2nd and 5th Owner. 70 Dart Resto-Mod
Hey Everyone!
I haven't posted in awhile, the winter weather really slowed progress. I got the car back from the body shop and he did a great job replacing both lower quarters and trunk drop offs. He also fixed some dents on the passenger side quarter, however the major one revealed so much bondo underneath the paint, he didn't feel right charging me $50/hr to strip it. I actually wouldn't have minded, but he had a full paint job coming in and my job was just in between work.
Currently, I am stripping it all down to bare metal so I can get it into Epoxy. I started by applying paint stripper to soften the paint. I then scraped what I could and used green 3M bristle brushes on my angle grinder. Although small (2") they work really well. I ordered a 4 1/2" one for my grinder. My goal is by the end of April. I found two small dents so far. I am going to try my hand with my body hammers.
I also got started on restoring the grill. It was painted all black and was missing a few fins. You can see the before, progress and after. I am almost done, I still have to do the black on the bezels and I goofed on the silver outline on the main grille, I forgot to tape that side off when I sprayed the black. :BangHead: Oh well shouldn't be too bad to scuff and re-spray.
I also got a rear disc kit from Dr. Diff that allows me to keep my SBP and my 14" Rallye wheels.
Attached are some pics so far!
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Hey Everyone!
I haven't posted in awhile, the winter weather really slowed progress. I got the car back from the body shop and he did a great job replacing both lower quarters and trunk drop offs. He also fixed some dents on the passenger side quarter, however the major one revealed so much bondo underneath the paint, he didn't feel right charging me $50/hr to strip it. I actually wouldn't have minded, but he had a full paint job coming in and my job was just in between work.
Currently, I am stripping it all down to bare metal so I can get it into Epoxy. I started by applying paint stripper to soften the paint. I then scraped what I could and used green 3M bristle brushes on my angle grinder. Although small (2") they work really well. I ordered a 4 1/2" one for my grinder. My goal is by the end of April. I found two small dents so far. I am going to try my hand with my body hammers.
I also got started on restoring the grill. It was painted all black and was missing a few fins. You can see the before, progress and after. I am almost done, I still have to do the black on the bezels and I goofed on the silver outline on the main grille, I forgot to tape that side off when I sprayed the black. :BangHead: Oh well shouldn't be too bad to scuff and re-spray.
I also got a rear disc kit from Dr. Diff that allows me to keep my SBP and my 14" Rallye wheels.
Attached are some pics so far!
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