Progress '54
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Burning Brakes
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From: PURCELLVILLE VA
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Progress '54
I'm having engine bay and underneath of the car mildly soda blasted, so I removed some items...
Bare glass under hood latches.
I've seen red on other places too.
Horns look to be restorable, although I'm converting to 12v.
Heater core dated.
A little rusty but it cleaned up real good. No date stamp on fan motor.
Metal fan.
Bare glass under hood latches.
I've seen red on other places too.
Horns look to be restorable, although I'm converting to 12v.
Heater core dated.
A little rusty but it cleaned up real good. No date stamp on fan motor.
Metal fan.
Le Mans Master
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From: Plano IL
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looks great !!!!!
yep - the latches were in place before blackout
Fun coming apart
yep - the latches were in place before blackout
Fun coming apart
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Burning Brakes
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From: Sugar Land tx
If they called is salt blasting would you still do it? Soda = salt
I soda blasted one car and will never again. It is mostly impossible to get all the salt out after it's been blasted with high velocity. Don't get all the salt out and you get rust under the paint.
Last metal fenders I blasted it was with recycled glass. No salt worries there.
I soda blasted one car and will never again. It is mostly impossible to get all the salt out after it's been blasted with high velocity. Don't get all the salt out and you get rust under the paint.
Last metal fenders I blasted it was with recycled glass. No salt worries there.
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Burning Brakes
Joined: Dec 2008
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From: PURCELLVILLE VA
C1 of Year Finalist (performance mods) 2019
2017 C1 of Year Finalist
If they called is salt blasting would you still do it? Soda = salt
I soda blasted one car and will never again. It is mostly impossible to get all the salt out after it's been blasted with high velocity. Don't get all the salt out and you get rust under the paint.
Last metal fenders I blasted it was with recycled glass. No salt worries there.
I soda blasted one car and will never again. It is mostly impossible to get all the salt out after it's been blasted with high velocity. Don't get all the salt out and you get rust under the paint.
Last metal fenders I blasted it was with recycled glass. No salt worries there.
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Burning Brakes
Joined: Dec 2008
Posts: 1,123
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From: PURCELLVILLE VA
C1 of Year Finalist (performance mods) 2019
2017 C1 of Year Finalist
If they called is salt blasting would you still do it? Soda = salt
I soda blasted one car and will never again. It is mostly impossible to get all the salt out after it's been blasted with high velocity. Don't get all the salt out and you get rust under the paint.
Last metal fenders I blasted it was with recycled glass. No salt worries there.
I soda blasted one car and will never again. It is mostly impossible to get all the salt out after it's been blasted with high velocity. Don't get all the salt out and you get rust under the paint.
Last metal fenders I blasted it was with recycled glass. No salt worries there.
Last edited by DAN70; Mar 28, 2016 at 07:37 PM.
