72 duster Build progress
Slightly more progress (just got done working on the duster (3AM).....the entire car has a hard layer of paint which I would call tank paint lol....its tough stuff.
So after screwing around sanding on the engine bay and really getting nowhere....I dropped the sander and said SCREW IT.....got in my truck,went to the parts store, got some aircraft paint stripper,came back and started brushing it on and man was it SO MUCH easier....just waited for it to wrinkle and scraped it off.
I still have more to go but I got a good start on it anyways...I will bring it all down to metal and then sand it up and spot puddy and imperfections and I will then prime it and paint it.
The while I was stripping paint I was admiring the previous owners awesome welding skills!....the duster was a factory A/C car and the previous owner had a cut out the passenger side portion of the firewall and replaced it with one from a non a/c car and did a heck of a job....I will post a picture of an A/C firewall on the internet for comparison for those who may not think there is a difference.
anyways....back at it tomorrow and I will keep everyone posted on progress!
this is right after I started "stripping it"
and again
Nice shiny metal under there!
The parts car the firewall came out of was obviously blue,aswell as the decklid was blue and the hood was blue and a few other parts
Gotta love that stuff! lol.....but that stuff REEKS you need plenty of ventilation if you plan on doing any stripping of paint!
Ill try to get it all finished up by tomorrow
Getting there!
a picture of a fellow fabo members car I believe? I found it on the internet....Just using it to show the difference between the a/c and not a/c firewall, notice the extra holes in the a/c wall and shaped slightly different and a MUCH bigger fan motor hole
Ill keep everyone up to date as I go.
Sorry if i type to much I just get excited and cant stop typing LOL....I love seeing everyones good comments by the way...it makes the process alot funner knowing I am not the only one thinking it looks good...thank you all
Slightly more progress (just got done working on the duster (3AM).....the entire car has a hard layer of paint which I would call tank paint lol....its tough stuff.
So after screwing around sanding on the engine bay and really getting nowhere....I dropped the sander and said SCREW IT.....got in my truck,went to the parts store, got some aircraft paint stripper,came back and started brushing it on and man was it SO MUCH easier....just waited for it to wrinkle and scraped it off.
I still have more to go but I got a good start on it anyways...I will bring it all down to metal and then sand it up and spot puddy and imperfections and I will then prime it and paint it.
The while I was stripping paint I was admiring the previous owners awesome welding skills!....the duster was a factory A/C car and the previous owner had a cut out the passenger side portion of the firewall and replaced it with one from a non a/c car and did a heck of a job....I will post a picture of an A/C firewall on the internet for comparison for those who may not think there is a difference.
anyways....back at it tomorrow and I will keep everyone posted on progress!
this is right after I started "stripping it"
and again
Nice shiny metal under there!
The parts car the firewall came out of was obviously blue,aswell as the decklid was blue and the hood was blue and a few other parts
Gotta love that stuff! lol.....but that stuff REEKS you need plenty of ventilation if you plan on doing any stripping of paint!
Ill try to get it all finished up by tomorrow
Getting there!
a picture of a fellow fabo members car I believe? I found it on the internet....Just using it to show the difference between the a/c and not a/c firewall, notice the extra holes in the a/c wall and shaped slightly different and a MUCH bigger fan motor hole
Ill keep everyone up to date as I go.
Sorry if i type to much I just get excited and cant stop typing LOL....I love seeing everyones good comments by the way...it makes the process alot funner knowing I am not the only one thinking it looks good...thank you all