Re: Slow Progress at Zippy Performance
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I haven't even evolved beyond spray-bomb jobs and you're replacing panels, etc. you and me too ! my body work "skills" consist of a BFH, a crowbar, and lots of "words" that are, shall we say, somewhat "impolite" in most circles. i learned a long time ago that my strongest skill on paint and body works is know who to hire to do the work I want done to my cars AKA, I envy those that have good skills on both metal repair and painting them
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Re: Slow Progress at Zippy Performance
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08/05/22 05:46 PM
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I hadn’t totally repaired the right door jamb and installed the quarter panel anyway, it resulted In unhappiness/inadequate gap. It was totally my fault, I fixed it. The lead partially melted too so a little more work Is needed there.
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Re: Slow Progress at Zippy Performance
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08/05/22 06:06 PM
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Pulled the door, sliced off the skin and am repairing the structure. Hopefully I’ve metal finished it well enough to not need much else.
Test fit of The repro door skins went well, they seem to just fall into place with hand pressure and look like they will fit nicely. Things are looking good.
There’s a lot more, but to be honest this platform bogs me down something fierce.
Jeremiah, are you JD on FB? I just saw a friend RQ from JDL but now it is gone
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Re: Slow Progress at Zippy Performance
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08/08/22 11:38 AM
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Pulled the door, sliced off the skin and am repairing the structure. Hopefully I’ve metal finished it well enough to not need much else.
Test fit of The repro door skins went well, they seem to just fall into place with hand pressure and look like they will fit nicely. Things are looking good.
There’s a lot more, but to be honest this platform bogs me down something fierce.
Jeremiah, are you JD on FB? I just saw a friend RQ from JDL but now it is gone Would have liked to stop by and see how you were doing this. I just barely dabbled with this on the Charger years ago, and it did not go well.
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Re: Slow Progress at Zippy Performance
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08/08/22 02:06 PM
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No worries Dave, the other (left) door may actually be worse than this one, and I have not done anything to it yet. I'll give you a shout when the time comes.
The gaps seem to make sense and the skin wants to go on where it should. Going to need to acid wash or blast, or maybe do both to the inner structure. Might call around for quotes to see if it's better to farm that out. I bought a small pressure blaster and did the fenders, I can do these too, but it wasn't my idea of a good time. I have to do it outdoors and there's been too much rain recently.
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Re: Slow Progress at Zippy Performance
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08/09/22 11:24 AM
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Forgot about them, Thx. I might have to go that route.
On FB I found a mobile wet blaster in Davisburg, and the powder coater I've been using in Lapeer also does blasting. Options.......
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Re: Slow Progress at Zippy Performance
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08/09/22 11:39 AM
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Forgot about them, Thx. I might have to go that route.
On FB I found a mobile wet blaster in Davisburg, and the powder coater I've been using in Lapeer also does blasting. Options....... The mobile wet blasters warp body panels! The neighbor had a '66 Nova done that was pristine and just wanted the paint stripped. it did not go well! Nice Progress, BTW!
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Re: Slow Progress at Zippy Performance
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08/09/22 12:41 PM
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Forgot about them, Thx. I might have to go that route.
On FB I found a mobile wet blaster in Davisburg, and the powder coater I've been using in Lapeer also does blasting. Options....... The mobile wet blasters warp body panels! The neighbor had a '66 Nova done that was pristine and just wanted the paint stripped. it did not go well! Nice Progress, BTW! Doesn't sound too appealing. I didn't hurt my fenders blasting them myself but that was with a pretty low volume of media and air. You've been watching from the get-go. Thanks for hitting the "like" button on the Book of Faces all this time.
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Re: Slow Progress at Zippy Performance
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08/10/22 07:50 PM
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No worries Dave, the other (left) door may actually be worse than this one, and I have not done anything to it yet. I'll give you a shout when the time comes. Thank Rich. That would be great!
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Re: Slow Progress at Zippy Performance
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08/11/22 01:10 AM
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It's been great following this journey Rich. I have to do some similar work on my own car myself in the future. I am trying to go fast on pennies, so I try and do as much as I can myself.
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Re: Slow Progress at Zippy Performance
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08/11/22 11:32 AM
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[quote The mobile wet blasters warp body panels! The neighbor had a '66 Nova done that was pristine and just wanted the paint stripped. it did not go well! [/quote] I was told years ago when blasting car body panels, sheet metal, to always blast it on an angle, not straight onto it to avoid warping or hurting the metal
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Re: Slow Progress at Zippy Performance
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08/11/22 03:36 PM
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I agree with Cab about the wet blasting. But for an additional reason: the wet blasting leave a slurry in every crack and place inside the body panels and frame rails. I saw a real vid of a restoration shop cutting panels off of a vehicle (68 charger) and the bladting media was caked on and stuck to almost every surface that got wet. It was bad! And really opened my eyes to wet blasting. So please beware! Link to that vid: https://youtu.be/HKBpU20cR-M
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Re: Slow Progress at Zippy Performance
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08/12/22 09:23 AM
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Looking good so far. It will be awesome when finished. I replaced the entire floor in my Roached Runner for safety reasons. Yeah, it was that bad from 8" of wet leaves inside for many years. However, the rest of the car is staying just the way it looks for that sleeper look.
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Re: Slow Progress at Zippy Performance
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08/22/22 05:27 PM
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After two weeks of looking at show cars, between the nats, the dream cruise, to a somewhat lesser extent Back to the bricks, I was tired of thinking about bodywork and needed a little break. I had this big block Chevy generic engine Cradle laying around for awhile and had procrastinated converting it to work with a Hemi.
The rear plates might show some Andy F influence.
I was not thinking about dipstick tube retention at the time, that part was a happy accident.
So much easier to move and less wobbly than a service stand.
Back to the car soon.
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Re: Slow Progress at Zippy Performance
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08/22/22 05:33 PM
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Pulled the door, sliced off the skin and am repairing the structure. Hopefully I’ve metal finished it well enough to not need much else.
Ok....explain how you did this, I need to know....
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