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What the World needs now is... a progress thread, An update after 2 years? Unpossible! Yet, true. |
VaccaRabite |
May 21 2007, 09:18 AM
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En Garde! Group: Admin Posts: 13,616 Joined: 15-December 03 From: Dallastown, PA Member No.: 1,435 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
So, when I started this restoration in October of 2005, I started a progress thread on the Subaru Board (NASIOC) that I active on. I have been meaning to create a thread here, but I never got around to it. I figured the kids over in ricer land would find it more amusing to see a classic resto in action then the folks here that have lived it.
But, I now post more here then I post in NASIOC OT, and feel more involved in the community then I did when I started. So, for the sake of ease, I am going to port over my posts from NASIOC, and posts from today on will be unique here. As I get ready to paint (JUNE 9th - 13th are PAINT DAYS!) this thread will get more active. :-) Zach PS, it kinda fun for me to do this. Looking over the old posts brings back memories of the ride... |
VaccaRabite |
May 21 2007, 09:41 AM
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En Garde! Group: Admin Posts: 13,616 Joined: 15-December 03 From: Dallastown, PA Member No.: 1,435 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
Posted 12-19-2006
Hey everyone, I just got 2 big boxes from Eastwoods today. Looks like my week off for the holidays is going to involve a lot of body work on the 914. for the past 2 weeks I have been stripping it while time permitted. I have been using a combo of chemical stripper (aircraft stripper - DON'T let that stuff touch bare skin) and mechanical stripping with 3M stripper pads chucked on a bit. The passinge side of the car was in pretty good shape, but the drivers side of the car.... man, dent city. I am going to do what I can to pull the dents. but I have resigned myself to just using body filler and smoothign them over again. The good news is that there is no rust on the body under the paint and bondo. I got a gallon of some much lighter filler then the bondo that was on there, and body rasps and some long blocks. If I can get the final paint jkob to look good at 10 feet, I'll be happy. It will be my first time at this, and I have been reading a lot about paint techniques. I am going to need to rig up a few heat lamps in my garage to raise the metal temps above the air temps, so that condensation does not get trapped between the putty and the metal as it cures.I amy take off friday to do some last minute shopping as well as run to HD to get heat lamps and stuff to hang them on. No pics tonight. Nothing new at least. Hopefully i have something to show by new years. Zach |
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