Gagster's 71 Swinger
Today's progress...
Sanded out the runs in the C pillar and re-painted it, put another couple coats on that whole quarter since it looked so thin. Put a couple more coats on the deck lid as well.
Once again, the day's progress pics were taken at dusk so the limelight looks more like pea soup, but at least you can see the color is more uniform and the paint job looks a little better. I can't find any good close-ups of the nasty runs in the C-pilar but believe me... they were embarrassing.
I also got the passenger door painted and hung:
Before:
Dents punded out as good as can be without a stud welder and a slide hammer, filler slathered in like it's going out of style, and some primer:
It still looks like crap, and I'm going to have to replace the door, but at least the big hole in the side of the car can be closed up to keep the leaves off the floor. :happy8:
I also went back over all the fender bolts and stuff that I missed the first time through.
Before:
After:
Oh... And just for grins, I did a number on the bumper jack. I still need to paint the post black, but I think it's a nice touch. Looked like crap before.
Today's progress...
Sanded out the runs in the C pillar and re-painted it, put another couple coats on that whole quarter since it looked so thin. Put a couple more coats on the deck lid as well.
Once again, the day's progress pics were taken at dusk so the limelight looks more like pea soup, but at least you can see the color is more uniform and the paint job looks a little better. I can't find any good close-ups of the nasty runs in the C-pilar but believe me... they were embarrassing.
I also got the passenger door painted and hung:
Before:
Dents punded out as good as can be without a stud welder and a slide hammer, filler slathered in like it's going out of style, and some primer:
It still looks like crap, and I'm going to have to replace the door, but at least the big hole in the side of the car can be closed up to keep the leaves off the floor. :happy8:
I also went back over all the fender bolts and stuff that I missed the first time through.
Before:
After:
Oh... And just for grins, I did a number on the bumper jack. I still need to paint the post black, but I think it's a nice touch. Looked like crap before.
