1973 restoration

[DrA76]

5 hours ago, man_mark_7 said:

Interesting. I'm not a body so I'm curious about epoxy coating before finishing the metal repair. Will it get re-epoxy-coated once body repair is complete?

I sprayed one layer of epoxy to protect the bare metal. You never know how long the metal repair lasts.

We marked all the areas where repair needed. After that a second layer will be sprayed.

 

[DrA76]

New rockers in . Temporarily riveted. Will be spot welded after checking door gaps.

Next front frame rails and floor pan.

[ricsix]

Wow, nice job and an awesome car. Be sure to keep us posted on progress, it'll be fun to see how it comes along.

 

Take care,

 

Ric 

[DrA76]

Done with both front frame rails,front floor pan and rockers.

Next rear fender quarter, and doors.

As you can see from the pictures. Doors have been repaired previously with metal patch and revits.

Could not find outer door skin, so will fabricate one .

Suspension parts being media blasted and powder coated.

 

[DrA76]

Replace rear quarter with new sheet metal ,deleted side markers.

 

[DrA76]

Trunk floor ,driver side rocker and quarter.

Next cutting fenders for turbo fairing.

Looking for a turbo  air dam.

 

[DrA76]

more than 6 weeks since last update, things are moving slowly .

metal work is done, body work is done , car in paint booth now.

 

 

Edited March 8, 2021 by DrA76

[DrA76]

[Rodolfo Lasparri]

On 12/22/2020 at 11:51 AM, DrA76 said:

Media lasting the car. It took more than I thought. 

It was almost impossible to remove the layer's of bondo.

 

 

Looking good, what media type did you use for blasting?

[DrA76]

47 minutes ago, rudolpholaspari2002 said:

Looking good, what media type did you use for blasting?

Fine garnet.

[ozgeorge]

Hi DrA76- project looks awesome- congratulations on your great work 

I have a couple of questions given your results look so good;

 

1. with the media (garnet) blasting- did you have any problems with heat warping? what do you do to avoid that?

2. did you paint with a base coat/clear coat 2k system?

 

thanks

 

 

g

[DrA76]

6 hours ago, ozgeorge said:

Hi DrA76- project looks awesome- congratulations on your great work 

I have a couple of questions given your results look so good;

 

1. with the media (garnet) blasting- did you have any problems with heat warping? what do you do to avoid that?

2. did you paint with a base coat/clear coat 2k system?

 

thanks

 

 

g

Hi ozgeorge.

thank you.

1. no warping , i use low psi ,blast at an angle and keep distance from the metal about 30" . it takes longer to clean the metal  but id does not damage the metal.

2. 1k system. 

[Rodolfo Lasparri]

3 minutes ago, DrA76 said:

Fine garnet.

Many thanks, appreciate the input! My 73 is getting done in about 3 weeks and that's what I was planning to use as well :).

[DrA76]

5 minutes ago, rudolpholaspari2002 said:

Many thanks, appreciate the input! My 73 is getting done in about 3 weeks and that's what I was planning to use as well :).

Good luck. Just make sure to test first.

I usually test on floor pan, just to make sure that everything is ok .

[DrA76]

Undercarriage prep.