1966 Coronet 440 field find

[HEMI-ITIS]

I'd say your gittin the hang of this welding stuff:blob1:

 

[gdrill]

Thanx all, ya I am definitely getting better with the welder, still not a pro though! I filled the rest of the molding holes and built one more patch on the drivers quarter. Now all the rust on the shell is gone. There is still some patching in the trunk to do. Then I moved onto the drivers fender. It had a few small dents and three rust holes, no more holes and the dents are smaller.

 

[gdrill]

I decided to test my putty skills today. After I pulled the small dent out a bit I put short fiber filler over all my welded sections. I roughed that down and topped off with Rage Ultimate. It actually does what it says on the can and doesn't leave any pinholes. Nice. I did two coats with fiber and then two coats of filler so far. Tomorrow I'll double check it and then hit it with epoxy.

 

[conv67bdere]

Look Ma.....no holes! :hello2:

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Cool Gdrill . . . but I'm having Mad Max flash backs ! ! ! ( SMILE )

Great job on the panels . . . I've still got to do that, and work up the courage to do it too ! ! ! ( yikes )

 

[daredevil]

That fender looks slicker than cat **** on a tile floor!

 

[747mopar]

Fender looks great, your doing some really nice looking work. :eusa_clap:

 

[roadrunnerman]

I think once you get everything sanded down and a couple coats of primer on, you won't even be able to tell any work was done on them.

 

[tallhair]

Frankenstein's getting a facial makeover . Nice work brother

 

[gdrill]

Thanx everyone. I didn't prime it today after all. I did a little more sanding and got it pretty close to straight. I'll shoot it tomorrow. I learned not to be too cheap or too generous with the hardener in the putty. I didn't put enough in one batch and it took quite a while longer to set. Bad for balling up sand paper. It's hard to see in the pics but here is a view of whats done. I'll have to do a bit more on top of the epoxy then use a high build, for lack of knowing the proper term.

 

[Propwash]

If you really want to get her straight, try doing a few guide coat's. Spray on two contrasting colors like red/gey or black/white, something like that. Spray on the first coat, let it dry then spray on the second. Start blocking, high spots will bleed out color underneath, low spots sandpaper will barely touch. Sometimes a highbuild primer will be enough to fill in the lulls, sometimes a skim coat...Sometimes sanding will knock down the high spots, sometimes you need to break out the body hammer.

Good luck

 

[Ron 73]

You are doing some great work on this, fender shaping up real good!

 

[gdrill]

Well I had a body buddy stop by today and he talked me into repairing my other fender. This way I can prime them both at the same time. Huh, makes sense. Us newbies always gettin' in a hurry! The passenger fender had way less damage. A small rust spot that went through into the inner structure and one hole that someone drilled into it. I repaired the inner and built a small patch. Easy, done. I started sanding. It has a few door dings, but should be much less work than the driver's side.

 

[Basket case]

fantastic!

 

[gdrill]

Fender number two ready for epoxy! I'm going to try and build some form of tent to contain the mist tomorrow.

 

[Propwash]

Nice!

 

[gdrill]

Hillbilly paint booth!

Well this is it. I slapped a Hillbilly paint booth together for priming. It ain't much to look at but it should do the trick for now. It is actually quite easy to disassemble so I will use it for all the removable parts on the car. My cherry picker balances the fender nicely. It is a bit tall but not too bad.

 

[747mopar]

I did all of my best paint jobs in a hillbilly paint booth haha, now that I built a nice booth I seam to get more dirt. By the way, beautiful garage "WOW".

 

[Basket case]

not a thing wrong with that!

 

[gdrill]

Thanx again guys. Well I pulled it out of the "paint booth" and am fairly happy with the result. First off, my paint prepper, me, did a great job of wax and grease removal. But.....he forgot to go over it with a tack cloth before the painter, again me, hurriedly went in with the gun! Oh well there's a little lint on it. Savable. But I am quite happy with my putty work. For not touching it since the early 90's I have to say it doesn't look too bad. There will be some small touch up before primer, but not much. Not too bad for an amateur, if I do say so myself. I'm not sure whether flat hides or shows imperfections, but here is a look at what I see.

 

[tallhair]

The work is excellent brother and man you've got a great looking shop !!