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It's the VIN matching engine for the car, so that helps me like it.
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Well Dave it looks like you have a good handle on the old Mopar. I apprenticed under a metal man well over 30 years ago and did many restorations out of my own shop and doubt that I could do better than what I see here. I assume the quarter panels you obtained did not go all the way up to the post and thus you made a good call doing that little overlap on the welded seam and doing so where you did it lowered the chance of warp considerably. I've butt welded more than a few of those l9ong panels and it is a slow process. Good job! Keep picken and filin'.....
What type of topcoat system you using?
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Base/clear urethane for topcoat.
Figure I'll do my weld seams with a special filler called "metal 2 metal" first, then epoxy prime the whole car, scuff and apply polyester filler where needed... Sand of course, then when I figure I'm close to straight I'll hit it with polyester prime, block the whole car, hit it again with polyester prime if need be... Then when I'm happy with the blocking I'll seal it, shoot the base, shoot the clear, block the clear and buff.
I just made myself tired just talking about that lol!!
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And thanks very much okie for the compliment.
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Do you always use base/clear?
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Yeah, I do.
I have sprayed single stage paints, plenty of them but I pretty much stick with base clear for finishing now.
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so Dave.......wanna do a CJ5 next? keep trying to make time to tear into mine but the wife keeps wrangling me into other projects.....like remodeling a community banquet room hauled nearly 2 tons of chit out of there on Sunday, spent tonight masking chit off getting ready for paint......but will she give me time to re paint my CJ?
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land on your feet,did you?
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so Dave.......wanna do a CJ5 next? keep trying to make time to tear into mine but the wife keeps wrangling me into other projects.....like remodeling a community banquet room hauled nearly 2 tons of chit out of there on Sunday, spent tonight masking chit off getting ready for paint......but will she give me time to re paint my CJ? I'm booked for the next half a decade as far as I can tell.
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I have a project I need done as well, I will even buy you beer in the 16 gallon cans, and you could even have a real glass beer mug to drink it out of.
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Base/clear urethane for topcoat.
Figure I'll do my weld seams with a special filler called "metal 2 metal" first, then epoxy prime the whole car, scuff and apply polyester filler where needed... Sand of course, then when I figure I'm close to straight I'll hit it with polyester prime, block the whole car, hit it again with polyester prime if need be... Then when I'm happy with the blocking I'll seal it, shoot the base, shoot the clear, block the clear and buff.
I just made myself tired just talking about that lol!!
But once you get to the guide coat you'll be grinning! Pulling the trigger on a topcoat smells just like money!!! The matching numbers on that rig makes what your doing worth the effort.
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I am still in awe of you patience & skill Dave. I have done a bit of that and it is a LOT of work.
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laying on your back and sanding the lower length of the car is possibly my least favorite.
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George Orwell was a Prophet, not a novelist. Read 1984 and then look around you!
Old cat turd!
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I am too old to fight but I can still pull a trigger. ~ Me
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Dave, take your Christmas lights down..............
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but then I'll just have to put them back up again in half a year.
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but then I'll just have to put them back up again in half a year. That's what I keep telling her. If I get any slower, It will be an all year chore.
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Ive tried that reasoning with my mom when I was younger and still living at home. Her reply was "why wash the dishes then....you just going to get em all dirty again tomorrow?"
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Ive tried that reasoning with my mom when I was younger and still living at home.
Last week? Her reply was "why wash the dishes then....you just going to get em all dirty again tomorrow?"
My wife says the same thing. I fixed that though, last week we used paper plates. They were hell to get out of the dish washer though.
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