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Old 07-15-2019, 02:37 AM
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Can't wait to see it on the ground. Will you be painting it yourself Jack?
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Old 07-15-2019, 08:17 AM
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Yes, I need to paint before winter. I won't be able to move the car yet so after the body is finished I'll remove all the bolt on panels and take them to a friend's shop to paint. The rear deck and upper quarters will have to be done here.
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Old 07-15-2019, 11:22 AM
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Jack, could the word you're searching for be "proportional" rather than "normal"?


Great stuff, great insight, as always!


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Old 07-15-2019, 11:52 AM
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I was thinking along the lines of "insane" but proportional is a better fit. You know you've done a chop right if people are asking you "is that chopped?" I used to get that a lot with my 57 Chevy.
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Old 07-15-2019, 12:19 PM
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I love it! Have you had it outside so you can take some better photos showing the whole car from various angles?
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Old 07-15-2019, 12:37 PM
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Pretty soon. I need the car setting on the tires when I start gapping the bolt on panels. There shouldn't be any flex in this frame but I always want the car on the tires when doing the final fitting. Lessons learned from years of working on unibody cars, I guess.
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Old 07-15-2019, 04:02 PM
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It looks great, Jack. The silhouette of the roof works very well with the fins. I like the repeat of the slight but definite rising undulation very much. Very cool. a smooth, rounded roof would have been a buzzkill for me.

I'm anxious to see it on wheels.
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Old 07-21-2019, 07:52 PM
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Its been crazy hot here lately. I've been moving slow, and didn't get many pics along the way, but I'm moving along. I have been finishing up the roof. All panels are glued and finished. I had to bump some low spots up around the rivets and a couple small spots. I want to mud over the rivets and seams but not directly to the aluminum, so I sanded the surface with 150 DA and cleaned and used an Alodine rinse, then shot some epoxy primer inside and out. I'll let that dry till tomorrow and finish it off.
When I was doing the final alignment of the roof to the body, Everything went smoothly. The two guide pins in front dropped right into the corresponding holes in the windshield frame and all four latches in back adjusted in easily. I was a little surprised that it was not a headache but I thought back to when I was building the framework just below the rear deck where the latches are. I spent a LOT of time getting everything in the right place. I remember losing a 1/2 inch somewhere back there and obsessing over finding it and correcting it. So, I guess that was not time wasted. It made everything go easier at this point.
Lesson: Put the time in up front to get everything right. It will pay in the end.

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Old 07-23-2019, 12:49 PM
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This is Squeeg's Epoxy primer. It is absolutely the very best custom paint substrate available and it can be used in a couple different ways. It's a direct to metal sandable epoxy. I could have used this as I was making the body panels to keep them from flash rusting but I had the black in house already. You can apply it prior to bodywork to preserve the metal, then rough it up later and do the body work, or do the bodywork first, then apply up to 5 coats and block to finish. Or you can reduce it and use it as a sealer prior to painting. When this stuff kicks, it is locked. No delam, no shrinking, no cracking. This is the first step in a show quality paint job and it costs less than the competitors. Two gallons (part A and part B) plus a quart of reducer makes nine quarts sprayable. One to one mix plus reducer. The kit is $250 plus tax. Compare that to any 4:1 plus reducer primer kit which only gives 5 or 5 1/2 quarts sprayable. It block sands very easily and shelf life is indefinite as long as the lids are properly sealed.

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I filled the seams and rivet holes, them put a couple coats of primer on. I won't be doing any more block sanding on this so I only need a couple coats. This will be padded and upholstered.

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Old 07-23-2019, 04:20 PM
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Have you used SPI Epoxy Jack? If so what differences have you noted?
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