Unusual Request?
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Burning Brakes
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Unusual Request?
I sent my '69 to a local body shop that has many years experience restoring Corvettes. The owner in fact personally owns five Corvettes! I had them lift the body and send the chassis back to me for restoration. The shop owner asked me to wrap the restored chassis in aluminum foil when returning it. I'd never heard of this before but it's been their experience that this is the easiest, most effective way to protect it from overspray/bondo dust etc. It took two rolls of Costco size foil and ~5 hours to complete the foil wrap.
-Doug
-Doug
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That's a new one on me . Good luck removing it especially between the body and frame . When I ran my restoration shop I had a customer that I did a lot of work for that always wanted plastic sheeting put down on the frame before I installed the body and he could never get all of the plastic out after the job was done . 
Burning Brakes
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My guess is the aluminum foil was used just to keep the body shop dust off of it while in shop, until they were done with the body, then removed prior to body placement.
Your frame/chassis looks good.
Your frame/chassis looks good.
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I am confused. Is he not going to paint the body off the frame. If so why would you need to cover it if you don't take it back till they are ready to mate the body & frame.
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Hi Doug,
The person that painted the body on my car suggested doing something similar using plastic wrap.
The chassis and running gear was more complete than what your photo shows. It took me about one day to wrap the chassis well.
It worked out very well.
It took me about 2 days to completely remove the wrap while controlling (vacuumed continuously while unwrapping so no dust resettled somewhere else on the chassis) the body shop dust once I got the car home and began to complete the restoration.
Regards,
Alan
Ready to meet the body.
The wrap in progress.
The body meeting the chassis.
Painting after fitting the doors and hood.
The result.
The person that painted the body on my car suggested doing something similar using plastic wrap.
The chassis and running gear was more complete than what your photo shows. It took me about one day to wrap the chassis well.
It worked out very well.
It took me about 2 days to completely remove the wrap while controlling (vacuumed continuously while unwrapping so no dust resettled somewhere else on the chassis) the body shop dust once I got the car home and began to complete the restoration.
Regards,
Alan
Ready to meet the body.
The wrap in progress.
The body meeting the chassis.
Painting after fitting the doors and hood.
The result.
Last edited by Alan 71; Nov 11, 2016 at 11:22 AM.
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It's just as efficient, and easier to apply than paper masking. That's why some shops do it. 
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Hi Doug,
The person that painted the body on my car suggested doing something similar using plastic wrap.
The chassis and running gear was more complete than what your photo shows. It took me about one day to wrap the chassis well.
It worked out very well.
It took me about 2 days to completely remove the wrap while controlling (vacuumed continuously while unwrapping so no dust resettled somewhere else on the chassis) the body shop dust once I got the car home and began to complete the restoration.
Regards,
Alan
The person that painted the body on my car suggested doing something similar using plastic wrap.
The chassis and running gear was more complete than what your photo shows. It took me about one day to wrap the chassis well.
It worked out very well.
It took me about 2 days to completely remove the wrap while controlling (vacuumed continuously while unwrapping so no dust resettled somewhere else on the chassis) the body shop dust once I got the car home and began to complete the restoration.
Regards,
Alan
Last edited by Swimtexan; Nov 11, 2016 at 12:50 PM.
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Hi St,
That 'bubble' is pretty neat!
It has a small built-in fan at one end which keeps it blown up.
Just enough air escapes through the holes in the zipper sewing so that the bubble doesn't explode.
Regards,
Alan
That 'bubble' is pretty neat!
It has a small built-in fan at one end which keeps it blown up.
Just enough air escapes through the holes in the zipper sewing so that the bubble doesn't explode.
Regards,
Alan
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Not everyone chooses to paint the body before it is mounted to the frame because of possible damage when installing or adjusting to frame. My shop just specialized in metal restoration so I didn't paint customers cars in my shop but my customers had different ideas on how to proceed with the painting . It is a personal choice.
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My main concern with us in a woodland area is that some rodent would get in and soil the car while in storage.
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From: PHOENIX AZ. WHAT A MAN WON"T SPEND TO GIVE HIS ASS A RIDE
Not everyone chooses to paint the body before it is mounted to the frame because of possible damage when installing or adjusting to frame. My shop just specialized in metal restoration so I didn't paint customers cars in my shop but my customers had different ideas on how to proceed with the painting . It is a personal choice.
