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Factory color on our car was Daytona blue with dark blue interior.
The younger brother reporting in... I’m good with Daytona Blue since it was original to this car. Changing the color, I think, would always bother me a little bit in the back of my mind..! Carry on - you’re doing great stripping the paint and having so much fun. I don’t want to take any of that away from you, LOL.
I am so glad we decided to completely strip the paint down to bare fiberglass. We knew the Vette took a shot to the front in a parking lot incident.
Some of the history we now know by stripping.
1 Small cracks are exposed.
2 Areas that have been worked exposed.
3 Car was stripped 40 plus years ago for a repaint.
4 Top of Passenger Front Fender was replaced during first repaint.
5 Bottom of Passenger Front Fender was the only major body panel that retains the Daytona Blue base paint. Replacement top Fender
I removed all the grease and have started to do another round of paint thinner and wire wheel. Does anyone remove the factory undercoating. I don’t see how you can clean it with it being so porous.
I used a combination of paint stripper, lacquer thinner with scotchbrite, and a heat gun on the inner fenders. I will likely do the raptor bedliner spray.
You worked your butt off to get it that clean. Almost a shame to cover it.
Originally Posted by Hermn59
I used a combination of paint stripper, lacquer thinner with scotchbrite, and a heat gun on the inner fenders. I will likely do the raptor bedliner spray.
A good reminder and a chance to look back. Others will have to decide if progress is being made.
It does seem like that for every step forward we discover other issues that move us in the wrong direction.
Message from Pat on Wednesday.
March 21, 2018. The day you brought this puppy through a PA blizzard. Almost a yr ago!!!
Separating the Body.
Replacement Frame.
Old Chassis
Now the body is being stripped, dash removed, etc.....
Drive-train is getting ready to be refreshed and installed on new chassis.
That’s a lot done in a year. Keep up the good work. I can’t remember when Don brought his back in the snow. Just looked and mine was April 7. I think of our three cars as the snow beast.
There were at least 3 if not 4 of us here that brought them home in the snow.
Originally Posted by elwood13
That’s a lot done in a year. Keep up the good work. I can’t remember when Don brought his back in the snow. Just looked and mine was April 7. I think of our three cars as the snow beast.
It will be a memory I will cherish til the day I die having that experience with my brother. We never know what can happen at any time so I have to appreciate these moments. Pat was great to jump into this with me, maybe when we are both long gone the 64 will spark some good memories for the next owners when they think about what we had to do to bring her back to life.
St. Jude Donor '09-'10-'11-'12-'13-'14-'15-'16-'17-'18-‘19-'20-'21-'22-'23-'24
Mine was April 12th, and to be honest the snow arrived a few days after we got it home. Made up for it when we picked up the replacement chassis, THAT was through some snow coming through parts of Ohio.
St. Jude Donor '09-'10-'11-'12-'13-'14-'15-'16-'17-'18-‘19-'20-'21-'22-'23-'24
Cool! You are going right to town on that!
You know, for all the stuff I have done and will be doing on mine, for some reason the thought of taking my instrument cluster out scares the crap out of me. And I'm approaching the point of doing it. It's just psychological, but good to see you have recently done it and I can ask questions.
(Actually it's not so much taking it out, it's putting everything back in right that scares me! )
I move at a steady pace and if I get bored I always move around on a project. The dash going back in will be OK. Since we feel a new wiring harness is a good idea it had to be done. Like every thing else, once you do it the next time it would take a fraction of the time.
The dash has been stripped. To remove the pad all I have to do is remove the easy to reach lower center birdcage bolts. There are 10 of them, secured with blind nut clips. In my case the nuts on 4 of them broke loose and they would spin. Out come the dremel cut off wheels. Hours later the bolt heads are gone. Using a 7/64 drill bit, I drilled out the center of the rivets. Then I used a 3/16 to remove the aluminum head of the rivet. A little gentle prying and each side popped off.
The dash pad is then easily removed.
St. Jude Donor '09-'10-'11-'12-'13-'14-'15-'16-'17-'18-‘19-'20-'21-'22-'23-'24
Aw geez, now why did you have to bring up dash pad replacement? I just kind of figured to keep using the tired worn out one that's on there now since my aim is to just drive the thing. BUT now I'm starting to think that as long as it's all apart anyway, maybe I should....
After being surprised, impressed and mildly relieved when my windshield was removed that the birdcage was so solid, I had expectations that it might apply to the rest of the cage. I was wrong.
On the passenger side, I will cut the fiberglass to access the metal repair. The pillar/hinges are great on both sides. The issue is the inside metal. All the courtesy of smelly mouse houses.
03-14-2019, 11:03 PM
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