68 firebird project from Pontiac
There was an unusual raised spot on the front fender which I pounded back in and filled. I also continued to work the rear quarter panel and other dings will more fill and sanding fun.
3 more dings were found on the driver side door and filled. There was a decent dent on the front of the fender that needed a fill. Then the metal was a little warped in the rear quarter panel near the door which I suppose was caused from the heat of welding it in place.
These fills were quite a pain to do. Here is the update. It was still a little challenging working out some waves even with the long sanding block but I am slowly getting it to a smooth surface. I started to spray guide coat primer over this area, then sanding to better see the low spots visually. Here I started [...]
More small dings are found and filled. One in the rear quarter panel, 2 on the top of the front fender and 1 on the hood.
As you know with restoring 40-60 year old cars, the auto body work never seems to end. I found more dings on the hardtop to grind out. Then the new replacement passenger front fender came with a small defect with a small bulge poking up. I hammered it back down to prepare the fill. Thirdly, I began patching up the [...]
Several years ago, I applied a few coats of body filler over the welds on both of the rear quarter panels. I had thought it was roughed in but I was way wrong. The body putty needed to be filled in wider and several coats more, with back and forth sanding with the long flexible block. You need a long [...]
