Swingin' '73 Dart
Not a lot done this week. Monday I went to Specialty Wheels LTD and picked up my two 15"x7" Rally's and ran them over to the powder-coater. He called this morning (Friday) and my wheels are ready, but Mrs. Frogpirate has the Forrester and I don't want to make 2 trips on the motorcycle, so I'm going to pick them up Monday.
RAW steel 15" x 7" Rally wheel, brand spankin' new!
Tuesday I stripped the rust and seam sealer from the spare tire well, and sprayed it with 3-M Rubber Undercoating. I did not take any pictures before undercoating, but the steal was nice and solid under just a little surface rust.
Undercoating applied. I taped off where the body plugs go so that I don't end up with the lip being too thick for the plugs.
I had a little bit of "fish eye" even though I wiped everything down with laquer thinner first. This morning, I hit it with my heat gun to burn anything off and sprayed it again.
You can see the "fish eye" just above the spare bolt bracket.
Wednesday I hopped on my Suzuki and rode up to Olympia and picked up a spare 14" x 5.5" rally from 65barracudadude. Thanks again Matt! I just missed Matt, but he'd left the wheel out for me. I was shivering (it was beautiful but cold. I have a heated jacket, but it goes off when I'm stopped and I get COLD) so I loaded up and headed back down south to my Mom's. I spent Thursday being sick; the only thing I did was gear up and ride home in the afternoon.
Spare wheel + Suzuki.
Monday I'll pick up the powder coated wheels, and hopefully get some tires so I can make this thing mobile again! Oh, yeah, I also bought a left front fender on Monday. I bought it more or less sight unseen ($75) and I'm not super happy with it. It's rustier than the seller said, and it looks like someone jacked the car up from the bottom rear of the fender at some point. At that, it IS straighter than mine, so I may clean it up and put it on for now.
Ken
Not a lot done this week. Monday I went to Specialty Wheels LTD and picked up my two 15"x7" Rally's and ran them over to the powder-coater. He called this morning (Friday) and my wheels are ready, but Mrs. Frogpirate has the Forrester and I don't want to make 2 trips on the motorcycle, so I'm going to pick them up Monday.
RAW steel 15" x 7" Rally wheel, brand spankin' new!
Tuesday I stripped the rust and seam sealer from the spare tire well, and sprayed it with 3-M Rubber Undercoating. I did not take any pictures before undercoating, but the steal was nice and solid under just a little surface rust.
Undercoating applied. I taped off where the body plugs go so that I don't end up with the lip being too thick for the plugs.
I had a little bit of "fish eye" even though I wiped everything down with laquer thinner first. This morning, I hit it with my heat gun to burn anything off and sprayed it again.
You can see the "fish eye" just above the spare bolt bracket.
Wednesday I hopped on my Suzuki and rode up to Olympia and picked up a spare 14" x 5.5" rally from 65barracudadude. Thanks again Matt! I just missed Matt, but he'd left the wheel out for me. I was shivering (it was beautiful but cold. I have a heated jacket, but it goes off when I'm stopped and I get COLD) so I loaded up and headed back down south to my Mom's. I spent Thursday being sick; the only thing I did was gear up and ride home in the afternoon.
Spare wheel + Suzuki.
Monday I'll pick up the powder coated wheels, and hopefully get some tires so I can make this thing mobile again! Oh, yeah, I also bought a left front fender on Monday. I bought it more or less sight unseen ($75) and I'm not super happy with it. It's rustier than the seller said, and it looks like someone jacked the car up from the bottom rear of the fender at some point. At that, it IS straighter than mine, so I may clean it up and put it on for now.
Ken
