Lou's Paint and bodywork progress thread Options

[Lou W]

QUOTE (jsteele22 @ Apr 5 2006, 03:17 PM)

Lou, Great work so far! I was curious (I know this might sound naive..) did you do all the underbody work from under the car, without a rotisserie ? Sounds like one helluva job.

Yes, I did it the hard way, I sure wished I had a rotisserie.

Basically I stripped the parts off the car, lowered one side as close to the ground as I could and raised the other side as high as I could and used Castrol Purple Power to clean the underside and then used Aircraft Paint remover. Then I sanded the underside, welded where needed, primered and shot it with Body Shutz then cleared it.

I did the same thing with lowering the rear and raising the front, etc. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/smile.gif)

[RustyWa]

QUOTE (Lou W @ Apr 5 2006, 06:08 PM)

Then I sanded the underside, welded where needed, primered and shot it with Body Shutz then cleared it.

I probably missed this, but why apply clear coat to the undercoat?

Thanks

[jim_hoyland]

Lou,

Fantastic, this is very interesting; will you be bring the finished car over to Joe's for the (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/jsharp.gif) ?

Can't wait to see it; Joe says I need to check out the fender wells (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/burnout.gif) ..

Jim

[Eddie Williams]

QUOTE (RustyWa @ Apr 5 2006, 08:15 PM)

QUOTE (Lou W @ Apr 5 2006, 06:08 PM) Then I sanded the underside, welded where needed, primered and shot it with Body Shutz then cleared it. I probably missed this, but why apply clear coat to the undercoat? Thanks

Seals it and helps keep it clean.

[Lou W]

QUOTE (Lou W @ Dec 30 2005, 09:18 PM)

QUOTE Thomas J Bliznik Posted on Dec 17 2005, 08:30 PM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lou, Be sure to use Clear Satin. You don't want it shiny. The clear fills in the porous Body Schutz surface. That's why the dirt & grime wash off easy. It also keeps the dark color fresh a long time. Tom   Thanks Tom, This is what my paint supplier recomended, they said alot of the Hot Rod guys use this;

Tom suggested it, he's says that some of the cw do it to keep it looking good, not that I'm gonna be a cw too, it's just a good idea. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/smile.gif)

[RustyWa]

Oh yea...I remember reading that now.

Thanks. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif)

[bernbomb914]

Lou that is toooo muchhhhh Very Nice,

Bernie

[Lou W]

Okay, I [i]finally got all the sanding done, here is apicture of the gas tank area;

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Another angle;

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Here is the rear trunk;

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And here is the engine compartment, this was a pain in the ask to work in;

[Lou W]

Better pictures here;

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Another;

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Again;

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Yet another, these turned out better than the last pictures;

[Lou W]

As I mentioned earlier, the undercoating is a little shinnier than what I wanted, but, I think it will work, if I did it again, I would have gone with one coat like what was originally suggested.

Now, I'll remask the car and shoot the sealer. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

[Lou W]

I got some more of the bolts, washers and nuts, along with other parts back from getting plated. I'm real happy with the way that they turned out. Some of the bolts were not in too good of shape when I sent them out, so those will have to be replaced. I'll probably have one more batch to go, then that will be it, Thank you Bruce (bdstone914) they sure look great. Here are some of the pictures:

[Lou W]

I decided to weld the Camp914 rear shox bracket instead of using the screws and nuts that were supplied, I'm glad I did this before I start painting.

[Lou W]

I finished some fiberglass repairs, then I sanded, primered and sprayed the rocker panels with 3M Rocker Gard;

[Lou W]

All the block sanding is done so now I'm masking the car once again so I can shoot the Sealer;