harrisonm
Well-Known Member
I was just wondering how many 1969 Barracuda Fastbacks we have on this form. Post a picture and tell us about the car.
I have had my car for going on 35 years. I've restored it twice. I finished the first restoration in 1995. I did ALL the work myself. I painted it with lacquer paint; base and clear. It looked really good for about 16 years, but the Kansas summers were not kind to the lacquer. The paint was spider webbing and cracking a little. But it was too much for me, so I blew it completely apart around 2012. Stripped it to bare metal, fixed a bunch of rust spots, did all the body work, block sanded primer, fixed bad spots, sprayed more primer, block sanded more, then sprayed it with urethane base clear. I did all the work myself. The first time I restored it, I did not know how to weld, so all rust repair was done with fiberglass and Bondo. Now I can fab and weld in patch panels, so I redid all the fiberglass repairs with metal and MIG. While I was at it, I went ahead and got new carpet and replaced a lot of things that were not in the budget the first time. The pictures below are from the second restoration. I got a lot of help from my wife of 52 years, Karen. She helped strip the paint, grind off the dried stripped paint to bare metal, block sand primer and anything else I needed help with.
I have had my car for going on 35 years. I've restored it twice. I finished the first restoration in 1995. I did ALL the work myself. I painted it with lacquer paint; base and clear. It looked really good for about 16 years, but the Kansas summers were not kind to the lacquer. The paint was spider webbing and cracking a little. But it was too much for me, so I blew it completely apart around 2012. Stripped it to bare metal, fixed a bunch of rust spots, did all the body work, block sanded primer, fixed bad spots, sprayed more primer, block sanded more, then sprayed it with urethane base clear. I did all the work myself. The first time I restored it, I did not know how to weld, so all rust repair was done with fiberglass and Bondo. Now I can fab and weld in patch panels, so I redid all the fiberglass repairs with metal and MIG. While I was at it, I went ahead and got new carpet and replaced a lot of things that were not in the budget the first time. The pictures below are from the second restoration. I got a lot of help from my wife of 52 years, Karen. She helped strip the paint, grind off the dried stripped paint to bare metal, block sand primer and anything else I needed help with.
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