challengergary
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Not even going to try and spray any primer in this heat...
Project Hole In The Head - 1970 Duster 340 Resto-Mod
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challengergary
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More block sanding today. Getting closer. Will probably finish this round of blocking tomorrow and then shoot another coat of primer. So far, only found two or three spots that need any filler/glazing putty. I forgot how tiring this crap is on your arms and shoulders. Getting old sucks.
Looking good!
challengergary
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More blocking this afternoon. Also dropped the gas tank strap bracket into the trunk and welded it in place. Too hot to keep going though. Going to pick it up tomorrow.
challengergary
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Cleaned up the shop a little yesterday and then removed all of the parts from inside the car to start on the floors. Floors are not bad at all. Only a few small rust holes and a little bit of scaling. Floors are still really strong so applied some ospho and let her sit over night.
challengergary
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Moving right along. Cut out the rust. Welded in some new metal. Filled and seam sealed. Sanded the entire floor down with 80 grit to remove and scale etc. Getting ready to shoot some primer after I feed my face a little.
challengergary
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Can you tell my wife is out of town? LOL
Going to head home for a few hours while the primer dries. Then come back for a bit to thrash some more
Going to head home for a few hours while the primer dries. Then come back for a bit to thrash some more
340sFastback
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Great progress
challengergary
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Laid down some color this afternoon. The floorboards are tintable urethane spray-on bedliner. Trunk floor single stage urethane. Hoping to have it more or less ready to shoot by next weekend.
Going to pull the fenders off next to line up the doors better and then maybe shoot the engine compartment while the fenders are off. We'll see how crazy I go once the fenders are off. Not sure if I am going to shoot the inner fenders and outer frame rails or not. Probably will...
Going to pull the fenders off next to line up the doors better and then maybe shoot the engine compartment while the fenders are off. We'll see how crazy I go once the fenders are off. Not sure if I am going to shoot the inner fenders and outer frame rails or not. Probably will...
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challengergary
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Did a little body work on the inner fenders and shot the underside of hood and inner fenders with primer.
challengergary
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Shot the underside of the hood a few minutes ago. Loving the color!
mygasser
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you may know already but a tip for when masking an engine bay is use kitchen aluminum foil for masking pipes, wires, cables etc. basically awkward stuff. you can scrunch it tightly round stuff and if you've ever had to unmask parts like that before you'll know what a pain it can be if it's all done with tape. even things like a wiper motor, steering box or servo/master cylinder, getting paper to wrap tightly so you get maximum paint coverage around them is fiddly so foil is good there too.
neil.
neil.
challengergary
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Yes, I have done that numerous times. I am actually going to drop the k-member and remove the suspension next. So there will be nothing in the way to worry about when I shoot it.. Planning on doing that and then really cleaning the inner fenders and frame rails next.
challengergary
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Removing 55+ year old undercoating - yuck.
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340sFastback
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I used Goo Gone Automotive to soften up and loosen my factory under coating. Had to spray on and let sit, repeat.
mygasser
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those pics don't work.... for me at least?
neil.
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Same here. I’ve uploaded some in a thread. Saw them. Then they disappeared.
challengergary
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Yeah. There is something funky going on with the site.
340sFastback
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Yeah pics aint working for me either.
mygasser
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agreed, the 'like', 'thanks' and 'agree' icons are grey now not colour. also the row of 'icons' at the top left of the 'reply' box are really faint now. weird.
neil.
challengergary
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Let's see if they work now
challengergary
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Passenger side
challengergary
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Shot some primer this morning. Now I can see what still needs to be cleaned/done. Next step is dropping the k-member and suspension to get the nooks and crannies better.
challengergary
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Dropped the K-member the other day. I plan on cleaning up the rest of the doghouse area over the next couple of days and hopefully shoot some color in the engine compartment and inner fenders over the weekend. Might also redo some of the welding on inner fender bracing.
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