1966 Valiant Signet Convertible Resto
Been busy with life lately. Mostly enjoying it outside of working on the car.
I was not originally happy when I got the shell of my car back from the painter the first time because I was not satisfied with what I would call a nice 10-20 footer. I want a 6in to 2 footer paint job. Therefore, I have been putting in a lot of extra blocking time correcting all the mistakes and trying to make things laser straight. Of course this is my first time doing any body work but I have learned a lot just from my own mistakes. Talk about time consuming. I think I have finally gotten everything blocked to the best of my ability and now it is up to my painter to step up to the plate and do a great job re-spraying the base and clear coats.
It is crunch time right now because I want to have the car mostly put together by May 3rd Spring Fling. It will be in the IN PROGRESS section this year.
Here's where I'm at now with this thing.
Couple of very very low spots I found after wetsanding the clearcoat. Plus I had to sand out some runs in the clear.
Fenders were really good. My painter is really on board with making this the best possible looking paint job. I only found some very minor spots. Got a couple scratches during transport that I fixed too.
I didn't find much more than a couple of low spots with the guide coat. It didn't take much filler primer to smooth these out. :cheers:
The joy of sanding into the metal (happened more than I like to admit).:thebirdm: Little etching primer with a Q-tip.
Fogged filler primer on the quarters to find any spots.
Perfecting the lines
About 6 hours of my Saturday. About got er done now :cheers:
Oh yeah I test fit the possible 6-point removable/bolt in roll bar too. What do you think? I'm still on the fence since the Dart will be the car I use to race. Probably best to leave it alone.
Until the nest time :-D
Been busy with life lately. Mostly enjoying it outside of working on the car.
I was not originally happy when I got the shell of my car back from the painter the first time because I was not satisfied with what I would call a nice 10-20 footer. I want a 6in to 2 footer paint job. Therefore, I have been putting in a lot of extra blocking time correcting all the mistakes and trying to make things laser straight. Of course this is my first time doing any body work but I have learned a lot just from my own mistakes. Talk about time consuming. I think I have finally gotten everything blocked to the best of my ability and now it is up to my painter to step up to the plate and do a great job re-spraying the base and clear coats.
It is crunch time right now because I want to have the car mostly put together by May 3rd Spring Fling. It will be in the IN PROGRESS section this year.
Here's where I'm at now with this thing.
Couple of very very low spots I found after wetsanding the clearcoat. Plus I had to sand out some runs in the clear.
Fenders were really good. My painter is really on board with making this the best possible looking paint job. I only found some very minor spots. Got a couple scratches during transport that I fixed too.
I didn't find much more than a couple of low spots with the guide coat. It didn't take much filler primer to smooth these out. :cheers:
The joy of sanding into the metal (happened more than I like to admit).:thebirdm: Little etching primer with a Q-tip.
Fogged filler primer on the quarters to find any spots.
Perfecting the lines
About 6 hours of my Saturday. About got er done now :cheers:
Oh yeah I test fit the possible 6-point removable/bolt in roll bar too. What do you think? I'm still on the fence since the Dart will be the car I use to race. Probably best to leave it alone.
Until the nest time :-D