Rogman.. that's beautiful! I've been struggling just to make a car out of our heap lol

You're creating a work of art here... awesome.

Adam

 

Thanks Randy...

Appreciate it Adam... Would sure like to take a test drive!! I have driven this car less than 100 feet (yes, 100 feet) since I bought it...

Rogman

 

Rogman, check those rivets for corrosion. If they corrode under that bonding strip on the header bar you will get ugly pimples on top marking their respective locations. I took my header bar and bonding strip off because I had some patches I had to do around the headlight openings and hood surround. All of my rivets were badly rusted and would have started damaging the upper skin soon. I removed the header and cleaned it up and plan to re-install minus the bonding strip and rivets and just use Fuzor bonding adhesive on the bare metal. BTW, since you got your front clip upside down, its the best time to do it.

Evan Q.

Hmm, after looking at your front clip photos again , it looks like somebody already did that. Oh well, keep up the great work .

 

Thanks Evan... I thought the rivets looked pretty clean... After stripping the paint from the front clip, there were zero signs of any issues above the header bar... So I thought I was okay with a good scrubbing and a couple of coats of POR...

Rogman

 

Sorry for the lack of an update yesterday, had an appointment for work from 4-7pm and then took the wife to a George Thorogood concert... The old guy can still rock!!!

I was fairly certain that today I would get some U-Pol liner on the inner fender wells on the front clip... Spent an hour or so, re-scrubbing, cleaning and scuffing up the fiberglass... Had a little more cleanup on the front as I laid a lot of fiberglass on the left front corner due to cleaning out some bad body repairs... I also needed to clean the right side after pulling the re-enforcements with some adhesive left behind... After cleaning the right side, found a "small" crack in the fiberglass... Probably a vibration crack from 38 years of wear and tear...

Well, at this time, I know I'm not spraying the liner as I really needed to "v" this small crack out and put some fresh fiberglass in there... Won't get to the liner tomorrow as we'll be at the track all day watching the NASCAR boys turn left in Vegas!!! Go JR!!!

Here are some pictures:

The front fender wells "both" had a tiny air gap where it looks like the bonding ahesive didn't provide good coverage when it dried:



So I set out to fix this with a little Evercoat SMC Panel Adhesive and Filler:





Needed one more coat with a couple of low areas:



Did some test fitting with the new fender seals:





Plan to shoot the underside of the hood and convertible hatch with the U-Pol "red" liner... After cleaning up the hood, had two small fiberglass cracks and another "raw" area that I needed to fix...

Problem areas:







Fiberglass down:







Grind:





Hand Sand:



Prep for a thin layer of filler:





Filler:







Here's the little fiberglass patch on the small crack I found during prep this morning:



And finally, here's the "rough" un-finished fiberglass repair on the wrecked (and poorly repaired) left front fender... Not too worried about the leveling this out yet as I'll probably be doing a lot of grinding when I fiberglass-in the new solid front bumper after the font clip is re-attached...



Know I got a lot accomplished, but really wanted to be a lot closer by now to putting the front clip on... Know I could be without the detail I'm forcing myself through, but still a little frustrating it is taking me so long...


Thanks for looking and commenting...

Rogman

 

you're moving right along, keep up the good work. Thorogood was the first concert I ever went to, and I 2nd the GO JR comment!!!

 

1 Bourbon. 1 Scotch. And 1 Beer

You deserved a break and treat the missus to a night out. I saw GT back on 9/25/1981 - they opened for the Stones in Philly @ JFK Stadium.

And man i thoroughly enjoy following your work!

 

Thanks Pete...

Appreciate it Mike... Saw GT back in the mid eighties when I was a youngster... This was Tass' first GT concert... She humors me when she "pretends" to like my classic rock!! Van Halen is in May!!!

Rogman

 

I looked into VH tickets, the prices were more like highway robbery for shows around here.

 

Rogman, I may have missed it in a post somewhere, but what kind of resin are you using for your fiberglass repairs?
Thanks
Evan Q.

 

Pete--

They were HIGH here as well, just bit the bullet because I really want to see them again...

Rogman

Evan--

Using West System 105 resin and 205 hardener...

Rogman

 

Didn't have much time in the garage tonight, but got a few things done... It's hard after a full day of work to get out there for several hours and maintain any type of energy level... Enough Whining!!!

Tass got on the wire wheel to clean up some bolts...



I cleaned up the filler on the underside of the hood and that came out great... After a quick wash and dry, it's ready for the liner... Sorry, didn't snap any photos of the hood...

Did some "quick" test fitting of the fiberglass bumper... Don't know why, just felt like I wanted a peek at how well (or not so well) it fits... It's not bad at all, which kind of lifted me up a little... Have some work to do on lower valence as it has a couple of good cracks in it... But overall, very pleased with what I saw...





What do you think about fiberglassing the bumper screw holes??? Do I need to fiberglass these in to provide as much area to adhere these two pieces together, or are the seams going to provide enough strength to permanently bond the front clip with the bumper??? Going for the seam-free look...

Thanks much for looking and helping out...

Rogman

 

Both good news and bad news today...

First the bad... It has been 6-7 weeks since I paid for my C6 seats on Ebay and have not had good response from the seller... Not in a huge hurry to get the seats as they'll just take up room in the house for now, but just wanted a good tracking number to follow them as they made their way from Florida to Vegas... Ebay today deposited the entire purchase price in my account... While I appreciate having the money back, really wanted the red C6 seats... Feel I have been severely ripped off because it will cost double, triple, or even more to get seats in the kind of condition these were in... Oh well, back to the drawing board on seats!!!

After a couple of hours of scuffing, cleaning, taping, more cleaning, then more taping, finally got the red portion of the inner fender wells coated today...



























I really wanted to tackle putting some wire mesh in the scoops on the fenders, but have chickened out at this point... With a black paint job, at least will get to see the Torch Red of the inner fender wells...





Thanks for looking and commenting...

Rogman

 

Hey Rogman,

Sorry to hear about your seats - know you were pumped on that. Glad you were able to get your hard earned $$ back though!

Progress pics are looking awesome! So cool that you and your wife are doing this project together - you'll both get to really enjoy all the hard work and know what went into the finished product.

Adam

 

Thanks Adam, appreciate it... She asks almost every day what she can help with... Running out of parts for her to strip and cleanup... Know I'll need her to strip the underneath of the convertible hatch and headlight pieces...

Rogman

 

Start putting a wrench in her hand. My wife has helped me with a few little things where I just needed one extra hand to get it handled. She's been handing me wrenches etc when I'm under the car - little things like that. She had fun and it's a great way to enjoy the project together.

 

Adam--

Haven't ventured that far yet ;-) Not a lot of wrench turning left at the moment... After the front clip is on, it will be a lot of filling, priming and a ton of block sanding... If there were more plain flat surfaces on the car, I'd let her help block sand...

But the best part is that she WILL help with anything I let her do... It's just me having the courage to let her have an attempt...

Rogman

 

I hear ya on the surfaces - since I've been doing the bodywork on ours I have discovered that with the exception of the hood and rear deck, there are NO flat surfaces on these cars A real challenge, but a lot of fun at the same time.

 

Did a little cleaning in the garage, but need to clean a lot more... Moved the front clip out of the make shift paint booth so I could shoot some more parts with paint...









Got a nice surprise when cleaning up today... Remembered I put the driver's door latch in some degreaser a few weeks ago... Pulled it out today, rinsed it off and it looks brand new... Check out the difference between the un-cleaned passenger's latch with the driver's side:

Passenger:



Driver:



Has anyone seen an aftermarket dealer with the screen and weatherstrip for the ram air??? My screen is coming apart in places and the Wx strip is very worn... I'll probably send these pics to Willcox to see if he has them...





I'll post more pics of the painted pieces as soon as they are completed tonight...

Thanks much...

Rogman

 

That door latch is that clean from leaving it in a degreaser? What degreaser are you using if I may ask and how long did you let it soak. Thanks for any information. Keep up the good work and thanks for sharing. It is appreciated.