Dean Jenkins
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Looks really good. I feel your pain! Went through a lot of roloc discs when I did that.
Decided to tackle the underside of the car before going any farther.
Normally I would have media blasted it but after struggling so hard to get all the media out of the body, I did this by hand with stripping discs.
Nasty, dirty job for sure and IF I ever do this again, media blasting will be the chosen method.
Two coats of SPI Epoxy mixed 1:1
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Still considering installing some frame stiffeners.
Going to install the doors and front fenders to see how things line up before going much farther.
So you think I should put it back on the jack stands to check door alignment?I don’t know what sort of bracing you installed on the car but dialing in door gaps and panel surfaces with the car on a rotisserie is not something I would normally do. The body will flex, distorting the opening. Gaps are best dialed in with the car sitting on the ground. Of course the bad corner can be addressed on the rotisserie.
Just my backyard hack two cents.
Don
I can only tell you what I and most others do. I do door alignment and panel matching with the car supported as it would be on the ground. This is common practice.So you think I should put it back on the jack stands to check door alignment?
I don't know if it applies to this car, but I'll pass on what I learned on my el Camino as I was working on panel alignment and gaps.Okay, I removed the rotisserie and have the car on jack stands.
I didn't see any notable changes in the gaps alignment of the doors and panels. That being said, it did give me a chance to test fit front end panels and grill surround.
Hope you get more life out of them than I did. I have a 1.8 and a 2.0 and the 2.0 started giving me issues after just a few uses. The 1.8 only lasted two jobs before it started sputtering. And both the cups locked up so that it is impossible to remove from the gun. I was not impressed.
Can you remove the panel from the car without a lot of trouble? It would be easier to straighten off the car, then checking fit every so often as you are straightening it. If you have a sandbag you could work much of it out placing it over the bag and working it out from behind.Okay, I removed the rotisserie and have the car on jack stands.
I didn't see any notable changes in the gaps alignment of the doors and panels. That being said, it did give me a chance to test fit front end panels and grill surround.
The car had been hit in the front end at some point:
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As you can see the lower panel and the grill surround are bent up pretty bad. I tried straightening the dents out of the lower panel but without much success.
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It's got so many bends in it, that I find it hard to even hold on to, let alone get it straight.
Yes, it appears the quarters are original. I did some more hinge adjusting yesterday and will post some pictures later today.Real quick, on the door to quarter line up, these are all the factory parts? What I mean is the quarters were never off the car correct? I looked though all of the pages, but I thought i just saw patch work.