40plyrod Posted April 21, 2014 Author Report Posted April 21, 2014 Thanks everybody. Those are the same instructions I used and they do call for press wash but I couldn't find any and the fellow at the printshop said that camp fuel was pretty close. It worked fine when I did the dash on dad's 27 chrysler so I'm hoping for no trouble this time either. Quote
mrwrstory Posted June 22, 2014 Report Posted June 22, 2014 Been awhile since a progress report. What'zup? Quote
40plyrod Posted June 23, 2014 Author Report Posted June 23, 2014 I haven't updated in a while because photos of block sanding are pretty boring (thankfully that's over ) and my kids had a big push on to get the go-kart going. I have kept working on the Plymouth though. It's now ready for paint. I've spent the last few days shoveling the shop out so that it's clean enough to paint in, and I've started masking off the car. I hope to paint sometime in the next couple of weeks. 1 Quote
USMC1188 Posted June 24, 2014 Report Posted June 24, 2014 You have a ton of great work here! A lot of helpful information as well! What did you do to replace the floor of your trunk? Did you find a new one, or use sheet metal? Quote
40plyrod Posted June 24, 2014 Author Report Posted June 24, 2014 (edited) You have a ton of great work here! A lot of helpful information as well! What did you do to replace the floor of your trunk? Did you find a new one, or use sheet metal? Thank you. I just used cardboard at first to get the pattern of the pieces I needed then traced them on 18 gauge sheetmetal, cut them out, bead rolled some ribs in for strength and welded it all together. Edited June 24, 2014 by 40plyrod Quote
40plyrod Posted June 24, 2014 Author Report Posted June 24, 2014 (edited) nice size garage tooooooo Thanks. It's exactly 1'x1' bigger than my brother-in-laws, no immature childish competition going on here. Edited June 24, 2014 by 40plyrod Quote
fstfish66 Posted July 4, 2014 Report Posted July 4, 2014 Thanks. It's exactly 1'x1' bigger than my brother-in-laws, no immature childish competition going on here. keeping up with the joneses ??? like the walon song says 4 car garage and still building on,,,,,,,lol Quote
40plyrod Posted July 10, 2014 Author Report Posted July 10, 2014 I gots da blues...this weekend, I hope. Quote
mrwrstory Posted July 12, 2014 Report Posted July 12, 2014 Good luck! Anxiously waitng for the next pics.i Quote
40plyrod Posted July 13, 2014 Author Report Posted July 13, 2014 ...and Finally the clear! Time for BEER! Quote
Niel Hoback Posted July 13, 2014 Report Posted July 13, 2014 That's beautiful! Color me jealous. Quote
Andydodge Posted July 13, 2014 Report Posted July 13, 2014 That's a nice colour......the whole cars a credit to you........are you running those yellow rims and whitewalls?........regards from oz......andyd Quote
pflaming Posted July 13, 2014 Report Posted July 13, 2014 Gray=. Flat black=. Color=. Painting is new to me. So would you fill in the blanks? Quote
40plyrod Posted July 13, 2014 Author Report Posted July 13, 2014 Andy, yellow rims are left over from my '51 chevy and will probably be painted red to match the motor or blue to match the body. Whitewalls are a must ever though they are very expensive. Quote
40plyrod Posted July 13, 2014 Author Report Posted July 13, 2014 Gray=. Flat black=. Color=. Painting is new to me. So would you fill in the blanks? The grey is the high build primer that was sanded down with 400 grit. The black is a epoxy sealer that is put on to cover any places that have been sanded through when block sanding, it's allowed to flash off and then is covered with the base color which drys flat. Using black as the sealer is supposed to give you a truer color. And finally you spray clear coat to give it some shine a lot of paint jobs end there but I'm planning to wet sand the clear next and then polish it back up. 1 Quote
40plyrod Posted July 13, 2014 Author Report Posted July 13, 2014 Pushed it out in the sun to see the real color. Whitewalls are painted to help my realize the vision. 2 Quote
casper50 Posted July 13, 2014 Report Posted July 13, 2014 Lol those painted WW's look pretty good as does the paint. Quote
40plyrod Posted July 14, 2014 Author Report Posted July 14, 2014 Thanks guys. It was a great weekend, I worked painting my car around my buddy Dale who moved to Alberta last fall coming to visit and pick up his 54 Oldsmobile that I've been babysitting for him. I helped him paint his car so he wanted to return the favor. It was great having someone to keep mixing paint as well as the extra pair of eyes. Car painted + BS-ing + Beer = A great weekend Quote
mrwrstory Posted July 14, 2014 Report Posted July 14, 2014 Thanks guys. It was a great weekend, I worked painting my car around my buddy Dale who moved to Alberta last fall coming to visit and pick up his 54 Oldsmobile that I've been babysitting for him. I helped him paint his car so he wanted to return the favor. It was great having someone to keep mixing paint as well as the extra pair of eyes. Car painted + BS-ing + Beer = A great weekend Here's Dale's Olds to give you an idea of what these guys do. - - 1 Quote
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