cmfisher4
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Hi, everyone. Please bear with me for a long question:
I'm slowly transitioning from the repair / restore phase of my 1966 Triumph Spitfire (full, body-off restoration) to the assembly stage. I've got the majority of my body panels ready for final blocking and the body itself should be there soon (weeks). I'm having an internal argument with myself on whether I should do BC/CC with the body off the chassis (the chassis is all done and rolling) and apart, or if I should assemble the car, body-wise, and then paint the exterior.
Before assembly, I would do all of the required interior portions (door jambs, undersides of hood, trunk, interior areas where paint will show) and then put it all together and get all of my gaps right, then do final blocking and epoxy sealer (taping off as necessary, of course). My biggest reason for doing it this way would be to essentially protect the paint from what I'm sure will be a difficult process of putting it all back together, especially getting gaps correct.
Otherwise, I would just BC/CC everything separately, at various times, and then put it all back together.
I have a feeling this may be a "duh" question where it should be obvious that it's better to paint with everything apart, but I think there may be some advantages to doing final blocking with everything together to try to get it as straight as possible across the gaps, but this is not my biggest priority (I'm okay with imperfections given my rookie status).
Looking for your opinions what, given the choice, you all would do.
Thanks,
Chris
I'm slowly transitioning from the repair / restore phase of my 1966 Triumph Spitfire (full, body-off restoration) to the assembly stage. I've got the majority of my body panels ready for final blocking and the body itself should be there soon (weeks). I'm having an internal argument with myself on whether I should do BC/CC with the body off the chassis (the chassis is all done and rolling) and apart, or if I should assemble the car, body-wise, and then paint the exterior.
Before assembly, I would do all of the required interior portions (door jambs, undersides of hood, trunk, interior areas where paint will show) and then put it all together and get all of my gaps right, then do final blocking and epoxy sealer (taping off as necessary, of course). My biggest reason for doing it this way would be to essentially protect the paint from what I'm sure will be a difficult process of putting it all back together, especially getting gaps correct.
Otherwise, I would just BC/CC everything separately, at various times, and then put it all back together.
I have a feeling this may be a "duh" question where it should be obvious that it's better to paint with everything apart, but I think there may be some advantages to doing final blocking with everything together to try to get it as straight as possible across the gaps, but this is not my biggest priority (I'm okay with imperfections given my rookie status).
Looking for your opinions what, given the choice, you all would do.
Thanks,
Chris