Andyrews Progress Thread, 1/16/22 A Trip to The Red Barn - Lets fab a Firewall! Options

[Andyrew]

Got some mixed progress done tonight.

Finished grinding the targa bar down, but I still have to weld about 1/3 of it back up and I FINALLY have my welder back.. Arg. (My friend used up 3/4 of a 2lb spool of wire.. bought me a new spool though)

My friends Geo... (Orange914's son)

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Pulled the windshield wiper setup out. Figured out the trick to this which no one mentioned on any of the posts I found. Obviously there is the 3 bolts (two up top on the cowl, one behind the speedo to the right), but you have to remove the rubber grommets on the top as well with a knife. THEN you basically force the passenger side upper bolt out and pulling it down removes the back bolt and then the right side bolt can come undone. Once I figured this out it was a 1 minute job (however it had me scratching my head and looking up posts for an hour).

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Paint on the headlight cover. Yup, thats a lot of layers... Most of the car goes down to bare metal this go around so its not that big of a deal.. Just a lot of paint to take off...

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Front hood, Focused on taking area's with paint chips to bare metal. The whole trunk is smooth, but i'd like to get it down to the original primer at least (2 layers). My DA isnt working well, and the paint is pretty darn hard.. My air longboard with 80 grit cuts it, but its really taking a long time.


Spent some time on the rear bumper, sanded down a BUNCH of bondo that is on it. this bumper is a mess... Oh well, its just a bumper, maybe i'll get creative with it.

Thoughts on me sectioning out the white area to get the bumper to match the new flare lines more?

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Spent 25 bucks and got a REAL primer gun.. 1.8 tip. Gun was on sale for 15, regulator and dryer was 10. HF special.


I have a long weekend to myself coming up. I'll be flipping the car around and starting on the passenger side!!

[Andyrew]

My friends geo with what took so much welding. Full size truck brush guard, sectioned and cut down. Welded to the sides and to the 1/8" skidplate on the bottom of the car.

Yes, this car DOES see mud.

[Andyrew]

This weekend wasnt completely a wash.. I got to work on the car on sunday.

Started the morning with some cleaning and prepping, moved the car over so I could get to the pass side and still fit the honda in the garage. I started and ran the engine for ~ 5 minutes today, it died on me and I think its because it ran out of gas or the filter was clogged. This has been added to the to do list (replace fuel filter..)

I finished welding and grinding the targa bar, its ready for glaze puddy and primer.

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Then the rest of the day was devoted to helping friends with random stuff. But I returned at night with my uncle! (He had a heart attack and was under for 13+ minutes, He has slowly regained memory but is still not 100%. He used to own his own shop and painted several cars up until his heart attack almost 2 years ago, he's now at the point where Im pushing him to learn those things he loved to do. He still has muscle memory, but he forgets what the next step is and needs to be coached).

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Here is my uncle laying down bondo/glaze mix on the rear spoiler. Decided to fill in the "texture" that was on the spoiler.

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All sanded down, now to bondo the bottom portion.

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Sanded down the whole pass side with 80 grit, ground down the rivets from the fender flares, welded some supports for the fenders, and welded the pass mirror holes up. Its almost ready for some bondo/kitty hair mix to finish off the flare attachements like the other side. I also need to reinforce behind the flares, I'll use the purple stuff as it seemed really good for that on the rear flare.

[Mike Bellis]

Great progress! keep going (IMG:style_emoticons/default/aktion035.gif)

I need to get my car in the garage... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)

[Andyrew]

You could build one of these...
http://www.carportstation.com/IVG2/N/ProductID-40901.htm
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With one of these and 3 tarps
http://www.harborfreight.com/12-1-2-half-f...nopy-92928.html

Im contemplating it for my back car area.

[Mike Bellis]

You could build one of these...

Im contemplating it for my back car area.

I wish!. Not allowed in San Ramon unless behind a fence. Not allowed in driveway. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif)

[Andyrew]

Progress from yesterday
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Cut this part of the front fender off because it was weak and it was high/wont blend nicely.

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Mixed up a kitty hair/bondo mix. You can see it standing free vertically after me holding it for 10 seconds. Provides a little more strength and vertical stability.

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Stuffed the mix under the separation in the fender for strength and laid it out.

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Fenders had a step between the fiberglass and the factory fender, this is to eliminate the step. I'll be blending it in with the hood later like the other side.

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More mix, built up for blending.

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Dried nice, looks like this will work well. I'll get to sanding it this weekend.

[Andyrew]

Worked Saturday night and 1/2 the day on Sunday.

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Inlisted the help of my uncle again. He worked on finishing the spoiler and sanding down the targa top while I bondo'ed and sanded the fenders.

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Used about 1/3 of a gallon of bondo. Most of it went to the rear fender for shaping like the pass side. You can see how much sandpaper was used today.. The targa top used to be primer black, it still needs to be taken down past the clearcoat into the red and maybe the primer down underneath. The spoiler is done and ready for primer. I really wanted to prime last night however it got to late. I am hoping to be able to prime on Tuesday. This is great progress on this side and I feel this side went much quicker than the drivers side.

I forgot to mention I bondo'ed and sanded the targa bar where I did all the grinding/welding, so its ready for primer.

[Andyrew]

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Laid 1/3 a quart of primer with the new primer gun. Oh what did I do with my life before a primer gun? This thing is SWEEET! I cant believe how smooth it laid the primer down and with never a thought of hickups!! Best $25 ive ever spent on this project. Truth be told I was itching to use the primer gun for 2 weeks already so I just said "f'it" and decided to lay some primer.

2 coats of primer on the rear trunk and one coat on the targa bar, door, and fender. I didnt do the rear fender because it actually wasnt ready (I did say I was itching to use that gun right?), It needs some more bondo/glaze before its smooth enough to primer over.

Any rate im happy! progress is going by quick on this side!

[Mike Bellis]

Looking good! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beer.gif)

[Andyrew]

Progress from today. Laid a bunch of filler/glaze mix. Got the rear shaped pretty darn good. Spent about 8 hrs on this. My uncle came and continued work on sanding the targa top. He works at his own pace, but he finally made it through the clearcoat that was on this top (I swear it was 3-4 layers of the stuff, and it was pretty darn hard). I am pretty sure i'll sand it down to the primer underneath myself and get it in primer.

At this point 3/4 of the car is in primer! I expect to be able to paint by the end of next month.

Not pictured but I will be reinforcing the fender on Tuesday. I have already made the reinforcements that will be welded in and at that point I will fiberglass the underside of the flares as well.

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One thing to point out, I put 2 really thick layers of primer down. I am getting low on primer so I think i'll get a gallon of the grey primer. I still have to do the front trunk, the spare rear trunk, the targa top, and probably 2 more coats of primer on the Pass side. I expect to use about 1/2 a gallon of primer, the rest of primer can be used for my dads El Camino or my honda.
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I am deciding on what to to with the bumpers now...

[Mike Bellis]

Nice progress. I'm impressed! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smilie_pokal.gif)

[Andyrew]

Today was spent chasing down light bulbs... Arg... 8' fluorescents are not fun... Found some but they were the wrong style... back they went..

Lots of light in the garage now. Should be plenty of light to spray the car in if I put a spotlight on the side while spraying.


Next order of buisness was reinforcing the rear fender. Welded in the piece like last time. Though I would use kitty hair but it sucked balls VS the fiberglass putty stuff, it was just way to thin. In the end It worked out but If I would have gone with the putty stuff I would have had less headache.

Afterwards I mixed some of the putty stuff with some fiberglass and reinforced the backside of the fender. Strong as can be now.

(IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) Tomorrow Im going to try to convince the GF to help me do some sanding (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) (She did say that she would help me sometime...)

[computers4kids]

(IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) Tomorrow Im going to try to convince the GF to help me do some sanding (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) (She did say that she would help me sometime...)

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Andrew, your car is really starting to come together! Great progress. OK, let me know how the GF thing goes...are you sure you want to test that relationship with sanding... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/popcorn[1].gif)

[mepstein]

Today was spent chasing down light bulbs... Arg... 8' fluorescents are not fun... Found some but they were the wrong style... back they went..

Lots of light in the garage now. Should be plenty of light to spray the car in if I put a spotlight on the side while spraying.


Next order of buisness was reinforcing the rear fender. Welded in the piece like last time. Though I would use kitty hair but it sucked balls VS the fiberglass putty stuff, it was just way to thin. In the end It worked out but If I would have gone with the putty stuff I would have had less headache.

Afterwards I mixed some of the putty stuff with some fiberglass and reinforced the backside of the fender. Strong as can be now.

(IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) Tomorrow Im going to try to convince the GF to help me do some sanding (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) (She did say that she would help me sometime...)

Use a mask.

[Andyrew]

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I had her weld about 4 years ago.. Turned out she was afraid of sparks...

That was the last time she helped me on the 914, since then she's handed me wrenches once or twice.

Also she's afraid of power tools.

So im going to hand her some 80 grit, wear some gloves, and have her sand on the bumpers a little in the hard to reach areas with a fan on her work.

[McMark]

Kickin' ass! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/aktion035.gif)

[Spoke]

Car is lookin' good. Love the garage paint booth. Done it several times.

[sawtooth]

Nice progress (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smilie_pokal.gif) I hope be painting about a week or two after you. Can't wait to see yours finished. The body lines with those flares looks fantastic.

[Andyrew]

Thanks guys! I was able to get some done this morning. Sanded down the primer with the guide coat. Wasnt very far off, I laid bondo on some trouble area's but they were mainly pin holes and the like. Im currently waiting for the bondo to dry and entertaining some guests, but afterwards i'll be sanding it down and primering again tonight.

I bought a gallon of primer for this and a couple of other projects so i'll be laying a bunch of primer tonight for where the low sports were.

I'll take some pics tonight, but by the end of the weekend I should be done with the passengers side!

I need to spend a bunch of time on the bumpers, but Im really not sure if I WANT to... I'll give it some work in between paint so we'll see how far I get this weekend on the bumpers. I may just get them smooth and spray them black and put my time in stock fiberglass bumpers because thats the style I like the most.