1970 L-78 Nova Restoration; Saga of The Green Bastard

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**L78_Nova** · #1 07-27-2022, 08:12 PM

Now back to Bodywork on the Roof.... A week of holidays was a full week of 12 hour days bodyworking the roof.. never said I was fast ! The weather cooperated with high temps well in the 90's every day. It was Gruelling !! (I will foreshadow that it turned out beautifully after paint)
Reinstalled inner structure
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Full skin coat of Bondo (couple rounds)... followed by a full skin coat of polyester glaze (couple rounds)
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Looooooots of blocking and repeats
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Once I was happy with the base work it was all sealed with DP90 (a little pebbly shooting it in the heat)
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Some more spot repairs and DP90 sealing...
Then a full cover with high build primer and another round of blocking
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The Following 4 Users Say Thank You to L78_Nova For This Useful Post:
big gear head (07-28-2022), Bill Pritchard (07-27-2022), PeteLeathersac (07-27-2022), Xplantdad (07-27-2022)

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