Underneath pictures
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Underneath pictures
I would like to see what color people finished there seat belt supports and what they used. Also any of the other hardware under the cab portion of the car.There were some post I saw in the past but can't seem to find them. Thank you for your help.
Roger
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From: Nixa Missouri
Hi rvzio,
Once I cleaned the piece I was working on I sometimes had to use a wire brush and or a wire wheel to clean them up, then used a lite wire wheel to polish then followed with a steel wool and they would turn out pretty nice. Pending on the piece, I gave them a shot of clear lacquer.
Once I cleaned the piece I was working on I sometimes had to use a wire brush and or a wire wheel to clean them up, then used a lite wire wheel to polish then followed with a steel wool and they would turn out pretty nice. Pending on the piece, I gave them a shot of clear lacquer.
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Hi rvzio,
Once I cleaned the piece I was working on I sometimes had to use a wire brush and or a wire wheel to clean them up, then used a lite wire wheel to polish then followed with a steel wool and they would turn out pretty nice. Pending on the piece, I gave them a shot of clear lacquer.
Once I cleaned the piece I was working on I sometimes had to use a wire brush and or a wire wheel to clean them up, then used a lite wire wheel to polish then followed with a steel wool and they would turn out pretty nice. Pending on the piece, I gave them a shot of clear lacquer.
Thank You
R
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Hi rvzio,
Here's a couple of pic's for you.
My seat belt supports do not have any clear lacquer on them. This picture represents the condition of the supports after I polished them down with a SS wire brush on my dermal drill tool, then a little 00 steel wool.
The seat bracket supports in the first picture left side I used gloss black. No rhyme or reason as to why I used the gloss. It was eastwood radiator gloss.
Here's a couple of pic's for you.
My seat belt supports do not have any clear lacquer on them. This picture represents the condition of the supports after I polished them down with a SS wire brush on my dermal drill tool, then a little 00 steel wool.
The seat bracket supports in the first picture left side I used gloss black. No rhyme or reason as to why I used the gloss. It was eastwood radiator gloss.
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that is a clean neat underside.
It looks very good.
I was going to paint mine some sort of black. But I don't know.
The only down side is that I have to weld in my floor pans each side, so that is why I thought of black.
It looks very good.
I was going to paint mine some sort of black. But I don't know.
The only down side is that I have to weld in my floor pans each side, so that is why I thought of black.
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Hi rvzio,
Here's a couple of pic's for you.
My seat belt supports do not have any clear lacquer on them. This picture represents the condition of the supports after I polished them down with a SS wire brush on my dermal drill tool, then a little 00 steel wool.
The seat bracket supports in the first picture left side I used gloss black. No rhyme or reason as to why I used the gloss. It was eastwood radiator gloss.
Here's a couple of pic's for you.
My seat belt supports do not have any clear lacquer on them. This picture represents the condition of the supports after I polished them down with a SS wire brush on my dermal drill tool, then a little 00 steel wool.
The seat bracket supports in the first picture left side I used gloss black. No rhyme or reason as to why I used the gloss. It was eastwood radiator gloss.
Since I already primed the seatbelt supports I may go with a steel paint from Eastwood or maybe wire wheel off the paint all together. . Not sure yet. Thank you very much
Roger
PS I noticed no exhaust, running side pipes or just not put on yet in the pictures.
Last edited by SB64; Dec 3, 2014 at 06:01 AM.
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Hi Mr. Alan,
I hand polished the drive shafts and half shafts. I did not apply clear to the shaft tubes. The end yokes are painted with a metallic silver. My reason is I didn't want to take away from the luster I had obtained by polishing the tubes.
For the time being I did apply a coat of wax on the shafts. If over time the shafts start to do any kind of rusting or spotting of rust is when I'll remove the shafts and re-think how I'll apply some sort of coating to preserve them. So far its been 8 plus months since I polished them and there holding up pretty good. Keep in mind the car has not been exposed to any outdoor elements yet.
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Just what I was looking for GPGG70. Everything looks great and I appreciate telling me what you did to what. There are a lot of pieces underneath and I just want it to look good, like yours does.
Since I already primed the seatbelt supports I may go with a steel paint from Eastwood or maybe wire wheel off the paint all together. . Not sure yet. Thank you very much
Roger
PS I noticed no exhaust, running side pipes or just not put on yet in the pictures.
Since I already primed the seatbelt supports I may go with a steel paint from Eastwood or maybe wire wheel off the paint all together. . Not sure yet. Thank you very much
Roger
PS I noticed no exhaust, running side pipes or just not put on yet in the pictures.
Hi Roger,
Yes, I'm going with side pipes.
The original owner had the 69 style side pipes installed on the car back in 1970. The neat thing about all of this is the pipe covers were handed down with the car and I received them which were still in great shape.
The second owner had removed them and installed exhaust underneath the car. When I bought the car the exhaust was shot so I decided to go with new side mufflers and install the original 69 style side pipes for the time being.
All I need to do now is detail the side pipe covers when I can get to that point.
The other neat thing about this car was when I bought it was it had old original Appliance wheels on the car. I cleaned them up and are currently running them on my 70 convertible.
If you already sprayed primer on the brackets you might want to continue with the route you going with by painting them the silver you mentioned.
Like I mentioned before is there's no rhyme or rhythm as to why I painting something the color I do on this car. I'm just trying to make it look good.
Keep us posted on what you go with.
I like looking at other peoples cars.