Second coat of priming whole car with paint booth
Here is a photo of the inflatable paint booth I used. Today I proceeded to prepare the surface by cleaning with wax and grease remover and priming it again.
Fixing my new fender dent
I accidentally created more work for myself today by putting a big dent in the passenger side of the front fender and this was the side with the new fender! I was backing the car [...]
Sanding the rough primer spray
Unfortunately the layers of primer I sprayed laid down terrible. The surface was quite rough and took a lot of work. I’m not sure the reason behind this but maybe one of the below or [...]
Whole car prep work and priming
Today I prepared the car for a whole coverage of primer. I worked the sandpaper up to 320 grit over the whole body prior to priming. Then cleaned it several times with wax and grease [...]
Rebuild of the Holley 600 cfm carburetor
Today I decided to rebuild the carburetor which was a Holley 600 cfm. The car has not been running right and was dumping alot of fuel into the engine. So the car was running very [...]
Smoothing out lips on wheel well quarter panels
I planned on finishing the car without the chrome wheel well molding that was originally on the car. This made it more crucial to ensure it was smooth where the lip of the newly welded [...]
Trunk lid and hood spots cleaned and primed
There was another large flaw in the paint of the trunk lid from chemicals eating an area and causing a little bit of surface rust. Here I sanded it well and primed it with etch [...]
Drilling holes for quarter panel Louver ornaments and various body putty patches
One of the new quarter panels that I welded on to replace the original rusty panel did not have holes for the louver ornaments (or whatever folks call them - gill accents).I first tried placing [...]
Trunk lid surface rust cleaning and paint
The trunk lid had quite a bit of surface rust where the “Firebird” letters were near the edge. The letters were removed and sanded the rust as best I could. Then added a layer of [...]
Installing front fender extension/ valance panels and painting door jam / inside door
Today I finally installed the front valance panel, along with the two front fender extensions. These previously had rust spots that were cleaned up, minor body putty work and primed several time in earlier months. [...]