hi all
it's been a while but here are some more progress pics on Baby.
My paint guy finally got the car finished being stripped and sanded - except for the door jambs and doors themselves which he will get to next week.
He has gotten a lot of the body fiberglass done and I dropped off a number of trim pieses for him today so he can fit those on and finish up the fiberglass work. Certain trim pieces like the windsheild and rear window trim mouldings weren't previously fitting just perfect and flush like they should have been because of prior work on the body that had been done poorly in the past and areas were sanded down too low and in some places down to almost nothing so he has to build these areas back up.
He also found more "interesting" history on the car. As he was sanding down he discovered almost a full 1/8" of Bondo covering almost the entire front quarter panels on both sides. under the bondo was other fiberglass repairs. turns out the car had had flairs put on it at some point and than later on removed. In the pics you can see the lines where the flairs had been cut in and glassed up. You can't see this on either of the rear quarter panels as both of those had been replaced.
He is going to spend the next two weeks finishing up on the fiberglassing and glueing to strenghen up the bonding lines and than sealing the car.
by the beginning of Feb he will be ready to prime it and get it into color!
We are staying with the original color of Milano Maroon but using BC/CC instead of the lacquer that was on her. His plan is 4 coats of color, wet sanding, 2 more coats of color, more wet sanding, than 2 coats of clear.
We are on track for a completetion date of March 1st.
side view
front
front left quarter - you can see where the old fender flair had been cut in
Front right quarter - again you can see where the fender flair had been plus other weaker areas he has been repairing with fiberglass
left rear quarter
it's been a while but here are some more progress pics on Baby.
My paint guy finally got the car finished being stripped and sanded - except for the door jambs and doors themselves which he will get to next week.
He has gotten a lot of the body fiberglass done and I dropped off a number of trim pieses for him today so he can fit those on and finish up the fiberglass work. Certain trim pieces like the windsheild and rear window trim mouldings weren't previously fitting just perfect and flush like they should have been because of prior work on the body that had been done poorly in the past and areas were sanded down too low and in some places down to almost nothing so he has to build these areas back up.
He also found more "interesting" history on the car. As he was sanding down he discovered almost a full 1/8" of Bondo covering almost the entire front quarter panels on both sides. under the bondo was other fiberglass repairs. turns out the car had had flairs put on it at some point and than later on removed. In the pics you can see the lines where the flairs had been cut in and glassed up. You can't see this on either of the rear quarter panels as both of those had been replaced.
He is going to spend the next two weeks finishing up on the fiberglassing and glueing to strenghen up the bonding lines and than sealing the car.
by the beginning of Feb he will be ready to prime it and get it into color!
We are staying with the original color of Milano Maroon but using BC/CC instead of the lacquer that was on her. His plan is 4 coats of color, wet sanding, 2 more coats of color, more wet sanding, than 2 coats of clear.
We are on track for a completetion date of March 1st.
side view
front
front left quarter - you can see where the old fender flair had been cut in
Front right quarter - again you can see where the fender flair had been plus other weaker areas he has been repairing with fiberglass
left rear quarter
