What the World needs now is... a progress thread, An update after 2 years? Unpossible! Yet, true. Options

[VaccaRabite]

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]

With this post, the thread is current to today. (5-21-2007)

It has been forever since I updated this thread, so I figured it was time.

Over the past few months, I have gotten a TON done on the car, but none of it actually looks any different.

All the rust on the rear engine shelf has been ground off, treated and painted with rust encapsulator.
I pressure washed and totally degreased the engine bay.
Body filler is done and sanded - the car is as smooth as it is going to get.
The undercoat is painted.
The ears have been welded back onto the under body.
The engine compartment has been painted with the same chassie black paint used to paint the underside. I'm not too pleased with the black engine compartment though. I think that I am going to paint it rattle can silver. Being able to see what you are working on FTW. The black makes it look like a cave, and will hide oil and grease build up that I would rather clean off.

I cleaned out the channels where the front and rear trunk seals go, and found a little rust. Ground out the rust, and hit is with some encapsulator.

Yesterday was spent scrubbing the cabin side of the firewall with lacquer thinner. The factory used this fiberous glue to hold the sound deading in, and the remnants have to come off before I paint. I'll need to do the same in the front trunk, where the carpet was glued onto the fuel wall. i am not sure that i am going to recarpet that wall or not, so I need to scrub it clean.

I still have a lot of work to do. I need to clear out the area where the windshield sets in. Butyl tape leaves a sticky black residue that paint will not stick to. Infact, I need to examine the car, and wash of the butyl where ever I see traces of it.

I need to sand all over the car to knock off the flash rust. The car has been sitting as bare metal since ~October, and got power washed. So, it does have a little surface rust on it. An hour or two of sanding will have it bright steel again.

I have taken a 5 day weekend the 2nd week of June to paint my car.Day 1 will be sanding, cleaning, and spraying epoxy primer.

Day 2 will be spraying high build primer and sanding.
Day 3 will be as day 2.
day 4 will spray color and color sand. I chose Conda Green, which was used on 911s in 1970 and 1971.
Day 5 will be a second coat of color, and more color sanding, and fainally buffing.

Day 5 will also be my 32nd birthday (June 13).

If you are curious what Conda Green will look like, here is pic I took of a Conda Green 914 from the Hershey Swap Meet in April:

(IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/farm1.static.flickr.com-179-1274377152.1.jpg)
mine won't have all the racer graphics, and the roof will be body color.

Zach