Preservation Project - Green Machine

[Keith Seymore]

Thank you;

I think I got the worst paint job to ever come out of the Pontiac Michigan assembly plant. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/frown.gif[/img]

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[olredalert]

----Possibly a cam change????......Bill S

[68l30]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: olredalert</div><div class="ubbcode-body">----Possibly a cam change????......Bill S </div></div>


BINGO!


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[JRC99]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: cook_dw</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><span style="font-weight: bold">The hood stack rejuvenation is underway.. And yes James Ill give you partial credit..</span> [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/beers.gif[/img]

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<span style="font-weight: bold">A little flip-a-rue and bing bang boom..</span>



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Welp, there's something I'll have to do to my grandfather's come spring. Whole car looks amazing!

[njsteve]

Option #4:

I'd swap over to the restored piece but I'd strip off the shiny new black paint first with some carb cleaner and let it get some nice surface rust patina. It should blend in fine then. Keep the disc brakes. They are much safer than the drums.

Here is what my original master cyl looks like in the Firebird. The original lid is still nice and shiny after 42 years.

[njsteve]

That would be the perfect area to use the safestrustremover/evaporust and rig up a sump with a flower sprayer and a plastic sheet to drain back into a catch basin. This was the kind of surface rust that I cleaned up on the '72 Trans Am a few years back. Find a plastic Kiddy pool at ToysRus and get a cheap pool cover sump. Five gallons of the liquid will do just fine.

[Bandit723]

[quote=cook_dw]<span style="font-weight: bold">Over the past few nights I have worked on the rear section of the floor between the frame rails and finally have it as good as I can get it at this point. Unfortunately surface rust had begun on this area of the floor and maybe it extremely hard to get it clean. </span>


























<span style="font-weight: bold">Here is something I thought was interesting to see.</span>





<span style="font-weight: bold">This is what I am using to preserve the bare areas and the rusted portions. This is a product that goes on and leaves a waxy coating that is transparent. Similar to other rust preventative products but this is in an aerosol can.</span>

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Nice Job on going thru this Car. Your post here caught my attention while looking for the correct coating underneath my Camaro. How is the Rest Veto working out for you. Also is this safe to use on painted surfaces? I am cleaning up the underside of My car and was debating on just throwing undercoating back on it or use a product like Rust Veto to protect it

[njsteve]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: cook_dw</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Thats a great idea.. Do you happen to have a pic of the before?

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Look just to the left of the spray and you'll see the surface rust. The stuff does not affect paint unless the paint is lifting because of rust already. The main thing is to make sure the area is degreased. Grease and oil will prevent the water based liquid from doing its job.

[njsteve]

Here's a couple photos of how I did it. Just get some large pan to act as a catch basin and use waterproof tarp or plastic sheeting as a giant funnel, with the sump sitting in the lowest point of the sheeting, inside the pan. Use binder clips to hold the plastic sheet to the body and to maintain the downward funnelling of the liquid.



Here is an underside view. I used some wire coathangers to hold the sprayer in various positions. The warmer the liquid is, the faster it works. Hot summer weather is best but you can also use a small fishpond heater to keep the liquid temperature up. 80 degrees or more works great.

[njsteve]

If they are the original cylinders you can send them to Whitepost for sleeving.