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Work junk, and junk... at work. By 'junk.

You must do a lot of laundry.

On that seam sealer...reusable yes? with different nozzles or messed up once the air hits it. That would be nice to have laying around.

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Thanx man.:cool:

Doing laundry right now lol, how did you guess? I use gloves around 2K anything though.

The 8308 cartridge goes in an Automix gun and if you just let it set up in the tip, the rest stays fresh. So yeah just new mixing nozzle each usage. Its cool stuff, almost like bumper repair goo but less durable.
 
Still baffled by the laundry thing. Got awful dirty today though, cleaning shop.

Friday half-day. Welded up those driver's side flange strips and smoothed welds. Discussed hood situation and got a plan. Had time to mess with a couple other areas that desperately needed the few minutes of attention.

Make believe you are the driver's side U-seal on the quarter, in the jamb looking rearward. See that cobbled-on bracket tying the roof rail to the wheelhouse? There was nothing there. Now there is.



Now raise up a notch and stick your head inside the car. Watch out for the cage.

In the pic below- See the little strip tacked to that notch in the quarter at the roof rail? Its mainly a seam sealer shelf but I was able to tack it up there gently. Some OE moldings might cover that spot with a rubber flap but my bet is that it will show so I put something there to replace the ripped out and gone original. Mine are just notched and bent strips. Beats having a gap, and I'm willing to take the whoopin over burnt primer spot.



Other side, same deal but the quarter's edge is made differently-



You can kinda see both in this pic. This side's roof rail was rusted away much farther up so I added an appendage. Zero points for neatness, function and speed being the primary objectives.



Also stuck the grey Goodmark hood back on for now. Our supplier mentioned something I had previously concluded was a possibility...

that Goodmark hoods fit Goodmark fenders only. Makes sense. We'll see.
 
I'm using this grey hood and a borrowed striker to mock-up with until the new stuff comes. It looks good except in a couple spots that were spot welded at the wrong spot. Good enough to continue with. Anyway so I set the fender / hood / valance / header gaps like I wanted without too much hassle at all. The hood latch support was causing an issue or two. Moved a hole, added shims, lovely.

But I noticed a little brown stuff when I was tweaking the corners of the header or whatever you call it, so I sanded it back a little-



Aw man... seriously? Face palm.



Thats just un-called-for, now. I reckon the bodyman who did that is probably dead by now so ... what was he thinking? Oh my.











How would you proceed?
 


Oh Scotty I have something to report about your car. Ho-ly-Crap I rode in it today and it is unbelievable. Rides like stock, does everything else like a late model Vette. That car is bad ass.
 
that lucky bastard. if i could win the lotto. id have your shop build me one of these jems. if i won big id pay for grape ape to be re done :th_biggrin2: talk about a extra bonus lol getting paid to re build your own car. priceless.....
 
THAT would be mighty nice of you! After riding in the thing I'm convinced he got his money's worth and can see why he loves it so much. Fn awesome ride and that body don't shake or rattle at all. Heres what I was riding on but with rubber-

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Site said they are hiring. What you waitin on? :th_scratchhead: I'd be RIGHT onto that. Maybe they give tours, lol



Yeah I rolled the edges of that paper under, donned mask and glasses, and held the lid valve open with channel locks wrong-handed. Glad I'm not in that picture because I DID get some on me! Bum hand would not work good enough to do a really thorough job this way but I hit it all as best I could and then wore out two sheets of 40 and again with 80, on a 6" HF DA. to get to here-









So... that makes the answer to yesterday's question...


SAND MORE!

Then apply epoxy-





All I did as prep was to sand then clean it with DX-330. I applied two medium coats of DP90LF and let it hang in the booth while I took a lunch break. Came back and sat it in the direct sun for 1 hour, then cooled it in the shade. It should now be what it looked like it was!

So I blocked out the left fender with 180 on my 9" Hutchins hand file and on an 18" piece of lightweight plastic tubing. Then a buzz with 180 DA and more DX-330.



First bondo in months for me :) It wasn't bad enough to wipe the whole panel and I'm glad because it was in the 90s outside. Thats Rage Gold filler.



I left off here, still in the 80 grit stage-



I use a DA and block together a lot for speed and comfort during contouring. Some guys won't touch something thats been blocked with a DA. Takes practice but does produce a nice finish with minimal pain. All this will be finish sanded in 180 then poly primered like the rest. I ain't doing the part up next to the hood until I have THE hood.

 


I set up my bench and vise today. Stereo and speakers not shown. Its a start on a "fab area". The gas pump and bench grinder stand gotta go.

 
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