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1966DartConvertible
 Post subject: Painting my '66 Vert...
PostPosted: Tue Oct 26, 2010 7:42 am 
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Still work in progress, need to paint strip everything under the hood and the body need more sanding to bare-metal...

Here you go:

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Fenders are off the car and amazingly not even a SINGLE HOLE of rusted panel behind the front tires and inside the fender well... not bad for 44 yr old lady ay?...

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more updates...

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taken using crappy cellphone...

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sprayed with primer...

I smell progress :P

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Looks like a lot of hard and high quality work!

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Looks like a lot of hard and high quality work!

Lou
a little more progress on the restoration...

Engine bay:

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the rest:

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sprayed etch on the door and front fender, the rest will follow...

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Sorry if im boring you guys with this restoration pictures ;) Its my 1st real bumper to bumper restoration so im just a little excited...

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Not at all!

It's all to come for me, so good to see what I'm getting myself into. You look like you're doing a real thorough job!

Looks like you got one hell of a bodyshell to work with, shall be a good'un for another 50 years!

Good luck and more pixtureses!

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By the way, what have you been stripping her with (if you see wht I mean)?

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By the way, what have you been stripping her with (if you see wht I mean)?
Combination of hot air gun and a scraper until like this:

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then brush on the paint stripping chemical and leave to dry for a few minutes, then wipe it off.

Finally use the power-tool with the abrasive paper on and sanding it down till like this:

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Green Green grass of homeeee...

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What do you think? ;)

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Yeayyyy new floorpan...

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here is the old floorpan... (see the holes...)

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Very nice- keep the pics coming. :D

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New Old Stock (NOS) Intake and Exhaust valves from Good Ol' US of A...

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