I love bodywork. (not really) v2

After years of Sun, rain, hail, cows and goats in the field the respray perished.  I called a local shop to see what they would just spray it for and he said" I won't touch it unless I do everything to it" meaning putty on up.  So starts my arduous process of bodywork.

the sanding and grinding off aren't the problem, it's working the hail dents and dents from a cow on the driver fender out.  Some came out w/ a hammer and dollie (about 60% more than previous work) and some I'm still massaging. So far it's been 5 hours for 2 fenders.

O.D Green would be an interesting color, kinda like the almond green they had on the midgets
There was a ton of sanding to get it down past the respray and original color.  I'd do some minor filler, sand the next day, then go over it again to see if there were any more hail dents.  That took 4 days.  The drivers fender taking 85% of that time.  The passenger side had 2 dings.  That's it.
 I'd imagine that the fenders alone have 10 hours in them now due to the curves in them.

This is just the acid etch primer since it went to metal.  I've read a dozen  "use this, don't use this "  painting guides about acid etch vs epoxy on the internet.  Etch worked last time, I suspect it will work this time.
Next will be some high build primer, sanding, and then bolt it on for painting...




























The windshield "shelf" got the same treatment.  The original paint was pristine under some spots, peeling in others.

The dash-glued on vynil was removed also for renovation.

A little wheel paint and surprise

The wheels are finally silver, why? Because new tires are on the way.

I bought the masking for the black paint. They work, it would almost be as easy w some good tape though.  

They aren't extremely sticky so some places needed re pressing prior to painting and there was some overspray.

I didn't use satin black , I tried graphite.  Both duplicolor wheel paints.

A little more of a "ghostly" shadow on the wheels.  They recieved a couple coats of clear to top it all off and new center caps.

Guess what showed up on black Friday?  185/65/14 s, that's what.

The most weight used on a wheel was .75 oz in two different places.

Really surprised they balanced out that well.

If I could I'd go for a tow around the block. Its now starting to look like a car.

Prep work

Painting prep is horrible.  Scrubbing, Degreasing, dirt everywhere, etc..

All this cleaning, wire brushing, degreasing, removing old and putting on new body seam filler

It's a couple hours of fun, but now it's ready for a sanding and wipe down before paint, yes paint.

If only the rest of the body was ready...