really nice work!!!!
1966/'69 A100 Twins Build
- Thread starter Jim Kueneman
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It has been a much longer and harder road than I anticipated but I can see the end zone.
abdywgn
dismantler
no sitting on the roof at the drive-in watching movies!
I won't even let you in the bed when it is done... ;)
Roof and cab back glazed and 2k’ed ready for blocking and epoxy primer tomorrow. The weather is continuing to hold for me.
JDMopar
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Your 37 lb. turkey from SPI should probably arrive tomorrow.....just in time! 
And Round 2, ding-ding-ding. She is as flat as I’m going to make it (and that is pretty dang flat). Two coats of SPI epoxy primer and a wet sand with 320 is next. I’m hoping I don’t find anymore low spots on the roof. I’m tired of sanding.
mygasser
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that's got to be straighter and have better gaps than it had from the factory 
neil.
neil.
that's got to be straighter and have better gaps than it had from the factory
neil.
Since it had a hundred spot welds in the exterior panels from the factory that is a safe bet!
A couple little flaws were revealed, nothing a dab of glaze won’t solve. Wet blocking with 320 next. Straightest and most rust free A100 on the planet? Has to be close.
Almost done blocking with 320. Just the LH inner bed and a bit of the floor to do. Two heavy coats of epoxy primer and a wet sand to get any orange peel and crap out and it is ready for paint. It is straight as an arrow.
JDMopar
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You've been gitten it! Do you do all of your blocking on the epoxy, or do you use SPI 2K high build also?
There is some high build since this is so crooked.
JDMopar
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Well....there went your SPI Christmas ham with all the fixins! 
Got the 225 back from the machine shop. Time to slap on the Webers and install it. Some assembly may be required.
LMAO!!!
JDMopar
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Dang....where'd you get that huge *** quarter?
Jeff Seighman
aka jeffnmo
Gives a new meaning to light weight!
So this is where all the cuts, bruises, long days and frustration pay off. Shot the last two coats of Southern Polyurathane epoxy primer with my good gun very little texture to sand out with 400 and it’s ready for solid base. If it was going to be a metallic color, it would need to be 600. The next few days are going to be cool and stormy so I will get the interior sanded down and fixed up ready for final epoxy at a leasurly pace. I need the rest.
I have been trying to figure out how many coats of primer you have sprayed and I lost count weeks ago.
I have been trying to figure out how many coats of primer you have sprayed and I lost count weeks ago.
Me too! The penalty for doing it outside and in stages. After 4-5 days in the sun it is cured enough to not have a good chemical bond so you have to start fresh coat of epoxy. The beauty about this though it the epoxy is SUPER durable so it actually makes it even stronger and more durable. Remeber I have been doing it in sections too so yes I have sprayed epoxy on MANY days but in the same section there is:
Red Epoxy to lock down the metal for the first stage
Grey epoxy to do the filler work over
Filler Work and blocking
Black Epoxy so I know where to stop sanding
High Build 2k
Glaze work and more blocking
Grey Epoxy to seal the 2k and filler and more blocking
Final Blocking
Grey Epoxy for the final
there is probably one more coat of epoxy in there somewhere to restart the windows to apply filler/glaze/ something as well
Seems about typical for what I do
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I have been watching and enjoying this whole thread. Jim you are doing such a great job, I wish I had the skills you have. It’s been fun to watch, I can’t wait to see it done!
500 feet of seam sealer…. Will go over it with a few coats of epoxy tomorrow.
Can you come and caulk my bathroom tile? I always make a mess.
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