Monday  March 31, 2008                     Back to Home Page

Finally after a long winter's rest.

  • I got back to the body work. 

Sunday

  • I removed the windshield and sanded the front windshield frame and the driver's side doors to remove the old primer and prep the surface below.
  • First I removed all the hardware then I sanded the metal surface with 60 grit follow by 120 grit. 
  • By the way this is no easy job.  Nothing technically exciting about this job just tedious grunt work.  I hand sanded the area around the windows because the 4" electric sander wasn't all that affective with the curves and groves of the door windows.
  • Once completed the surface was brush painted with a good Rust Stop primer.

 

   

Monday

  • Had so much fun on Sunday that I spent all day Monday working on the passenger side.
  • This is tedious time consuming work but after running my hand on the finished surface I knew this work will have a big affect on the final top coat.

 

  • The weather is cooperating a little in that Wednesday should be a sunny and rain free day.

  • Since 80% of my car is now ready for primer filler I am planning to shoot the car on Wednesday.

  • I have two little spots up front that need some attention.  I am going to try and finish them on Tuesday but if not I will shoot the car anyway and fix them at another time.

Once this is completed I can back the car into the garage so that I can work on the trunk area.

Getting closer and closer....

Progress Continued