

I don’t feel like pulling my car off the road for months to do proper bodywork and paint. And I have too many projects working at thr moment to put that time and effort into it right now.

Meantime, it’s not rusting and I don’t drive my car to impress people, so I don’t care. It drives just fine the way it is and it’s not hurting anything. Well, maybe some purists fragile sensibilities.

barbee6043 said
An "unpainted" classic indicates to me a guy that is;
1. A person that in not lazy, he has a dream, a visi :thumbsup: :steering:on, and is actively persuing it as time and $ allow.
2. A person that is not ashamed of his ride and the fact that just maybe , wring a big check to have the work done, is not feasible.
3. Some people look at such and see the beauty of the art of that classic. It still offers the looker the art even though not shiny perfect paint that cost ********!

Exactly. Or someone that doesn’t need a fancy paint job because they’re not trying to impress anyone else.

HankRearden said
I cover my welds with short strand fiberglass. What do you suggest?

Why?

Welds on what?

Welds don’t need to be covered with anything different than any other metal. It they’re structural just paint them, if it’s bodywork grind them smooth and paint them.