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> Andyrews Progress Thread, 1/16/22 A Trip to The Red Barn - Lets fab a Firewall!
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post Apr 6 2011, 09:21 AM
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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!
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post Apr 6 2011, 01:54 PM
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post Apr 11 2011, 12:26 AM
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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...
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post Apr 11 2011, 08:52 AM
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post Apr 13 2011, 12:12 AM
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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...)
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post Apr 13 2011, 08:11 AM
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QUOTE(Andyrew @ Apr 12 2011, 11:12 PM) *

(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)
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post Apr 13 2011, 08:39 AM
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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.
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post Apr 13 2011, 09:35 AM
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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.
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post Apr 15 2011, 02:56 PM
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Car is lookin' good. Love the garage paint booth. Done it several times.
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post Apr 15 2011, 03:45 PM
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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.
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post Apr 15 2011, 08:48 PM
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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.

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post Apr 15 2011, 08:52 PM
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post Apr 16 2011, 12:52 AM
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Sprayed about 4 layers of primer on... Stupid be mixed to much primer. I sprayed it about 5% reduction for a heavy build, and laid it on thick the first coat. To thick actually as I got a couple of bubbles.


I'll show some pics tomorrow. But I sanded it down really quick with 220 to cut most of the 80 grit scratches out prior to priming. I should be able to get most of those scratches out tomorrow and primer seal it by the end of the day! However I need to get some 180 grit.. Im almost out of 220 grit, and completely out of 150 grit, and primer should cover 180 grit scratches.
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post Apr 17 2011, 02:08 AM
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No pics, but I got side tracked many times during the day... 2 layers of primer and one tiny spot of old filler apparently didnt have enough hardner, sanded the whole area out and reapplied filler.

Got some 180 grit paper from the store, Its the paper stuff, but it works really good. I want to sand the car down again to make sure I have all the low spots filled before I primer seal it, but im pretty sure its all done.

Depending on how much time I have tomorrow, i'll finish the passenger side and commence work on the A pillar, targa bar, engine lid, and front trunk.
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post Apr 17 2011, 08:22 AM
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Nice progress Andyrew but no matter how nice you do the body work, and what color you paint it I will still have no idea how to instruct on an autocross course for a car possessed by the devil! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/av-943.gif)
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Im going to give it a throttle stop and retard the timing so it has less torque and only ~ 200 hp for a while. I want to give it a couple of autox's this season. Still have to dial in the suspension, no clue how my mixmatch of suspension stuff is going to come out like.




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post Apr 17 2011, 01:31 PM
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Advance it until it almost wont start. That will reduce low end torque and move the HP hogher in the rpm band. Don't be to worried about pre-ignition. A car this light will almost never make a V8 ping.

Awesome progress. Body work and paint is the thing that intimidates me... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)
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Pulled it out and took some pics. (my excuse was cleaning)



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