12:05 Garage- ’70 Duster build
Thanks guys. The new project isn't a Mopar product or even a muscle car for that matter. It is, however, a car I've always really liked. Unfortunately, it isn't mine either. It's a 1985 Porsche 911. I'm painting it for a friend. The funny thing is I've said numerous times that I'm done painting cars for anyone else besides myself and here I am doing this car. This car had a about 7 paint jobs on it. I bet the paint was 1/8" thick. When my friend first started talking about getting the car painted, I told him there was no way he was going to find someone to strip all the paint off without paying for a total restoration and therefore exceeding the value of the car. I pretty much agreed to do the body and paint for him, but I wasn't stripping it and I was doing it on my own terms, meaning, all the body panels were coming off along with all glass coming out. I'm also only using higher end materials since my name was going to be on the end product. He agreed and promptly got to taking apart what he felt comfortable doing and sanding all the paint off. My friend decided he wanted to make a "hot rod" Porsche, which I'm all about pissing off purists. So here's what I'm doing. A popular thing for people to do to these 80s 911s is to "backdate" them. This means make them look like an older model. This requires the removal of rocker panels (welding up holes in rockers), removing tail panel sheet metal (drilling spot welds out), installing new fiberglass hood and front and rear bumpers (and all the typical things associated with making fiberglass parts fit), removing giant whale tale (welding up decklid holes), and lastly adding extensions to the front fenders for parking lights. The body was actually in pretty good shape, but due to him wanting to back date it, the sheet metal work has been more than a typical body and paint job.
Here are some pictures. These are the only 2 real rust holes on the whole car. I also had to do some significant door gap repair on the passenger side which I ended up building up the door edge with about 1/16-1/8" of weld to close the gap. As of today, the doors, roof, quarters, rear decklid are done and have been blocked and primed twice. I'm starting to work on the front fender extensions which is starting to look like it will take some time and patience...
Thanks guys. The new project isn't a Mopar product or even a muscle car for that matter. It is, however, a car I've always really liked. Unfortunately, it isn't mine either. It's a 1985 Porsche 911. I'm painting it for a friend. The funny thing is I've said numerous times that I'm done painting cars for anyone else besides myself and here I am doing this car. This car had a about 7 paint jobs on it. I bet the paint was 1/8" thick. When my friend first started talking about getting the car painted, I told him there was no way he was going to find someone to strip all the paint off without paying for a total restoration and therefore exceeding the value of the car. I pretty much agreed to do the body and paint for him, but I wasn't stripping it and I was doing it on my own terms, meaning, all the body panels were coming off along with all glass coming out. I'm also only using higher end materials since my name was going to be on the end product. He agreed and promptly got to taking apart what he felt comfortable doing and sanding all the paint off. My friend decided he wanted to make a "hot rod" Porsche, which I'm all about pissing off purists. So here's what I'm doing. A popular thing for people to do to these 80s 911s is to "backdate" them. This means make them look like an older model. This requires the removal of rocker panels (welding up holes in rockers), removing tail panel sheet metal (drilling spot welds out), installing new fiberglass hood and front and rear bumpers (and all the typical things associated with making fiberglass parts fit), removing giant whale tale (welding up decklid holes), and lastly adding extensions to the front fenders for parking lights. The body was actually in pretty good shape, but due to him wanting to back date it, the sheet metal work has been more than a typical body and paint job.
Here are some pictures. These are the only 2 real rust holes on the whole car. I also had to do some significant door gap repair on the passenger side which I ended up building up the door edge with about 1/16-1/8" of weld to close the gap. As of today, the doors, roof, quarters, rear decklid are done and have been blocked and primed twice. I'm starting to work on the front fender extensions which is starting to look like it will take some time and patience...