Forum: Member's Rides
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Engine Paint
Hi Rich,
I have been using the Bill Hirsch stuff for all engine builds i have done. I have used everything from there Hemi orange for some 6 pack engines I built for some other guys as well as...
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Forum: Member's Rides
09-15-2024, 11:34 PM
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Black and Orange Painting
Between the last 2 weekends painted some chassis parts along with some engine pieces. Did some rear end factory paint marks.
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Forum: Member's Rides
09-09-2024, 01:04 AM
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Thanks to some mice
This is one that is a first for me. Upon doing some window channel sand blasting i found the package tray area undeer the dutchman panel was pinholes from rust. After investigating and blowing out...
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Forum: Member's Rides
09-03-2024, 12:17 AM
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DriveShaft
Aside from body work finishing up chassis items one at a time. I dont have the time, patience or money to try and get a driveshaft back to bare metal and have it look good, so painted works just...
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Forum: Member's Rides
09-02-2024, 01:31 PM
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Rough in Complete
After stripping its hammer out the dents, followed by the base layer of filler. I wanna point out that the better job of hammering out the dents the less filler you have which is the primary goal. ...
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Forum: Member's Rides
08-31-2024, 08:40 PM
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Forum: Member's Rides
08-31-2024, 08:39 PM
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Forum: Member's Rides
08-31-2024, 04:29 PM
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Roof Fust
Some cars seem to have some surface rust which is always alot of work to get clean. I strip the paint and then get out muriatic acid. Nasty stuff to work with. Doesnt take too long for the rust...
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Forum: Member's Rides
08-26-2024, 10:04 PM
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Forum: Member's Rides
08-26-2024, 01:25 AM
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Body Work has started
Ive noticed there are a lot of fancy and quick ways to strip the body. Its a slow process for me. Paint stricer and a super sharp putty knife. Someone caved in the roof at one time so pounding out...
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Forum: Member's Rides
08-17-2024, 11:04 PM
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Forum: Member's Rides
08-16-2024, 10:39 PM
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Radiator Recores
I had an orignal BO 69 radiator recored. I still need to attach the tags. Also in the mix was another not often seen 68 OJ with the different stamped main tank XM.
Not to be too outdone but had...
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Forum: Member's Rides
08-16-2024, 10:34 PM
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Replies: 173
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Chrome back from AIH
Picked up the chrome work pieces I prepped a few weeks back. Admittingly the quality of work on these items are far superior to anything GM did. Noticed the nice thing with high quality chrome is...
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Forum: Member's Rides
08-05-2024, 12:44 AM
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Rust Repair
Im about finished working through trunk, and floor patching.
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Forum: Member's Rides
07-26-2024, 11:25 PM
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Chrome Preparation
This is one of those jobs that honestly sucks. I get all my chrome stripped and do some prep work. For this restoration I only grabed the quater window chromes, hood vents, door handles and a set...
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Forum: Parts/Memorabilia - For Sale
07-02-2024, 01:44 PM
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3946074 AFR Heads
Hi everyone, I thought this was a pretty unique set of heads that I had originally ear marked for a stock restoration and after further getting into decided there most likey of much more value to...
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Forum: Member's Rides
06-23-2024, 05:42 PM
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When i first started redoing cars I would take...
When i first started redoing cars I would take pictures of bolt head markings. To be honest when your putting the car back together its process of elimination. The only place that can get confusing...
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Forum: Member's Rides
06-23-2024, 03:17 PM
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Color Spray Out and bunch of misc items
Weekend of running. zinc and yellow zinc plating done. Radiator being recored. Picked up some sample 72 paint for a color spray out test. Looks very close,
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Forum: Member's Rides
06-23-2024, 12:08 PM
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Forum: Member's Rides
06-22-2024, 01:52 AM
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Forum: Member's Rides
06-20-2024, 12:19 AM
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Forum: Member's Rides
06-13-2024, 01:29 AM
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Fixing Speaker Mounts in the Deck
Seems like just about every car I restore someone has butchered the speaker holes. Pretty easy fix. Always nice using original metal as it fits into place with no massaging or mismatching of holes...
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Forum: Member's Rides
06-13-2024, 01:26 AM
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300 Deluxe Rubber Floor Question?
I was curious if anyone could provide some explination about a few things related to the 300 deluxe cars. Upon getting into the car I noticed that there were small twisted shank nails pounded into...
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Forum: Member's Rides
06-02-2024, 04:00 PM
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Im actually not familiar with that product. I...
Im actually not familiar with that product. I tend to keep things simple and purchase products from either the Keystone company for things like lacquer primer and other consumables like lacquer, and...
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Forum: Member's Rides
05-28-2024, 02:55 AM
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