'71 Plymouth Satellite restoration in France

[ckessel]

Seeing what you get to work with, make sure the inner rust treatments get put on.

 

[Olivier]

Engine back in the bay :
Cranked at the first try !

 

[Olivier]

That's it for now, the coachbuilder just got back from holiday
Hope to have more good news at the end of the week ...

 

[Olivier]

Keep at it. I can see why it's taking extra time. You were sold a rust bucket turd with poor previous work done.

Yes, all this s... work has been done in the US before the car was imported by the guy I bought it from ...
I knew there was body work I would fix one day, but I didn't expect that much crap job

 

[Olivier]

Amazing work! Very impressive!

It's all due to the coachbuilder, not much of a help from me here ...

 

[ckessel]

I looked at two early Valiant wagons this last Sunday. They were both a couple of turds almost as bad as your car. Needless to say, did not purchase either. Will keep hunting for a driver 63-72 b-body wagon.

 

[Olivier]

Seeing what you get to work with, make sure the inner rust treatments get put on.

Yes, the coachbuilder has planned to inject protective wax where it's needed

 

[ckessel]

I have a container of that too which will get applied after the POR15 goes on.

 

[EmitRDetsaw]

Coming along well so far. I would be interested to know what the final bill from your coach builder will be. Coach builder sounds like a old-world craftsman putting together a deluxe horse-drawn buggy of sorts. I guess it is...

His shop's tile floor looks better than the one in my kitchen. Jus' sayin'.

 

[Olivier]

I should be updated soon, I hope
I know it will be a 5 figure bill ...

 

[Olivier]

I had some news this week :

 

[Olivier]

And it just entered the paint cabin this afternoon !

 

[chargervert]

Wow,lots of metal work on that one! You have made great progress on the car! The guy looks like he did a thorough job fixing all the bad areas.

 

[Olivier]

Wow,lots of metal work on that one! You have made great progress on the car! The guy looks like he did a thorough job fixing all the bad areas.

Indeed
He did a great work

By the way, something could have changed in a couple of hours ...

 

[Olivier]

 

[Olivier]

Hello there,
Some new pictures from the coachbuilder :

 

[ckessel]

What a difference. What brand of paint products did they use?

 

[Olivier]

What a difference. What brand of paint products did they use?

All I know is it's a single stage direct gloss paint, 2 coats of epoxy primer, 1 layer of paint and 2 coats of varnish
I'll get to see the car on Monday, I'll ask

Edit: it's in fact two layers of paint

 

[Olivier]

Here are the pictures of today :

But I forgot to ask about the brand of the paint sorry ...

 

[ct71rr]

Looks really nice! I think you had almost the identical rust areas as me, except my roof was pretty solid (just surface rust) and my lower quarters were crap.